Evening star., 1909-06-08
BALLOONS ALL DOWN
Indiana Is Reported Landed at
Dickson, Tenn.
DOUBT ABOUT THE WINNER
University City Now Said to Have
Dropped on Lookout Mountain.
NEW YORK SEEMS TO BE VICTOR
Landing in Corinth, Miss, Shows
Her to Have Covered Greatest
Distance Of Any in Race.

INDIANAPOLIS. June S-The national
distance race for balloons OF the Aero
Club Of America has resolved into the
question OF whether or not the University
City of st. Louis has landed. A. B. Lam
bert and H. E. Honeywell OF the St.
Louis III. which landed in Tennessee,
said today on arriving at st. Louis that
John Berry and Paul Mccullough IN the
University City had not landed. and that
1t was their own landing that gave rise
to an erroneous report
II Berry and Mccullough are still flying
they have beaten the endurance record of
forty-four hours and also have won the
trophy in the national distance race. al
though they have not beaten the distance
record.
Indiana Lands in Tennessee.
II they have landed, A. Holland
Forbes OF New York has won the
distance prize. He landed at Cor
inth. Miss, 375 miles from Indianapo-
oils. having been in the air thirty-six
hours and ten minutes. II the University
City Is not sctill flying, the honor OF
breaking the endurance record belongs to
Carl G. Fisher and G.. l. Bumbaugh of
Indianapolis in the balloon Indiana,
which landed last evening at Dickson.
Tenn, after being in the air forty eight
hours fifty-five minutes.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June S-A tele-
gram this afternoon from Dickson, Tenn,
says the balloon Indiana landed near that
place at g o'clock last night. No details
are given.
Dickson is a small town about sixty
miles west of Nashville and about sew
enty-five miles north of Corinth. Miss.
| where the New York landed Monday
morning. This makes 1t look as IL the
New York had won the national race.
| Carl Fisher and G. L. Bumbaugh OF
| this city were in the Indiana. When last
| heard from they had stopped at Ashland
| City. Tenn. to take on ballast. Accord
| ing to a dispatch from that town, they
| landed on a pile Of ties there yesterday
morning. They again ascended and
started northwest. They maintained. ac-
cording to the dispatch. that the fact
that they did not touch the ground would
prevent their being disqualified.
Some Queer Experiences.
DR.. Goethe Link and J. R Irwin did not
know they had won the first prize In the
handicap balloon race until they reached
Louisville yesterday morning. These To-
cal aeronauts arrived home last night.
Their story of the trip is filled with ex-
citing and picturesque episodes and color
Believing the descension of Link and
Irwin to be the second coming of Christ,
the members of a congregation at a coun-
try church in the mountains of Tennessee
scrambled over one another while running
beneath the gas bag.
Following is a sum mary OF the results
of the balloon races:
National race-Prizes, silver trophy by
Aero Club of America, silver platter by
Carl Fisher.
st. Louis III-A. B. Lambert and H. E.
Honeywell of ST. Louis started at $40
o'clock Saturday afternoon and landed at
pm. Sunday at Kelso. Tenn. Distance.
Bis miles. Time, % hours and so minutes.
New York-A. Holland Forbes and c.
B. Harmon of New York started at )
4:12 O'Clock Monday morning at Corinth.
Miss. Distance. 375 miles. Time. 35
hours L. minutes.
University City-John Berry and Paul
McCollough Started at 5:23 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon and landed at z o'clock
Sunday evening at Blanche. Tenn. Dis
tance 325 miles. Time, % hours 35 min
utes. CQuestioned)
York and Charles Walsh Of Mount Ver-
non, n Y. Started at $50 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon and landed at O'Clock
Sunday morning at Greehbrier, Tenn.
Distance 265 miles. Time, IL hours 40
minutes.
CIeveland-A II. Morgan and J. H.
Wade of Cleveland. Started at Sis
o clock Saturday afternoon and landed at
s o'clock Saturday night. eight miles
west of Columbus. Ind. Distance. 20
miles. Time. 2 hours IS minutes.
Indiana-Carl Fisher and @. L Bum
baugh. Started at sos o'clock Saturday
afternoon and landed at pm. Monday
at Dixon, Tenn. Distance. go miles.
Time, As hours 55 minutes. Uf disquaN-
fed for descending for water Sunday
evening time is "a hours.)
Handicap Summary.
Handicap. Prizes-Cup by Merchants
Association: cup by Carl Fisher.
INDIANAPOLIS. June S-Dr. Goethe
Link and j. r. Irwin Of Indianapolis
started at AIS o'clock Saturday after
noon and landed at l1:15 o'clock Sunday
morning at Westmoreland. Tenn. Dis
tance. 30 miles. Time. 10 hours.
Chicago-C. A. Corey and Jack Bennett
of Chicago started at 4:3O O'Clock Satur
Sunday morning at Scottsville. Ky. Dis
tance, 210 miles. Time. II hours.
Ohio-Dr. II. w. Thompson of Salem,
Ohio, and j. Blake of Canton. Ohio, start
ed at o'clock Saturday afternoon and
landed at go o'clock Saturday night at
Asheville Ind. Distance, IS miles. Time.
hours and 20 minutes.