New-York tribune., 1910-09-20
The Buckeye and Miss Sophia
Not Sighted Since
Sunday.
MEM YORK NOT SEEN AT ALL
America II Lands in Virginia,
After 441a Hour Flight
-Aviators Are Ex-
hausted.

- not been able 10 report. the follow
-. .,-Ae balloons and their crews have
-rs,,sea tonight as the American con-
.es-arts II the International balloon race
,rbich viii start at St Louis on Octo-
Ter i:
-5a New York Clifford 3. Harmon.
&ew York. pilot; Thomas Baldwin. New
York. aid. not sighted
The Buckeye. J. II. Wade. Cleveland.
-,or. a H Morgan, Canton Ohio. alo'
s,eb-ed at Charleston. ". Va. Z ?. m
Sunday.
The Miss Sophia ". 7. Asman. St
ro,,fs pilot: P. J. McCullough. St Louis,
aid sighted az Poneroy. Ohio, s:45 a. m
Sunday.
Ni,e balloons started IN the American
elimination race at the indianapolis
sDeedwav. Saturday afternoon Four
started in a free for-au contest, and all
NJ them are down The sixth Of the
Starters n the elimination race 70 alight
was tha America II. which landed at
Warrington. Va. at o-2o o'clock this
afternoon. Allen R Hawley. Of New
York. was the pilot. and Augustus Post
n New York. aid
Stories of the fight told by the pilots
~ the balloons which have landed are
beginning 70 come 10 indianapolis carl
G Fisher. who with George l. Bum
taugh was in Indiana II. telegraphs
from P;-tsburg as follows:
Carried Tree Top with Them.
we passed all but HavIey. in Amer
lea II. on Saturday night during storm
-har blew great guns. In the storm our
d-aE-ope caught in a treetop and held
Us two hours. during which four bal
looms went by al great speed We final
II aroused farmer. who with his son
came 70 our aid in q drenching rain
They climbed the tree and cut US loose:
then We proceeded, treetop and all"
Louis vo1 Phul. who plotted the Mill
ion Population Club balloon Of st. Louis
assisted by Joseph O'Reilly. described
his trip as follows:
We had been in the air only a short
tine when the rain hampered us We
we're going in the direction Of the Great
lakes. then we struck current that
cant Us south at 4 merry CLIP. but the
rain continued and we were soaked. We
threw out ballast and sought higher
altitude I think we crossed the Ohio
River near Warrington. Ohio
The night was the most remarkable 1
have ever spent Neither Of US slept
nuch-we did not want TO. Our highest
altitude was 500 feet
When the sun came out yesterday
morning our worst trouble began We
would run through clouds for awhile.
then the sun would break through The
gas would expand and cause US 70 shoot
upward for 2 tine. then the rain would
send Us down again. II we could have
had fair weather We would have broken
records. At one tine We sighted six
balloons. but when We came down there
vas only one balloon in sight
The Luzerne was the first balloon 10
land. coming down near Noblesville,
Ind.. Saturday evening after being in the
ar only about two hours. IT. l. Z
Custer. of Dayton. Ohio, the pilot. before
starting. said his balloon was too small
70 compete and would just make pleas
ure flight
Winner OF Free-for-sll Race.
The Drifter Of Cincinnati, which was
declared the winner Of the free-for-aD
event before the race by a. 3. Lambert,
The Official starter. on the ground that
tne other three entrants were not ready
70 ascend on scheduled time. landed on
mountain peak near Uniontown. ". Va.
al % 2. m. Sunday. This balloon was
pioted hv Albert Holz. assisted by
George r. Howard.
The University CITY. ptIoted by cap
tain John Berry. e St Louis. which
Won ire championship race last year. re-
turned 20 land near McKeesport. Penn.
a. $50 a N. Monday
The Topeka stopped near Washington,
Penn. Sunday At ? 80 p n. on account
q -ainstor-1- This balloon carried E
: Coie and ?. NJ Jacobs. % Topeka
BsIoons Already Carded.
Th= six balloons in ne big race. eX-
oentirg The America IL which are re-
ported On the ground are
The Indiana II Of Indianapolis, pilot,
Carl . Fisher: aid. George L Burn
naueh. landed near Pittsburg. Sunday
80 O'Clock.
The MILLION Population Club. 81 Louis.
plot Louis Won Phul, aid. Joseph o
Eeil'r. landed AT STAFFORD city. Penn.
SUNDAY A. . . 2. n
TIE Porns,ivaria. Philadelphia. pilot
Arthur T. A-herholt. sid. . b Graham
a-ded near Dexter. ohio. Sunday at
f".3o a. IN.
The Centennial rormerly the u
Louis. ~ 81 Louis. pilot. r. z. honey
afll aid Wooster Lam pert: landed near
indiana Penn. Sunday At $50 D. m
Roosier II. Charles Walsh, Kingston
y. 2. rilot. and Colonel Samuel Reber'
United States Signal Corps. aid, landed
near Milton. Ohio. ~ 10 a. m to-day.
Wsrrenton Va. Sept i9-The bal
ioon America II. with Alan r. HaWiey
Eiot. and Augustus Post. aid, landed to
eay ~ 30 O'clock three miles southwest
this place Mr Hawley reported that
ne biz bag met with little rain and
practically no storms. maintaining an
"iiiinde - between 1900 and 3ese
Ff N rs trip across Ohio and West