The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-11
BALLOONS START
ON TRIAL RACE
To Determine the Entrants for Inter
national Race for the Gordon
Bennett Cup Next
October.

st. Louis, Mo-, July 1.-THE nationa
balloon race which is to start from herr
this afternoon is the annual elimination
contest to select entrants for the inter
national race for the Gordon Bennett
cup-which will start from Kansas Cit,
next October. Each nation that takes
part in the international race is entitled
to three entrants. One of the American
entrants is r. n, Epson, who won the
last international race, which was held
| in Paris. The two halloonists who make
the greatest distance--in an air line---in
the race starting to-day will be qualified
for the international race of this year,
Following are the balloonsts who have
entered for the elimination race:
Warren Rason, Brookville, o.; balloon,
'Hoosier."
r. A. d. Preston, Akron, o.; balloon,
Goodyear"
Arthur T. Atherholt, Philadelphia.
Paul ]. Mccullough, st. Louis; balloon,
"uncle Sam"
William +. Assmann, st. Louis; bal
loon, Miss Sofia"
John Berry, st. Louis; balloon, Aero
Club of st. Louis"
T.. S. Cole, st. Louis
Jerome Kingsbury, New York.
John Watts, Kansas City.
Roy T. Donaldson, Springfield, H.
Fl. E. Honeywell, st. Louis.
All the balloons entered in the race
have capacity OF $4,000 cubic feet.
Many Of the seronauts have thrilling
records. Captain Preston was aide to
-, las t.NNn
race, and their balloon won the contest
over II competitors, staying in the air
43 hours.
Captain Atherholt has made over 100
balloon fights. His first long flight was
in 1907 from St Louis. when, with Ma
jor Henry r. Jersey he took part in
the international race and landed in
Canada, after crossing the Great Lakes.
Tn the international race that started
from Stuttgart, Germany, in 1912, he
flew the lengths OF Germany and Russia
and landed in the Baltic region near st.
On landing he was arrested
by the Russian authorities as a German
spy.
William r. Assmann of st. Louis has
been an aeronaut since he was II years
old. On July IA. 1902 his balloon fell
10000 feet at night into Lake Nipissing,
Canada. Assmann was in the water all
night, and was rescued by two Indians.
In balloon he has crossed the Great
Lakes three times. Captain Assmann
will have no aide in the fight this after |
noon, as his balloon is not in good con-
lition. The balloon Million Population |
Club" in which he intended to fly was
ost in the recent balloon race that |
,tarted from Portland, Ore.
Captain John Berry, who flew in the |
Million Population Club" in the Port
and race, started his aeronautic career
n 1862, when he was IA years old. In
July, 1912. in the national races from
Kansas City, Berry rode thunderstorm
or IL hours. The basket filled with
water waist-deep. As aide in the race
o-day, Berry win have Albert Won Hoff
nan, ir,, who graduated this spring from
he st. Louis high schools and is bare
Y 10 years old. They will fly in the
Aero Club OF st. Louis"-the same bal
BON in which Berry Travelled in the in.
irrational race of 1912 when he fell
nto the Baltic sea.
f. s. Cole, who was granted a pilots
cense in 1911, holds the distance rec
I'd for a fight in a 10000. cubic foot
apacity balloon. In such balloon be
ew from Topeka, Kan, TO Tangier,
'kla. distance of S75 miles.