Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-05 | Page 1 | Expert Tells St. Louis About Airship Races

EXPERT TELLS JELLS ST ST. STLOUIS LOUIS ABOUT AIRSHIP RACES Vienna Man lan Declares the Exposition Managers I Should Adopt Race Track Plans 5 VIENNA Feb 5 In In a dispatch to his paper th the local correspondent of the New NewYork York Herald says he has In Interviewed in- in Herr Victor president president president pres pres- ident of the Vienna Aero club about the possibilities of ot the airship and ballooning ballooning bal bal- boning competition in St. St Louis Herr experience in all matters mahers relating relating relating re re- re- re lating to ballooning is very extensive He gives the following advice to the committee of the Louisiana P Purchase exposition as to the best means of ot se securIng securing securing se- se curing success for an acrostic pro pro- gramme The St St. Louis acrostic committee should ke a 4 with the l least ast possible delay Due notice should be given now The be exceedingly definite and detailed Just as conditions are ultimately prin printed in advance of an ait important horse race The airships Herr Sil Sil- Sil berer thinks necessarily will be Jim lim fled in number Many o of f those now existing will have disappeared entirely and new ones will have taken their place St Louis should be particularly ly careful to get balloons all of the same dimensions Herr continued I It Is impossible t to to handicap large I and small balloons and give interesting interesting interesting interest interest- ing results I have nave s seen sen en balloon races In Paris with the Interest in them them them- spoiled by irregularity In size According to Herr St. St Louis should without delay fix the dimensions dimensions dimen dimen- I dons of the balloons say at 1200 cubic feet Let all the balloons be of the same size ize then the re result wilt will depend entirely entirely en- en en- en upon those who direct them he added Professionals should not be admitted admitted ad ad- and all European clubs should be approached privately If such conditions be observed ved the tile committee committee com coin may ma mal expect expect every aero club to send a representative balloon but otherwise otherwise oth oth- not