Show HIS BALLOON I WAS DOCILE I 1 t I ISantos Santos Dumont Handled Airship Skillfully I t ASCENSION WAS A SUCCESS t TUV HT IN D A ALL AT DIRECTIONS TON AT HIGH SPEED New ew York York Oct Ot 11 M having completed the te repairs to his hal bal bl loon roon the VI I in spite spie of or Unfavorable predictions based on a a sud suti don rise of the barometer decided dede to start against the wind and maneuver around Longchamp race course says cays the th Paris correspondent of the Herald When the signal to start was ws given the VI V shot oft off of like an ar arrow arrow arrow row and in spite spie of a contrary wind reached reache Longchamp at a a speed impossible impossible Impossible sible to estimate in the actual state of ot aeronautic science science but certainly as a fast last as a a rapid automobile travels The he speed spee cannot be estimated at less les than sixty kilometers an hour For more than an hour the balloon baloon maneuvered in all aU directions above the therace therace therace race course with perfect docility In the presence of numerous spectators An enormous crowd had assembled outside the enclosure waiting for the aeronaut to venture out The balloon baloon reached the rendezvous In the twinkling of an eye ee while the th friends of or the aeronaut fol followed followed i lowed with all speed I When tea tea was over oer M f Santos Dumont i returned in tn his aerial carriage e to Long Longchamp Longchamp Longchamp champ and crossing the the Seine at a I I height of about 2 meters meter slightly over overshot j I shot the Pare Parc arc With Wih a sudden turn urn he came back to his hI goal goaland gal galand goaland and passing with wit considerable speed peed over the telegraph wire which runs along the tho western slue side of the park stopped in a afew a afew few tew minutes minute between the two sheds The difficulty of doing this is extreme It I requires re astonishing skill sl to descend in so o narrow a space At one instant it I was feared a that he was w lost for he passed within tf two tt meters t of M IL Deutsch a hal bal balloon loon house houe which blocks block the entrance to the house on the south side but he es escaped e I danger by a bold maneuver that brought him exactly In front of his own construction which he entered without I waiting for the arrival arival of f the workmen workmen who were ere coming up in an automobile carriage at nt express speed speed I Paris Oct Oct 11 the Brazilian aeronaut made another at attempt tempt today to win wn the Deutsch prize but butto butI I owing to an accident to the rudder of his flying machine be he was as obliged to re return re reI I I turn fifty yards to the starting place after going ging gingI |