Evening star., 1914-07-11
Winning BaIIoonist Will Com
pIete Representation in
World Air Race.
OCTOBER COMPETITION
TO BE FOR BENNETT CUP
Airmen Have Noted Records.
Elimination Flight Begins at St.
Louis This Afternoon.

ST. LOUIS. July 11.-Nine balloons will
sail from here late this afternoon in the
national elimination race to determine
the third American entrant for the In
ternatonal race that will start from
Kansas City IN October. The international
race is for the James Gordon Bennett
cup. and each competing country IS en-
titled to three entrants. The first two
American entrants are the men who got
first and second place in the last inter-
national race r. H. Upson OF Kansas
City and H f. Honeywell of st. Louis
The third entrant will be the aeronaut
who makes the longest flight in an air
line in the race today.
Specially prepared gas is to be pumped
into the balloons. Each balloon has a
capacity Of $1,000 cubic feet, and the
| aeronauts will sail equipped for a long
| flight. The record for American flights
was made in 1910 by Allen R. Hawley.
who flew from st. Louis to Lake Tchoto-
gama- Quebec, distance Of 1.172.e miles.
The worlds record was made by Maur-
Ice Remains of France in the interna-
| tfonal race of 1912. He flew 1854 miles.
The order in which the balloons will sail
was determined by lot yesterday after
balloon Goodyear. to be piloted by R A.
D. Preston of Akron, Ohio
Order of Release.
Following is the order in which the
bags will be released at intervals of five
minutes. the first one starting at s
o'clock:
j. Hoosier. pilot. Warren Rasor, Brook
Ohio
pilot.
. America III. pilot Dr. Jerome Kings
bury. New York: aid, Clarence wynne,
Philadelphia.
). San Francisco. 1918. pilot. E. S.
Cole, st. Louis; aid. r e. Emerson,
Springfield. Mo.
4. Uncle Sam. pilot. Paul J. Mccul-
lough, St. Louis: aid. William H.
Trefts. ST. Louis.
5. Miss Sofia. pilot. William Assmann.
ST. Louis; no aid.
6. Aero Club of ST. Louis, pilot John
Berry, St Louis; aid, Albert Won Hoff-
man. jr.. st. Louis.
I. Kansas City III, pilot, John Watts,
Kansas City: aid. W. F. Comstock.
Kansas City.
s: Pennsylvania. pilot. Arthur T.
Atherholt. Philadelphia; aid, Phillip
Sharpless, Philadelphia.
9. Goodyear. pilot, r. A. D. Preston.
Akron. Ohio; aid. NJ. D. Tremelin,
Akron.
Have Thrilling Records.
All the balloons entered in the race have
a capacity of 10000 cubic feet Many of
the aeronauts have thrilling records.
Capt. Preston was aid to r. II. Upson in
the last International race. and their bal
loon won the contest over seventeen COM
hours.
Capt Atheholt has made more than 100
balloon flights. His first long fight was
in 1907. from st. Louis. when. with Mai
Henry B. Hersey, he took part in the
international race and landed in Canada.
after crossing the great lakes In the
international race that started from Stutt-
CART. Germany. in 1912 he flew the
lengths of Germany and Russia, and
landed in the Baltic region near ST
Petersburg. on landing he was arrested
by the Russian authorities as German
spy.
William F. Assmann of St Louis has
been an aeronaut since he was seventeen
Years old. July IA, 1909. his balloon fell
2tooo feet at night into Lake Nipissing.
Canada. Assmann was in the water all
night, and was rescued by two Indians
In a balloon he has crossed the great
lakes three tunes. capt. ASSnann Will
have no aid in the flight this afternoon,
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 started from
Portland, Greg.
Aeronaut Since 1862.
Capt. John Berry, who flew in the Mil
lion Population Club in the Portland race,