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1907. June. 7. Friday - at Baddeck 72 [[?]] New York. 7 Apr-1907 Balloon Ascension Postponed PITTSFIELD, Mass., April 6.-On account of a high wind, which prevailed until sunset, the balloon ascension which was to have been made to-day by Alan R. Hawley and Leo Stevens, both of New York, was postponed. An ascent will be attempted on Monday, when Mr. Hawley will probably go up alone in the balloon L'Orient. Herald New York 7 Apr-1907 Sailing the Air. It is certainly a twentieth century exhibition that was opened in London yesterday by the Aero Club of Great Britain and Ireland. Models of seventy-five different aeroplanes are shown. A special cable despatch to the Herald describing the exposition says that each inventor is confident that he has solved the problem of navigating the air. Some of them seem to be visionary, but with the advance of science the visions of one decade become the commonplace realities of the next. Herald New York 7 Apr-1907. NO BALLOON RACE. [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD.] PITTSFIELD, Mass., Saturday.-Owing to a forty mile gale and a big rip in the Orient, discovered this afternoon, Alan R. Hawley and Leo Stevens were unable to make a balloon ascension to-day. They will go up on Monday. All day the aeronauts were at Aero Park waiting for the wind to subside, and they hoped to get away late this afternoon. Then a two foot rip was discovered in the balloon and it took Stevens two hours to sew it up. Herald, New York. 7.Apr-1907. AIRSHIP RACE IN OLYMPIC GAMES [SPECIAL CABLE TO THE HERALD.] LONDON, Saturday.-An airship race is now a probably feature in the coming Olympiad in London, the council of the British Olympic Association, which is organizing the games, having decided to give it a place on the programme. "It is too early," said the Rev. De Courey Laffan, "to go into details. The arrangements will all depend on the possibilities of the airships that may be entered. The idea at present is to have a long distance race, starting from the stadium, which is to be erected at Shepherd's Bush." The successful inventor must be content with the honor of beating his rivals and the Olympian medal. The association does not propose to offer any special prizes, although it is possible these may be forthcoming from private sources. Consideration is being given at present to a proposal to have winter sports as an integral part of the meeting. The sports would include skating, hockey and football, and be held either next January or February, five or six months before the summer meeting. More than a dozen foreign countries are expected to send representative competitors. Committees have already been formed or are in process of formation in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Greece, Denmark, Sweden, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland and Bulgaria. Work has been started on the grounds at Shepherd's Bush, a beginning having been made with the racing track. The total accommodation for spectators, according to present plans, is 66,289, but it is hoped to enlarge the area so as to find room or at least a hundred thousand. Sun. Mail New York 6 Apr - 1907 [[PHOTO]] The Great Bad of Linen [[PHOTO]] Leo Stevens. [[PHOTO]] [[PARTIALLY CUT OFF PHOTO]] Weaving the Basket [[?]] -- BUILDING A BIG
