Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-11
TO QUALIFY FOR
INTERNATIONAL
BALLOON RACE
Eleven Balloons TO Begin Race at ST. Louis
Tonight TO Determine the Two Who viii
Take Part In International Race IN 0c-
t0her for Bennett Cup.
THIRD ENTRANT rs r. n. UPS0N
WHO WON LAST WORLD EVENT,
Many of the Aeronauts In Race Which Be-
gins Tonight Are Holders of Thrilling
Records. One of Them Having Made
More Than 100 Balloon Fights.

st. Louis. Mo-. July 1.-THE National
Balloon Race which j. 10 start from here
this afternoon j. the annual elimination
contest 10 select entrants f"r tbs internal
tional race for the Gordon Bennett cup
which will start from Kansas ;ity next
October. Each nation that tfkc- part N
the international race i entitled to three
entrants. One Of the american entrants
j. X. III. Epson, who won the la>i mtrrna-
tional race. which was nrid N Paris. The
two ballooniSt~ who make the greatest dis
tance-in an mir line-in the race starting
today will be- qualified for the international
race of this year.
Following are the balloonrsts who have
entered for the elimination race:
Warren Rason, Brook,ilic, o.; balloon
"Hoosier."
X. A. ID. Preston. Akron. o.; balloon.
"Goodyear.-
Arthur +. Aihcrholt. Philadelphia.
Paul J. Mccullough. st. Louis: balloon.
"Unclc sam
William r.. ASsmann. St. Louis; balloon.
Miss Sofia
John Berry. st. Louis; balloon, ".Acro
Club Of st. Louis
II. =. Cole. 1t. Louis.
Jerome KingSbury, New FORK.
John Watts, Kansas City.
Roy u. Donaldson. Springfield, III.
III. h. Honeywell. ~. Louis.
All the balloons entered I'M the race nave
a capacity of $4,000 cubic feet. Many of
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the aeronauts have thrilling records. Cap
tain Preston was aide to X. III. Epson I'M
the last international race. aud their bal
loon w0n the contest over seventeen compe-
tutors, staying in the air foriy-three hours.
Captain Atherholt haS made over 100
balloon flights. His first long flight was IN
1907 from 81. Louis when with Major Hen
~ h. IIer~cy he took part IN the interna-
tional race and landed IN Canada. after
crossing the Great Lakes. III the interna-
tIonal race that started from Stuttgart.
Garmany, in 1912. hc flew the lengths N
Germany and Russia and landed IN the
Baltic region near -. Petersburg. ga
landing he was arrested by the pruSSian
authorities a a German spy.
William f.. A~Smann ~ ~. Louis has
been an aeronaut since he waS seventeen
years old. on July H.. 1909, his balloon fell
twenty thousand feet at night into Lake
Nipi~sing, Canada. Assmann was in the
water all night and was rescued ~ two
Indians. In a balloon ne has crossed the
Great Lakes three times. Captain AsSmann
viii have No and IN the fight this after
noon, a. hi~ balloon j. not in rood condi-
tIon. The balloon million Population
Club" IN which he Intended ~ hy was lost
IN the recent balloon rarc that started from
Portland. Ore.
Captain John Berry, who flew in the
million Population Club IN the Portland
race. started hi~ acronautir career an 1862
when he wa fourteen wears old. IN July.
1917. IN the national races from Kansas
City. Berry rode = thunderstorm for twelve
hours. The basket filled with water waist
deep. - aide III the race today, Berry
has Albert Won Hoffman. Jr.. who grad
uated this spring from the -. Louis high
schools and Sbarcly rs ycar> old. They
will fly IN the aero Club 81 ~. Louis
the same balloon IN which Berry Travelled
In the international race 0f 1912 when he
fell into the Baltic Sea.
r. :. Cole. who was granted "A pilots H.
cen~c IN 1911. holds the distance record for
a flight in a 10000 cubic foot capacity
balloon. In such a balloon he flew from
Topeka. Kan, to Tangier. Okla, a distance
Of 375 miles.