Deseret Evening News | 1908-09-17 | Page 9 | America to Have One Balloon in This Race

AMERICA TO HAVE ONE BALLOON B IN THIS RACE NOW New c Yolk YIk Sid apt 17 1 TA iA A Holland 11 11 pilot and Augustus Au Post who will act as us his aid mild hay Cavil shipped U to Mr fr b balloon the tile Con Coil nibS mid they will themselves i maui ill all allIn illIn In a few da s to tithe take part pait in Ill the hue Inter luter race lace l 1 lm j slatted b by Kal i front rr nl on Oct OctH 11 H the only balloon made outdo In ill that thai 1 tho thc contest conlest hIp other two pilots this country having arranged for loi the tho pUt piu clints Q ot of r foreign made airships Mi 11 F docs doell not expect that tile the lace iaco will be won on UI land lund Ho lIe explains lion how llo small mall a Il chance chanel Is for foi any lilly ot or the tho 23 balloons to approach time tile rec iel oid otti made from St Louis last fall fail and not land hind In lii the tit th Wl lo 1 Me He points to tho map huh of und and that If It last distance of 1372 miles HI should bo bc equalled in iii thc tho nice men flom about tho time only basis of hope so su far as us lighting on oil soil is iscom com will be hc a tt wind trim carrying tho tile to frozen steppes Ml Mi Foi F bos expects to win will the tho race lace he lie said with the time skilful 1 help of ot Mr Post They will trill be clothed in iii two suits stilts of heavy h sweaters thick winter whiter suits sult and amid h will carry carr of ot every Iwer country in ill Europe duplicate sets Hels of electric lights ugh cans call of f soups six cans of o coffee two Iwo dozen hard haid boiled eggs IS 15 pints ot Of water two pints of oC In and j 1 19 11 pints of af champagne to help keep the pilots awake for toi each is 11 to have hate only ont four hours boms sleep sheep In 24 hours bours two pairs pails of n ii I ITh blankets etc Tint Th J cl I in cork so io so that It sink and 1043 life lIfo ore PIS for fol the pilots p will bo be taken J C McCoy and N H Arnold w will ill b be pilots of the tue two other balloons ropic time the Auco Club of AmerIca