Evening star., 1909-06-06
fractional FIGHT ON BALLOONS SAIL SOUTH
Senators La Toilette and Ste Nine Ships of the Air Launched
phenson to Lock Horns. at Indianapolis.
WISCONSIN ALL TORN UP TWO RACES IN PROGRESS
Legislative Committees Work for Distance and Other for
Charges Endurance.
ASSEMBLY AND SENATE DIFFER WEATHER CONDITIONS
Fifteen Thousand Persons Assemble
Lively Indiana Capital.
Nine Ships of the Air Launched
at Indianapolis.
TWO RACES IN PROGRESS
One for Distance and Other for
Endurance.
WEATHER CONDITIONS IDEAL
Fifteen Thousand Persons Assemble
on the Motor Speedway Near
Indiana Capital.
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Special Dispatch to The Star.
INDIANAPOLlS. Ind. June with
weather conditions ideal and crowd of
way four miles west of this city. the ma
tional balloon race was started this after
noon without hitch. During the night
and the early morning the balloons were
filled with gas. and during the remainder
of the day. while the crowd was as
sembling. they tugsed at their fastenings
as If anxious to be Off
The crowd was enthusiastic and the
pilots and their assistants wore smiling
faces and were encouraged by friends
and relatives with predictions of being
winners and without any semblance of
anxiety over their departure
Mrs c. A. Corey. bride of but
few weeks, bade her husband goodbye
when he got into the Chicago and said
she hoped that he would not get back
for several days. The remark caused a
good-humored laugh from the .sUwd.
which understood that 1t was a wish that
the Chicago would remain longer in the
air than its competitors in the free-for-
all race
Six OF the balloons competed in the
national distance race for the trophy of
the Aero Club of America and three for
the cup offered by the Indiana Aero Club
to the pilot and his aid who shall be
able to stay aloft the longest period.
The Indiana Endurance Race.
The SKY was clear but for a few
clouds, and there was an easy. steady
wird to the south. The first starters. be-
ginning at 3:45 o'clock, were the three
entered in the Indiana endurance race.
The Ohio. with w. H. Thompson as
pilot and J. Blake as assistant. was the
first to be sent off, and when half
Link, pilot. and ]. r. Irwin. assistant,
was let go. and five minutes later the
Chicago. the largest balloon of the three.
was off. with c. A. Corey as pilot and
Jack Bennett as aid.
The route taken by the three balloons
was almost due south, the Ohio rising to
distance of nearly a mile. and the 9TH
er two gliding along at an altitude OF
about 5000 feet.
Maj. Hoisey. the government weather
bureau representative, received reports
from Toledo. st. Louis, Des Moines, Cleve
land. Columbus and other stations at 4
o'clock and gave it as his opinion that If
the balloons should stay within 1900 or
5000 feet of the earth they would prob
ably land in Alabama, but If they should
go up two or three miles they might
catch currents that would take them al
most due northeast. When A. II. Forbes
was informed of this he expressed a wish
to get into the high currents. and espe
ciallly the one which. he said. is always
blowing east. He believed that this cur
rent would take him faster and farther
than the current in which the first three
balloons were riding, and would also
separate him from those in the national
race.
The National Race.
The national distance race started at 5
o'clock. and the contestants sailed of
in file to the south.
The New York, manned by A. H
Forbes and Capt. Harmon. was the first
in the national race to leave the speed
way. and 1t ascended almost perpen-
dlcularly for quarter of a mile, and
then followed in the course that the
handicap racers had taken There was
no evidence that Forbes was trying to
reach high currents. so far as those be-
low could tell. for when the balloon
passed out of sight it was hardly more
than one mile up.
The Indiana. with C. c. Fisher and G.
l. Bumhaugh aboard. followed the New
York at the expiration of five minutes.
and then the st. Louis III, with Albert
Bond and H. +. Honeywell as pilot and
aid. was let go. At intervals of five min
utes the Cleveland. manned by A. H.
Morgan and J. H. Wade: the Hoosier. by
Capt. Baldwin and Charles Walsh. and
the University City. by John Berry and
Paul Mccullough. were let off and took
the same course as their predecessors.
Two hours after the start c. A. Corey
dropped note while the Chicago was
over the town of Hargersville. twenty
two miles south. saying everything was
going we'll. The balloons were travelling
in nearly due south direction.
Messages From the Aeronauts.
The following messages were received
tonight from the aeronauts:
''NINEvEH, Ind, June 5.-At 7:15 pm.
we are talking with Honeywell and Lam
bert, a we are only 500 fee. apart.
FISHER and BUMBAUGH"
TRAFALGAR. Ind. June BERRY
University CityJ very high: Bumbaugh
and Fisher Gndiana) going up: Lambert
lSt. Louis. third, gong up very high;
Forbes .New YArR very low Morgan
(ClevelanO stall baliooning. All balloons
en- parallel line except Berry. trailing.
The Hoosier lowest position. New York
ten miles 70 the northwest and Fisher
south
WALSH and BALDWIN (Hoosier)."
SEYMOUR. Ind. June 5-several ball
here at 10 o'clock tonight. They dropped
messages.
BARGERSVILLE. Ind. June 5-The
following messag ge was dropped from the
balloon Chicago which passed over this
town this evening:
We are sailing over Bargersville, Ind
Time o:3O. We are going as far as the
wind goes. Am out for distance record
Regards
Balloon Massachusetts Attains
a Height of Over 1000 Feet