The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-06
They Sail Away Before
Favorable Twenty
Mile Breeze.
EIGHT ENTRANTS
IN CO N TESTS
Long Flights Are Predicted, and
Record of I,171.e Miles Estab-
lished Last Year by Amer
lea II. May Be Broken-All
Expect to Cross Cana
dian Border.

Kansas City, Mo-. October 5.-Before
favorable twenty-mile wind from
the south and southeast. eight racing
balloons sailed away from here to-
day in contests for the James Gordon
Bennett trophy and the Lahm cup.
Six of the air craft. three repre-
senting the United States, two Ger
many and one France, are entered in
the Bennett race. an annual interna-
tional event. The three American bal
looms in this contest and two other
American balloons are after the Lahm
cup. a ninth balloon, which acted as
pilot in tho international race is at
tempting to break tho altitude record
Every balloon got away to good
start.
Long Flights Predicted.
All of the aeronauts were pleased
with the starting conditions. and pre-
dicted long flights. One or two were
willing to predict that the record Of
1.l7l.s miles established By the Amer
lea II. last year. would be broken
All the racing balloonlsts said that
they expected to cross the Canadian
border. The balloons left in the fol-
lowing order:
Trying for Altitude.
The pilot balloon Pennsylvania. Ar
well, aide. sailed away at 6:l3 p. NJ,
travelling rapidly in a northwesterly
direction. The Pennsylvania Will not
compete for the Lahm cup, but will
try for the altitude record now held
by Pilot Atherholt.
The Condor, dying the French flag,
left the ground at 1886 p. NJ. This
was the first official balloon to start
in the race for the James Gordon Ben
nett cup.
The balloon America II. got away at
5:42 p. NJ. and followed the others.
going northwest. Pilot. William F.
Assman: aide. J. c. Hubert
Rising from the ground at $3.50 P. NJ.
the Berlin II. sailed away. Pilot,
Lieutenant Leopold yogt; aide, Lieu
tenant Martin schoeller.
AT 5:56 P. NJ. the Million Population
Club. John Berry. pilot; Paul McCul-
Tough. aide. rose to a great height and
started northwest
The balloon Buckeye, Lieutenant F.
P. Lahm. pilot; J. II. Wade, Jr., aide.
assembled at SOL P. NJ. and went
straight north.
The German balloon Berlin II. as
cended at GIL p. NJ. This was the
last OF the entrants for the James Cor
don Bennett cup to leave the ground
Lieutenant Hans Gericke. pilot; F. o.
Duncker. aide.
The first entrant for the Lnhm cup,
the Kansas City H.. assembled at elS
P. NJ. Captain H. E. Honeywell, pilot;
John Watts, aide. The balloon started
due north.
Getting fine start, the balloon To-
peka III. assembled at $40 p. NJ like
its competitor for the Lahm cup. it
sailed In a northerly direction Pilot,
Frank If. Jacobs; aide, w w. Webb.
About $4,000 persons were on the ball
loon grounds. The starting point was
on the south side OF the Missouri River,
north of the bushes centre of the city.
May Retain Trophy.
II an American wins this race the
Bennett trophy will become the per-
manent property of the Aero Club OF
America. The country that wins the
trophy three successive times is en-
titled to keep 1T. The Americans have
won the last two races. Lieutenant
I,ahm. who is flying the Buckeye in
this race. won the trophy the first year
it was offered. in 1906.
The Lahm race is for Americans only
and Is a distance event. as is the Ben
nett race. The cup is now in the pos
session of Alan r. Hawley. If his rec
ord Is not beaten in the next two years
he becomes the owner of the cup.
Following are the regular cash nrizes
offered in tho Bennett race:
First, $1,000; second, $1,000; third.
$500. In addition to these the Kansas
City Aero Club to-day announced q
would give the following prizes: First.
$3.50; second. s225; third s125.
No cash awards are offered In the
Lahm race.
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