Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-23
CHICAGO wins
BALLOON RACE
Long Distance and Endurance
Medals Are Captured by
Col. Coey Of Chicago.
ALL BAGS LAND IN SAFETY

st. Palu, July 21.-The great inter
national balloon race, the third ever
held in the United States. is over,
with the mammoth Chicago, piloted
by its owner, Charles A. Coey Of
Chicago, the winner, and the Ameri.
can, the St. Paul balloon, piloted by
Capt. Percy s. Hudson and N. p.
Wild, second. The United States Of
Minneapolis finished third, the cham.
pion Pommern fourth and the baby
King Edward fifth.
The Chicago won both the long.
distance and endurance medals.
Although fourth in the long-dist ,uce
race, the Pommern was second In the
endurance tests, remaining in The air
sixteen hours and fifteen minutes.
Chicago Stays UP Longest.
The Chicago stayed in the air sew.
enteen hours and twenty minutes,
covering distance of eighty-five
miles and landing in a field three
miles east Of Blooming Prairie, Mimi,
at IL o'clock yesterday noon.
The American, which finished sec
ond, sailed seventy miles, to Ovation
ma, Mimi, remaining In the air four
hours and forty-two minutes and land
ing in field two miles east of the
village at 10 o'clock Saturday night.
The United States, sailing for four
hours and fifteen minutes, covered a
distance of sixty-two miles, coming
down at 10 O'Clock of the same even.
ing at West Concord, Mimi.
The Pommern, remaining In the air
sixteen hours and fifteen minutes
traversed distance of only sixty-one
miles, owing to shifting air currents,
and landed at 10: 80 yesterday morn.
ing, eight miles east of Warsaw
MINI.
The King Edward, which finished
last, remained in the air only one
hour and ten minutes. landing three
miles south of Hampton, Mimi, dis
lance Of Twenty-Five miles, at
O'clock Satul day night
III the triTs were attended by the
best fortune and the landings made
without serious accident
Constant Fight to Kee2 Up.
From the tine the balloons 'st on
1t w9s a constant fight on the parts Of
the aeronf uts to kee p them ~ the eli
wren nj ht SET IN ana the IN Goa
tratt ted the gas FURTHER fl Il Wa,
I'M oss.b e in the case of the first
Il rec bag S to take flight The pom
n ern ard Chico so SUGGESTED N re
mating in the sir ovel night, bu
few SO .ow that their guide ropes
ragged a.ong tie ground catching
| in fences and t ees.
So ne idea of the difference in the
fis hts of this race and those of the
two previous races may be gained
from the fact that the Pom rern al
tie st. Louis ace sailed $40 m. les, re
naming in the air forty hours. while
in the last race it covered but sixty
enc miles and remained in the air g
little over sixteen hours
The american stayed in the ali
twenty three hours in the Chicago
race, cover ng over 400 miles, whils
| il the last race it remained af1oat NO
qsiite five hours and sailed sevent,
miles.
Put Blame of Gas.
The aeronauts and A. Leo Stevens
balloon manufacturer and one of the
expert air sailors of the world, attrib
utes the poor flights to the gas, which
they claim had a lifting capacity O
only about fifteen pounds to 1000 Gu
bic feet, while the gas required b,
the balloons should have a liftin,
power Of forty-five to fifty pounds fo1
a thousand feet.
The start OF the balloon race
which came as the final event of
week that has been devoted to festivi
ties and pageantry incident to tn,
conclave Of Shriners in st. Paul, wa,
witnessed Saturday afternoon b,
thousands of people.