New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
LAHM TROPHY PASSES
ct IOTIS III APPEARS TO
BE WINNER.
RoTooa Centennial Only One Still in
the -TibuIatiOns of
the Indiana.

9. rogis. oct s-As a result Of the balloon
-. vr.ch started from St. Louis on Monday
- Tshn cup now held by Captain c. De For
-, chandler. L : A. viii change hands. AT
49,. hour tonight all but one OF the balloons
red landed
-.-s centennial the only balloon still up.
.s over AIiceville Ala. early to-day. accord
p message dropped by II. f. Honeywell.
- -uo-. The course was southwest II was
-,-,--ed shortly before noon as passing over
: -,fBrston Ala in a southery direction A
IAN received from Honeywell. dated Epes,
-. ssis Dc intended 10 make the Gulf of Mex
a, distance of 100 miles by o'clock.
tn, = Louis No. landed at Wahkon. Mimi.
.-ss- o'clock this morning. i was in charge
osIouis vou Publ. pilot. and J. II. O'Reilly, aid
-r-esenting The St. Louis Aero Club
The ain lire distance traversed was $50 miles
,-s me time was Al hours 35 minutes. which
,-ssks -ha distance and endurance records
-ssr passed over 81. Joseph, No. on Tuesday
srsrre Wahkon is in NIiIlelass County, about
s.rarv miles west Of Duluth.
Tie Indiana landed near Albany. Stearns
cr,rtt N.nu. al i o'clock this morning. Al
fqrr is q little town about twenty-five miles
ves. Of - Cloud. and more than five hundred
niles from 81 Louis in an air line. The bal
Icon descended In a field about three miles south
O. Albany
r II McGU. the pilot was taken violently
81 carly iu the day. He was loath 10 give up
te fight bun his aid. J. n. Schauer. insisted
t1ar -ner descend for medical help. In falling
ne balloon dashed into some tree tops and tore
or section ot wire fence.
H7rt men were thrown out. but they had
t.er arg-oacaed So near the ground that their
ir5erses are NOT serious. schauer's shoulder
was disocated McGm was jolted and bruised.
TIE balloon was damaged and was taken TO
:. Cloud for shipment 10 the East
McGiu and Schauer are from DAYTON, Ohio
They eft 81 Louis at 5:15 p. m. on Monday.
TIE Indiana carried $4,000 cubic feet Of gas.
sr5 1a-r -of the time sailed at an elevation Of
l-bst Feet. the aeronauts said
The P1mmern. \. H. Arnold, pilot, landed az
KrobeL Ara- last night KnObel is $50 miles
from =. Louis.
CIi1a-d B. Harmon and Augustus Post, pilot
and aid Of the New York. telegraphed tonight
lhzr taey landed al Edna No, 14S miles from
here after a trip that was fraught with disap
ra.nrments. The aeronauts in the most expen
sve and best equipped balloon travelled over
Illinois Arkansas. Oklahoma and Missouri anc
than had 70 alight north of the starting point
The Sew York was in the air Is hours and +
minutes
The cleveland, with j. wade. j, pliotr laIluet
safely five miles northeast Of Alexander City
Ala a. So O'Clock this morning. after having
1-syere6 $50 miles in an air line from St Louis
AZ Morgan was the other occupant
TIE University City alghred near Moorsville
twsre miles south Of ChAhcothe, No yesterda,
atsrnoon. This is ls5 miles from ST Louis Il
az air line The Hoosier, which was disqualified
landed al I.20 o'clock yesterday morning a
Russelivlle No.
The balloon Missouri landed at O'Clock yes
ts-5ay morning al Hibernia, Mo- eight mile
est II Jefferson city and one hundred mile
west ~ 81 Louis. The Peoria landed clever
miles northeast Of Cairo. III, al 7:3O yesterda,
morning. These two balloons sailed in the 1000
cll-c feet class The eight others started il
t6e tass for balloons up 10 $4,000 feet CO apacity
TIE taloon South St Louis, in which Jack
Bennett and A. A Heinmann made inde
pendent ascension Monday at the same tim
thar the racing balloons started, landed az La
rela $40. -ts miles from St. Louis.
Captain Chandler won the Lahm cup in Octo
ter -a'-. ey voyaging from St Louis TO Wal
t-a ~ Ta 474.s miles from the start.