The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-21
S2,8O0 CASH GOES
 ID BALLOON RACE
 DISTANCE WINNERS
Realtors to Entertain Aeronauts At Luncheon Today-Dance At Country Club Tonight.
 Majority Are Here

Cash prizes totaling $2,800 will be awarded to winners in the international balloon races starting here Saturday.
 The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce is putting up $1, 400, and the Aero Club of America similar amount.
 The board of directors of the cham Der met yesterday afternoon and agreed to pledge the sum of $1.40o. The mem bers of the board who were pres ent subscribed $50 each. The full amount raised by subscription, the chamber standing for the total. Allen R. Hawley, president of the Aero Club of America, cooperating with the chamber, has pledged $1,400 additional in the name of that organ ization. This makes a total of S2,S0Q leash that will go to the first six win ners of the race.
 The officers who are here represent, ing the different nations in the ap- preaching contest were presented to the directors in person.
 PURSE DIVISION
 The purse will be divided among the contestants as follows:
 First prize, s1,O00 Second prize, s7Oo third prize. $500; fourth prize, $S00 fifth prize, $200, and sixth prize, $100. All of the cash prizes will be awarded for distance and these besides the cup offered by the Civitan Club and The Herald will complete the prizes which are being added to ,he Gordon Bennett trophy in the 1920 race.
 Today is American Day" in interna> tional balloon race week. Pilots, heir aides and official visitors will be the guests of the Real Estate Exchange at la luncheon at the Southern Club at l o'clock. The event of the evening will be the dance for the official visito to the balloon race and the Vanderbilt md Auburn football teams to be aeld lat the Country Club tonight. The af- fair will be formal.
 Birmingham is taking her place along with Paris, Stuttgart, St. Louis, Indianapolis and all of the other large cities which have had the international balloon races heretofore. The Chamber of Commerce Is putting on free show and in addition is cf- fering to the contestants cash prizes equal to those offered by other cities in the past.
 BANQUET TICKETS , Tickets for the banquet to be given at the Tutwiler hotel Friday night are on sale at balloon race headquarters in the Tutwiler. Citizens wishing tickets are urged to make their reser- yations immediately.
 The finance committee. under the |chairmanship of Owen G. Gresham has issued an appeal to the people of Blr- mingham to subscribe to the fund to put over the balloon race. ''Birminxham hns not responded
 as freely as we expected, cOnsid-
 crinG the benefits which the city
 is receiving from the big show"
 said MT. Gresham. "We feel that
 it is necessary to offer cash prizes
 and we are anxious to make the
 race n big success. an event which
 will make the city talked about nII
 over the world. That we make it
 success is imperative. the city
 pride is at stake. We have some
 money. hut we need acme more. It
 is mp to the people to help.'
 There will be a number of novel 'ea. lures when the foreign contestants spread out their equipment in prepara> tion for theAflight.
 NETLESS BAGS
 The Italian balloon especially is ex- pected to furnish a number of sur prises A dispatch from the Itaiias embassy at Washington describes the two balloons as being entirely netless much lighter than the average balloon for that reason, and having an en-