The chronicle=news., 1914-07-11
BALLOON M&A II
/. FOR Bennett. cup

tional Balloon Race which is to start
from here this afternoon Is the an
nual elimination contest to select
Fentrants for the international race
for the Gordon Bennett .cup-which
will start from Kansas City next. oo-
tober. Each nation that takes part
In the International race is entitled
to three entrants. One of the Amer
lean entrants is II. II. Upson, who
won the last international race.
which was held in Paris. The two
balloonists who make the greatest
distance-in an air lins-in the
race starting today. will be qualified
for the international race Of this
year. Following are the balloonists
who have entered for the elimination
race:
Warren Rason. Brookville, o.; bal
loon "Hoosier''.
r. A. D. Preston, Akron. o.. bal
loon, Goodyear.
Arthur T. Atherholt, Philadelphia.
Paul ]. McCu]louzh. St. Louis;
balloon, Uncle Sam" .rs.r.
William F. Assmann. St. Louis.
balloon. MISS Sofia"
John, Berry. St.. Louis; balloon.
Aero Club Of st. Louis"
E. S. Cole, St. Louis.
Jerome. X Kinesbury. New York.
John Watts, Kansas City.
\ Roy F. Donaldson, Springfield, Ill.
| II. F.. Honeywell, st. Louis.
/ All the balloons entered in. the
trace have a capacity Of so, 900 cubic
feet. Many Of the aeronauts have
Thrilling records. Captain Preston
was aide to X. Fl. Upson in the. last
international race, and their balloon
won the contest over seventeen COM
petitors. staying in the air forty
three hours. ..
Captain Atherholt has made. over
| 100 balloon flights. His first long
flight was in 1907 from St., Louis
when with Major Henry B. Hersey
he took part in the International; race
and landed in Canada, after crossing
the Great Lakes. In the internation-
al race that started from Stuttgart.
Germany. in 1912, he flew the
lengths Of Germany and Russia and
landed in the Baltic region near St.
Petersburg. On landing he was ar
rested by the Russian authorities as
a German spy. ..,. ,... ,.
William f. Assmann, of st. Louis,
has been an aeronaut since he was
seventeen. years old. On July II,
1909, his balloon fell twenty thou
sand feet at night into Lake Nip
| issing, Canada. Assmann, was In the
water all night. and. was rescued by
two Indians. In a balloon he has
crossed the Great. Lakes three times.
Captain ABsmann will have no aide
in the flight this afternoen, as his
balloon is not in good condition. The
balloon ''Million Population Club"
in which he intended to fly was lost
in the recent balloon race that start
ed from Protland, Oregon. ,7r
Captain John Berry, who flew in
the Million Population Club" in the
Portland race, started his aeronautic
career in 1862 when he was four
teen years. old. In July, 1912, in the
national races from Kansas City,
Berry rode thunderstorm. for
awelve hours. The basket filled
with water waist-deep. AS aide In
the race today, Berry will have AL
bert Won Hoffman, Jr. who gradu-
ated this spring from 1.-The st. Louis
high schools and, Is barely 16 years
old. They will fly in the 'tAera Club
of St. Louis,'-the same balloon in
which Berry, travelled in the interna-
.tional race-of 1912 when he fell into
the Baltic Sea-. ssu it. ai.--
f.. s., Cole, who WAS granted a pi-
lots. license in 19li, holds the dis
,tance record for flight In q 10000
capacity balloon. In such
a balloon heef flew from Topeka. Kan
sas. to Tangier. Oklahoma. a distance
of 375 miles.
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