Show BALLOONS GET GETAWAY GETAWAY AWAY FROM AUTOS Endurance Contest in MidAir Proves Success Airships Start Pittsfield ld Mass Oct b balloons Centaur and LOrient which remained here after the race be behe he n balloons and automobiles for the Hawley cup had been declared off last Saturday participated In an endurance contest tod today which carried them many miles mile over n northwestern Massachusetts and southwestern Yermont The balloon the Centaur b by about three hours and a half finally landing in the lie little mountain town of Jum eal ealin in Windham county Vermont seea miles mUes from the start The Centaur came down In Bennington Vermont thirty miles from this cit city The balloons rose from here at 1020 a am am m The Centaur curried carried Charles T Walsh roBot anti Major Samuel Reber and Cap Captain thin tain Charles F Chandler of the signal corps U S A VOri LOrient nt was piloted by Joseph To eph Stevens who had as his com compan pan 1 Captain Homer Homr W Yo Hedge president of cf the Aero club of Am America The rhe bal Icons were In sight of each other for about thre hours and after them sped three automobiles wh lh had been en ent t nd in the hawley cup CUI contest on Sat Saturday Saturday The Centaur was wa slightly behind r Ori nt In crossing th the Y Vermont border and after getting over Bennington Pilot decided to land lan The descent was accomplished on the slope or of mountain Reach High Altitude The occupants occupant of the Centaur said on 01 l n mg that they considered theIr object and that their trip had been hIghly sUccessful from a scientific stand standpoint standpoint point The Centaur reached a height of G feet After seeIng the Centaur descend Pilot Stevens of decided to keep on more miles of southern was traversed and at LOr lent came down in Mr Stevens aft after r landing that LOrient went feet In the air Above the clouds the heat was so EO intense that all outside cloth had to be discarded At one time the thermometer registered lOG degrees minutes after the Centaur len landed ed in Bennin Bennington ton an automobile driven by Floyd Knight of this city stopped ed by the side of the car Half an later an automobile owned by C F Bishop of Lenox arrIved on the scene Doth Both these machines had followed the ns as an experiment although both were out of sight much or of the time |