The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
MOTOR FAILED
IN TRIAL TRIP
FROM POINT 700 FEET IN AIN
DiRl@.HLE BALLOON DAsAEs
DOWN.
.AERONAUT KEPT COOL
And Alishted safeIy--American Bal.
loon Leads in international Cup
Race--Has Crossed Cana.
dian Border.

/ 81. Louis. Oct. 22.-In preparation
for the race Of dirlgibIe balloons or
Iairships scheduled for tomorrow All
II p- M, three OF the big cigar.shaped
vessels made trial trips today. One of
Them. the California Arrow, sailed BIZ
captain Thomas S.. Baldwin, OF New
York, performed In a wonderful man
lner and seemingly was capable of any
feat desired by the pilot. The Arrow
made two ascensions. sailed against
winds, and at d rapid spesi turning
almost In its own length and twice
lalighting at the starting point. With
the grace Of bird. While 700 feat
above the earth, Charles j. Sfrobel's
|airship, "Strobei.' sailed by lack
Dallas, had an accident The motor
stopped and the big vessel dartsd
downward directly at the grand stand.
Dallas regained control for an in-
stant and opened the valve; the ves.
Isel descended and members or the
crowd caught the drag rope. Despite
efforts to land In d clear space the
machine became entangled In a line
lof telephone wires before the aero
laaut was rescued Dallas kept Won
lerfully cool throughout, and directed
those holding the ropes.
Cromwell Dixon, the l5-yearol.l boy
|of Columbus. went up In his ':Sky
Bicycle and was unable TO come
back to the starting point at the
grounds against strong wind. He
landed, however, at Venice, III.
AMERICAN BALLOON LEADING
81. Louis. Oct. 22s AT a late hoar
Tonight II h the general belief here
that the lead IN the second internn.
|tional aeronautic cup race Ii being
fought our by the American balloon
United States, the present holder 1f
the cup, and the big German cruising
balloon, iPommern.'' The latter Is
travelling in northeasterly direcsi ii.
over Lake Erie, while balloon be
lieved to be the United States Ii
travelling parallel course some dis.
tance to the north and through the
of Ontario. Canada There is
still some doubt as to the identity OF
the balloon which has crossed the
tions received here and the fact that
the car Is reported having carried two
American flags followers of the race
have accepted without condition or
theory that the craft can be no other
han the United States
With the exception of these two
balloons all other contestants seem
% be scattered tonight over the state
If Ohio, several Of them nearing the
West Virginia border line Dispatches
nave come from Minnesota and from
Wisconsin and northern Illinois re-
porting balloons In these vicinitles,
Dut they are given but little consider
alton here by experts who believe al
of the cars must have taken north
direction soon after the
stare.
Records Will Be Broken.
The race promises to be a recori
breaking contest In many ways. Up
10 midnight tonight. thirty-two horrs
after the start. not one of the nine
balloons Is reported to have Landed
In the international race OF last
year which started from Paris fvs
,r six Of the balloons descended with
n the first twelve hours. The speel
II which the Pommern and the bal
con in Canada are reported to be
travelling seems to Indicate that thu
worlds bailooning record of 1.2e0
niles held by Count Henry DeLavauhl
N a trip from France into Russia n
1900 will be beaten. The record for
, duration OF Al hours and minut =
held by the same aeronaut should also
90 by the board.