The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-04
SPEED TEST IN AIR
TO Be FEATURE
AlRSHiP RACE At ST. LOUIS CEN.
TENNiAl WILL BE THE
REAL THING.

St Louis, Oct. 3.-The airship race
at ST. Louis the afternoon of octo-
Der O. the last day Of centennial week
will differ from previous airship
races In that it will be real race,
with several airsnips speeding over the
triangular course simultaneously.
Among the entries already received
are those of Americas three most
famous aeronauts of the airship tdi-
rigibie balcony class. Roy knabens-
hue, winner of the airship contest at
the St Louis Worlds fair: Lincoln
Beachey. winner of the airship race
of the Gordon Bennett international
aeronautic meet at st Louis in 1907.
and Captain Thomas Baldwin. who
built the california ARROW" in which
Knabenshue scored his worlds fair
triumph.
The airship and all other aeronau-
tic events at st. Louis centennial
week. October to 8. inclusive, viii he
managed by the Aero club Of St
Louis. the host of the only Gordon
BENEFIT international aeronautic meet
ever held in America.
tory could not possibly furnish the ex-
citement that will be supplied by this
great race Of airships. say the mil
lonaire sportsmen in charge. Among
the ships scheduled to race simultan-
eously are those of the three top
notchers, Reachey. Knabenshue and
Baldwin.
1t was Beachev's swift airship that
circled the course over Forest park
in record time In the contest of 1907
and the announcement that he will re-
turn TO attempt to repeat his triumph
has increased greatly the interest in
the dirigible event.
Another entrant for the dirigible race
is Walter c. Collins. well-known
Cincinnati. Ohio. aeronaut. The Mahan
Navigator. a curious fish-shapcd
craft. also has been entered. The
Mahan airship Is combination of
the principle.r of the dirigibie and the
aeroplane. being provided with sup
porting bag OF gas as well as wings.
II was built in Chicago.
The three points in the triangular
race course are the Aero grounds, at
Newstead and Choutcau avenues. the
Blair monument. at the main entrance
of Forest park. and the mounted dis
trict police station in Forest park.
wire fence surrounds the Aero
grounds and hence the public will
be able to watch not only the race
but also the preparations for it.
Elaborate arrangements for housing
the dirigibIes and manufacturing ny
drogen gas to initiate the bags are
being completed The prizes are many
and valuable and will be awarded To
the drivers of the ships that traverse
the course in the shortest time.
There will be spherical balloon
races Monday afternoon of centennial
week. and on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Friday will be held aeroplane
contests in which Glenn IL. Curtiss.
winner of first prizes in France and
Italy. viii participate. While aerial
events alone would make notable the
week of the celebration commemorate
ing the Tooth anniversary of the in
corporation of the city. they are only
features of mammoth program.
One thousand mayors of American
cities will be guests of the city. whose
mayor. Hon. Frederick H. Kreismann.
is president of the ST. Louis Centen-
NAL association. which Is a municipal
institution. There will he pageants
on land and water. exhibitions of
many kinds. amusements of every de-
scription. balls and other social affairs
and athletic events galore. \ flotilla
of torpedo boats of the United States
navy will participate in the magnifi- +
cent pageant on the Mississippi river /