New-York tribune., 1909-10-08
AWAIT OFFICIAL RESULTS
Balloons st. Louis III and Ne7o
YOrk 4ppear To BE UIinners.

st. Louis. oct. 7.-Oficials of the Aero Club Of
St. Louis were busy to-day preparing the official
resultr Of the balloon which started here
Monday. The unofficial results give the honOrs Of
the chief event TO the St Louis III. :. l.. Won
Publ. plot. and the New York, c. 3. Harmon,
pilot The former won the first prize for distance
besides lifting the Lahm Cup from Captain Chand-
Ter, of the United States army. and the latter took
endurance prices and established a new Ameri-
height record Of q 200 feet.
The Centennial. the Last balloon in the race be
heard from landed at Sias, Ala, yesterday after
40 o'clock after having been in the air II
hours and 30 minutes II. E. Honeywell, Ne pilot,
said there was little doubt the Centennial would
have won the cup had it not been for conflicting
air conditions Monday night the Centennial and
the St Louis III travelled in southerly direction
and within speaking distance for several hours.
Won Phul. of the ST Louis III. parted company by
going higher 70 strike another current. The dis
tance travelled by the Centennial was 4S5 miles.
The unofficial returns of the contest follow
St. Louis III Won Publ and OReily landed at
Mile Lacs MINI. $50 miles; in the air 40 hours 40
Indiana. Magiu and shauer, landed at Albany,
Mimi 525 niles in the air 40 hours - minutes
Centennial Honeywell and ROLAND landed at
Silas Ala; 4Sj miles in the air ~ hours 30 min
utes.
ander City, Ala; 452 miles in the air 3S hours Is
vile Mo, 50 miles; in the air % hours 10 minutes.
New York, Harmon and Post, landed at Edna,
Pommern. Arnold and TAYLOR. landed at Knobel,
Ark; l6u miles, in the air -S hours 20 minutes
landed at Russeuvine, Mo; 169 miles the air p
hours 80 minutes.
St Paul oct IS Louis Won Publ pilot and
Joseph NJ. ORcly, aid of the balloon St. Louis H.
unoficialy winners Of the I.ahm cup and a $500
prize offered by the Aero Club OF ST Louis. who
landed in their balloon Waukon Mimi arrived
in St Paul late today. Speaking Of their trip Mr..
Publ said regarding the raising of the question
that he not qualified for the race:
THE fact that I entered the was notification
enough. Anyway. whether I won the cup or not
entered into the for the sport and have the
satisfaction Of knowing that 7 made the longest
flight
We left St. Louis at $50 o'clock on Monday
afternoon. We were second to 20 up and land
ed al Waukon, Mile Lacs. at 935 o'clock on
Wednesday morning. I attribute my success to the
fact thai I kept close 10 the ground. while tho
others took high attitudes The trip was uneventfuI
except that We ciTcled over Glasgow, Mo, three
times on account OF adverse currents, and we
thought We're hoodooed there.
we threw over everything we could 10 get higher
and began 10 head for Kansas city We thought
we were going 10 sweep across Nebraska. hut during
the night northern breeze caught us and we began
to cross Iowa like a streak Tuesday night. When
daylight came hardly knew where we We're We
must have travelled at rate of fifty miles an hour
for a time
When we got into the vicinity of Mile Iacs
we thought IT Lake Superior We were about one
thousand feet up and did think il safe 10 cross
We shouted 10 farmer TO learn our location and
ne told as what county i'm. but that did not
help u.s. map did show counties He in
formed us that would be safe i'm crossing but as
We had only orange between US in the way Of
food, and as were hungry, having had nothing
cat since tae afternoon before We decided 10 land
We shot toward land at terrific rate but landed
in some marsh grass I'm good condition"