The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-10
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Air Contests Are TO Cover the
Period of Six Entire
Days.
WINNERS WILL ENTER
AS Representatives of America
in the International Con-
tests in. Fall.

KArNs2Aa CRTY. NO., July TO-
/ Seven giant balloons. plotted by
1 widely known American aeronauts
today tug at their moorinGs In the
aviation field along the Missouri river
here and await the starting signal IN
thu national balloon race At 4
O'Clock this afternoon. or as soon
Thereafter as atmospheric conditions
viii permit. the starter. A. b. LAM
bert. president of the st. Louis Aero
Club, viii oficiaIly release the first
struggling air craft. At intervals Of
FIVE minutes thereafter. until the last
balloon shall have cleared the
ground. a contestant win be set free.
To select Two Pilots.
This is an elimination contest for
the purpose of selecting two pilots
represent the United States In the
James Gordon Bennett cup race
which starts from Kansas City next
October 5. In that race. which is an
International event. three pilots. the
two leaders In the national meet and
Alan r. HawIey, VIII sail under the.
stars and Stripes It was HawIey who
plotted the America III to victory in
the BenQett cup race last year by
making a spectacular night of LII
1874 90 miles into the Canadian wilds.
ON account of this performance he Isl
eligible to fly in the intermediary
contest this year without making "
preliminary trip.
The Entries.
The entries in the national race
follow:
kansas CITY Aero kansas
city, H. z. Honeywell. pilot.
: st: louis Aero clpb,-S,t Louis ".
Frank P. LahEn. pilot; Miss Sonia,
william r. Aasman, plot and The
Million Population Club John w.
Berry. pilot.
Aero club OF New -York-NewI
York. CLIFFORD B, Harmon. pilot.
Cleveland Aero Ciub-BuciSeye. ].
H. Wade. u, pilot.
western Aero Association OF Tope-l
ka-Topekau. Frank NJ. Jacobs, pilot.
The balloons are regarded as event.
ly matched, each being OF eighty
thousand feet capacity.
How to Determine.
Distance travelled alone Will bel
considered In determining the leaders
in the contest. Kansas City. on ac-i
count of its inland location. IS be-
IIeyed to be an ideal starting point
for a race under such conditions.
with a good north or northeast wind.
believe followers OF aeronautics, sew
eral long flights will be made. In the
past many baIlooniets, sailing from
cities near bodies OF water, have been
forced to light long before their gas
supplies were exhausted because they
feared they might be carried out into
a lake or an ocean. Alighting in |
water In this race Will disquaiify the
contestant
The honor of competing the
Bennett cup race Is, OF course. the
big plum for which the pilots in the
contest today are striving. but there
are other prizes to be gained. Each
pilot, regardless OF his showing in
the meet, will be given 800. silver
cups Will be awarded TO the leaders.
An Old Racer.
one OF the entrants. Lieutenant
Frank p. Lahrn. wont the Bennett
cup the first time It was ever raced
for. That race started from Paris on
September 80. 1906. He few to
WHITLEY, England, a distance OF AS
miles. Last year he again was an en-
trant in the race That time he
sailed the balloon he Is plotting to-
day, the st. Louis ~, $50 miles.
Lieutenant I.ahn has been long con-
nected with the army At present hisl
duty is that OF Instructor in aeronaut-l
.bcs at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Truly CliRord B. Harmon, who has
entered the New York, loves to fly.
His father-in-law. Commodore z. c.
Benedict. Is said to have onered him
100000 to quit flying, but Harmon
never seriously considered taking the
bait. Harmon is wealthy in his own
right. he is both a balIoonlst and
aviator.
Many Balloon Trips.
captain H. e. Honeywell has made
les balloon trips. more than anyI
other entrant, HIS most noted hight
was from Chicago on July &, 1908.
when he crossed Lake Michigan,
Lake huron, Lake Ontario. and Lake
'Champlafn before altGhting. In AMI
attempt to win the IatEn cup on
May 10. 1910, Captain Honeywell be-
came becalmed while lowering over
Lake Michigan. After several hours
his craft was finally carried up and
across to the Michigan side, where he
made a safe landing He nanufae-
tured the balloon eansas city, which