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Show BAGS STMT IN Start Made From St. Louis in Army and Navy Competition. ST. LOl'Ift, Fopt. 23. The first bil-loon bil-loon in the army and navy Derby started at 6:05 tonight. The craft opening the ra:e represented the navy. It was followed fol-lowed at regular lntervaia by a!l of the othf-r entrants excepting or.e nary balloon in which a leak was found and which wl!i leave as toon as repaired. The leading' balloon was manned by i Kr.t pn J. H. Stevers and Lieutenant W. K. Ked of the United States naval pta-i pta-i lion, JrVr-sHco'a. F!a. This was closely foli'ir.-t-d by tho firs: arrr.y bal.oon wiih 1 Caita:n K. P. Phi:!!ra and Lieutenant Byron T. Hurt of Lar.&iey field, Virginia-in Virginia-in th- baf.::et, Tho yc: o;;d r.?.-y balloon, manned by Lieu tenant H. W. Hoy t. and En-ien F. - W. Keichclderfer. developed a iealt and ae this had net bn repaired when its tlr::C came to taake the a:r, the entrant wfip phspd and the pconu army balloon co nt a in In? Lie.: tenant Color, el Jacob Wuts: and Lieutenant William E. Huffman Huff-man sceiided. Then came the ravy balloon operated by L'utenfint 12. R. Kmerson and L:i-I L:i-I s:en F. 1. frioman, to be fallowed almost lniTr.ed lately by the last army balloon w.ih Lieutenant J'aac II. Coulter and Lieutenant H. X. Hne in chareo. Tl:e -H.it army balloon It ft the field at 6:?0 p. rn. The etartlr.p was done Cantn'n Charles J. Glld-:n of New York, while the officers in charpe of the race ard to whom the baPoonists will report v.-hen they finally alieht were Major A. B. Lambert nrd Llf.ttf r.ar.t E. F. Herr-I Herr-I manns of tne United State a:r service. |