| Show N PEOPLE WILL SAIL IN AIR AIRM M Santos Dumont Has Removed the Very Last OAN CAN STEER AS liE HE PLEASES ISis ilia lr Under Control Committee Nome No III ell CondItion Odious lo to New Now York Aug ug 5 Tho Herald pub publishes publishes lishes a n despatch lies patch from coin its Paris corres correspondent correspondent to tho the effect that If it any Iny doubt still lingered ns as to the perfect steer ability of at M J balloon It must have been dispelled by the lat hat latest latest est eat ascension Continuing tho the Paris correspondent gives tIme thc following toll owl liS additional details When about 10 metres up In the air aIrlie the thc young aeronaut discovered dl that a atoo atoo too zealous workman had securely knotted the thc cord that controls the guide ropo rope which governs govern tho ho 1 of dir direction cotlon of 0 his Iris airship Before Detore ho could liberate thin thIs cord as the lie guide rope was catching In the tho ho trees of ot the Bois Hols do the Boulogne ho had to sacrifice nil all his ballast In In order to set got clear of ot the I I ground or rather the tho tree Iree tops toI Under such conditions he ho did dill not care caro to yen ven venture en ture turo over Parlo Perle where a n descent might have become unavoidable owing awing to the tho lack of or ballast These Theae little draw drawbacks drawbacks backs however are of or minor Import Importance ance and simply delayed the tie official at attempt attempt tempt to win Mr prize What M f San has achieved Is In Itself quito quite t to convince the thc most skeptical that he Is absolutely master of or his Iris direction while hile In the theair theair air Starting at nt the tho Pare Parc Dero station nt at St Cloud nt at this afternoon the thc V Y after acter a n Journey above the ibis Hols do dc Boulogne In the tire dir direction Ir of ot the thc Eiffel tower turned turnell as obediently u nil as a yacht acht answering her helm and came back to the tho Pare at ata ata a n fair speed following as os undeviating a n course as fill though It were marked by bya a 11 visible straight line Thore There was wa only the tho faintest of ot breezes It is true but what there thero was of or It was blowing against the baloon This was however so unmistakably Independent of ot any Iny air current favor favorable favorable able ablo or unfavorable that the spectators seemed to awake to a n full appreciation of at M r triumphant so 80 solution lution of ot the tho he problem of aerial navigation a atlon tion antI greeted him upon uvon his return with a 1 hearty burst of at applause No public announcement had hall been main mado of ot the lie ascension so the crowd was not no so great ns as on Friday 1 I Just before there thero occurred a little Incident that somewhat disturb disturbed ed et 1 M r f Just as nR ho was about to leave tho the prize committee reminded him that the tho startIng time would bo be taken token at nt atthe atthe the exact Instant his guide rope left heft tho lie ground and the moment of ot his lila return would be the Instant his hili balloon came to earth again To this thUs latter detail M f objected tint flat flatly ly h l He lie claimed very try logically that the tho end ml of ot the voyage was tho moment ho lie arrived over ocr the tho starting point Not only does doos there seem Hem to be bo common commonsense sense nemo In his hili contention but it Is III also In with both the lie letter and spirit of o the conditions laid hail down for fot the Prix Prig do tie Aero LAero 14 Club contest |
