The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-09-10

Best draft team, prize sic, George Gar
reux; best single draft horse, prize So,
John Skeeles; best harnessed horse,
prize So, to George Garreux; largest
number of horses in the parade, prize
SO, John Skeeles. with 49,
The procession traversed South Mar
ket, West Tuscarawas. North Cleve-
land, West North, North Market, East
Tuscarawas, South Cherry, East
Tenth and Market, 1t disbanded and
everyone focked to the balloon park.
THE ASCENSION.
The balloon "Ohio" landed safely in
the northern part of Belmont county
after a flight of about sixty miles at
p. m. Monday. The "Sky Pilot"
landed at Cambridge, Guernsey coun-
ty, without mishap at D. m.
The Ohio" was the first to swing
from its mooring at the park at 1890
Monday afternoon. Scarcely five min
utes after. the Sky Pilot" arose, and
with a slight breeze blowing, the two
balloons sailed gracefully to the
southeast. The "Ohio" as once rose
high in the air. while the other bal
loon hovered several hundred feet
above the ground, following the
Ohio"
The start was made without hitch.
An adequate supply of gas was on
hand and while the ascension was
made somewhat later than was antic-
ipated, it was perhaps the most sue
ceesful on the record Of the Canton
Aero club. The "Sky Pilot" contained
]. II. Wade, A. H. Morgan and w.
ID. SiRler. and In the "OhioD were H.
w. Thompson, l.. D. Brush and Joseph
Blake. Thousands of spectators as
sembled about the park to witness the
start.
1t was a pleasing spectacle, that of
two large balloons sailing slowly
through the air and the crowd cheer
ed the balloonists as they arose from
the ground. They remained in sight
about half an hour and the spectators
stood and watched them until they
disappeared in the sky.
Farmer folks and villagers south of
Canton all obtained an excellent view
of the balloons, and at 1 o'clock word
was received in Canton that they
were passing over Sparta.
A course. due southeast was main
tanned for about sixty miles. the two
balloons keeping close together all the
time. At the place where the "ohio"
landed, the breeze veered. and the
course of the "Sky Pilot" which had
greater supply of gas, was changed
almost directly west. A distance Of
about twenty miles was covered in
this direction, and the landing was
accomplished at Cambridge.
The nearest town to the landing
place of the "Ohio" was Piedmont, a
small station in the southern part Of
Harrison county. Word of the safe
landing of the "Ohio" party reached
Canton about o'clock. The occu-
pants Of the balloon were unable to
returned to Canton last night.
The news of the arrival of the "Sky
Pilot" did not hnd its way to Canton
until about 8 o'clock. The balloon
was seen lowering about Newcomers
town in the afternoon and some per-
son in that city telephoned the news
TO Canton. The "sky Pilot" party
were also unable to reach Canton last
night, so little of the details Of the
flight could be learned.
The experiment Of sending up two
balloons worked well and an ascen-
sion was made that will long remain
memorable in the annals of the local
club, The interest in the outcome of
the flight, which was something of a
race, was greatly manifest about the
city. AS was expected. however, the
Sky Pilot covered the greatest dis
tance and stayed in tire air one hour
longer, due to the larger capacity Of
the bag.
AT THE PARK.
That the Labor Day enthusiasm did
not wane AZ the day progressed was
made clearly evident by the large