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1907 February 20 Wednesday at Baddeck [[strikethrough]] 58 [[strikethrough]] 133 The Telegram New Nork 29 Dec 1906 Making Ready for Balloon Race. Cortlandt F. Bishop, president of the Aero Club of America, accompanied by J. C. McCoy, Augustus Post, Alan R. Hawley and Leo Stevens, started for St. Louis to-day to make arrangements for the International Cup balloon race. Frank S. Lahm, father of Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, who won the cup for America in the race from Paris last summer, will join the party en route, and it is possible that the Wright brothers will board the train at Dayton, Ohio. It is as good as settled that the race next October will be started from St. Louis, if it is found that the supply and qualiy of gas there is satisfactory. St. Louis is, in fact, especially appropriate, as having been the place from which the start was made nearly half a centry ago when a world's record for long distance flight was established and which stool until it was broken by count de La Vauix six years ago. Mr. Bishop and the others in the party will take with them the Orient and a smaller balloon, in which ascents will be made on New Year's Day to test the lifting power of the St. Louis gas. Pilot balloons will also be sent up to test the velocity and direction of the air currents. Already considerable preparation has been made in St. Louis for the race. A plot of ground adjacent to the gas works has been set apart by the Common Council for the use of the aeronauts, and they have been promised all possible facilities. In honor of the visiting committee from the Aero Club a banquet will be given on New Year's Eve, to which most of the city officials and many prominent residents of the city have been invited. Enquirer Cincinnati O. 29 Dec 1906. BALLOON RACE -- Next October Will Probably Be Started From St. Louis. Special Dispatch to the Enquirer. New York, December 28. - Courtlandt Bishop, Present of the Aero Club of America, accompanied by J. C. McCoy, Augustus Post, Alan R. Hawley and Leo Stevens, will start for St. Louis to-morrow to make arrangements for the International cup balloon race. Frank S. Lahm, father of Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, of Canton, who won the cup for America in the race from Paris last summer, will join the party en route and it is possible that the Wright brothers will board the train at Dayton, Ohio. It is as good as settled that the race next October will be started from St. Louis, if it is found that the supply and quality of gas there is satisfactory. St. Louis is, in fact, especially appropriate as having been the place from which the start was made nearly half a century ago, when a world's record for long distance flight was established, and which stool until it was broken by Count De La Vaulx six years ago. Herald New York 29 Dec 1906. CINCINNATI WANTS BIG BALLOON RACES -- Claims That Gas Is Superior to Any Obtainable in St. Louis for the Purpose. -- Special dispatch to the Herald. Cincinnati, Ohio, Saturday. - Negotiations have begun to have th enext International balloon races start from Cincinnati. President Norman Kenan, of the Union Gas & Electric Company, is fathering the enterprise, and there is reason to believe that this city may be favorably considered for the starting point for the next race for the International Cup. Letters were despatched to the officials of the Aero Club of America to-day by Mr. Kenan, in which the advantages of Cincinnati over other Western cities were clearly set forth. "It was not until we saw St. Louis mentioned in connection with the starting point for these races that we decided to enter the field to secure for Cincinnati the honor of entertaining the foremost aeronauts of the world and have them start their races here,' said Mr. Kenan. "Cincinnati has decided advantages over St. Louis in the matter of suppying a superior quality of gas for the big balloons that will participate in the contest. In this city we use coal gas exclusively, St. Louis has coal and water gas. Under no circumstances or conditions could St. Louis give the satisfaction that Cincinnati will in the matter of supplying buoyant inflation for the air navigators. Cincinnati is about six hundred miles from the Atlantic Ocean, about eight hundred from the Gulf of Mexico, and nearly [?]e thousand miles from the Pacific Ocean, so that in the matter of distances from tidewater it offers advantages nearly not quite so good as those of St. Louis. [?] intend using all our efforts and influ- to bring the great air navigators to innati" Herald New York 29 Dec 1906 AERONAUTS GO TO ST. LOUIS. -- Will Test Gas There for Coming International Balloon Race. Cortlandt F. Bishop, J. C. McCoy, Alan R. Hawley, Agustus Post and Leo Stevens departed for St. Louis yesterday afternoon to make tests of gas there in preparation for an International cup balloon race next summer. They will be joined on the way by Frank S. Lahm, father of Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, who won the cup for America last summer, and by the Wright brothers, of Dayton, Ohio. They expect to return to New York the latter part of this week. Times New York 29 Dec 1906. AERONAUTS OFF TO-DAY FOR NEW YEAR'S SPORT -- Will Take Two Balloons to St. Louis to Test Quality of Gas. -- BIG RACE SET FOR OCTOBER -- Entries for International Event Close Feb. 1 - Lahm Cup Design Selected - Offered for Long Contest. -- A party of balloonists will leave the city to-day for St. Louis. It is proposed to start the first of the year by an ascension from that city, and fearing that one balloon would not be sufficient, Leo Stevens's Eagle, a smaller balloon than the Orient, which was shipped last week, was packed up and will be taken to-day. The Eagle has a cpacity of 19,000 cubic feet of gas, while the Orient holds 35,000 cubic feet. "We are somewhat in doubt as to the success of any ascension next Tuesday," said Cortlandt Field Bishop, President of the Aero Club of America, "for we got word during the day that a serious fire in the St. Louis gas works might prevent the proper filling of the balloons. It was stated, however, that every effort would be made to repair the damage so that both of the balloons may be filled up early in the day." Besides Mr. Bishop the party will consist of Augustus Post, J. C. McCoy, Alan Hawley, and Leo Stevens. They will be entertained at the St. Louis Club on New Year's Eve, adn invitations have been extended to several members of the St. Louis Board of Trade to be passengers in the balloon ascensions. Another interesting feature of the trip will be the presence of the Wright brothers as members of the party in St. Louis. They will join the New York aeronauts at Dayton, Ohio, to-morrow, and on the homeward journey the New Yorkers will probably spend a day or two at Dayton inspecting the new aeroplanes that have been lately finished by the Wright brothers. "Our main purpose of going to St. Louis," said Mr. Bishop, "is to study the gas problem there and ascertain if a large number of balloons can be filled for the big International race next year. We have just determined up the month of October for the contest, but the exact date will be settled later. With good gas facilities, St. Louis will be a most favorable locality. For long-distance ballooning its situation is excellent. The nearest tidewater is the Gulf of Mexico, about 700 miles to the south. The Atlantic Ocean is 900 miles to the east, and the Pacific is about 2,300 miles to the west. With good weather conditions a long flight is virtually assured for the event. Feb. 1 will be the last date at which entries for the big trophy can be received. Apart from France, we have just had definite assurances that Germany, England, and Spain will be represented, probably with the full quota of three balloons each." The Aero Club has just selected the design for the Lahm Cup, which will be offered for a long-distance competition, commemorating the victory in the International race last season by Lieut. Frank P. Lahm. The trophy is valued at $1,200. The cup is offered for the longest continuous trip made in the United States during the coming year, but all aeronauts may compete whatever their nationality. The club stipulates, however, that the first winner must make a balloon flight exceeding 648 kilometers, about 402 1/2 miles. Intending competitors must notify the club, stating the probable time of the ascension, so that proper officials may see that the conditions are correctly complied with. A set of rules to govern the event is being drawn up by the Contest Committee. Plans are being made for an Aero Club dinner to be held at an early date. Among the applicants recently proposed for membershp are Paul H. Deming and William E. Metzger of Detroit, William B. Wetmore, Allenhurst, N. J., and Henry W. Shoemaker, Ralph J. Moses, and D. W. Blair of this city.
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