Show 1 BALLOON CONTESTS FOR WORLD TITLES i iI I Championships to Be Held at St. St Louis Oct Dot 21 21 When Wilen B Best stOn stOnes Ones One's s Will Enter I Around time tile p period of or 21 n this the Pcs of tho oC-tho tiit entire aeronautic world willbe willbo will willbo bo be turned In the thc direction of or St. St Louls Loui That date the opening of or a a. week weel of oC the tho greatest aerial ever held in this or any other counti The carnival will be o international In character char chr acter actor tho the various arlous s being open to the w world r and amid the results will be he Keenly watched by every civilize civilised government gov gov- ovI ov- ov as asell well ell as as by th the thaI leading I scientists of all nations People from every oer quarter of or the globo glob will assem assemble ble In lii St. St t. t Louis to witness th the Ito events c The opening lILl day ilay Monday olon a Octo October er 21 will HI lj bo marked marke b by the start from froia the tho metropolis of oC the Mississippi valIe valley val val- Ie Icy ley of ot the tho contest for COl or the James Gordon Gordon Gor Gor- don Bennett International championship champion champlon- ship bIp of the time world It Is 1 valued uell at OO nail and was donated by James Gordon Gem Gor then don on Bennett Dennett proprietor of the tho New York Herald to be competed for COL time the auspices of or tho the International Aeronautic Aeronautic Aero Aero- Federation of aero nero clubs representing nearly all an the leadIng leadin lead lead- in Ing In countries In Iii order ordel to become tho the property ty of oan any one cite nero aero clu club It must bd successfully defended by y It for lIve Co consecutive 3 years cars cara against all chalice challenges l' l received from tho tue aero nero clubs of ot other othor nations Th Tho first contest for the cup took tool place In iii Paris FI France September OC and was won h by Lieutenant Frank Flon P. P I of tho time United States ann army one of oC the time representatives of or tho the Aero Acro Club of oC America This gave ae temporary possession pos ios- ios session of or the thc cup cult to the Acre Club of or America and brought It to coun co n- n try where helo the tho other nations who challenge chal chal- lenge tor for It arc required t to to come the tue rules lules stipulating that the the- competition must bo be held In iii the time country which holds the trophy Challenges s to for I the thc CU cup CUI ha have 0 been bee II received d front from the nero clubs Franco Germany Gennan the United I Kingdom Spain and Italy Xo No country coun coun- try y In is allowed to have hoo more than throe three contestants In iii the tho race raco and each cacti o of these e live five nations has made malIc three en cn- cn tries S. S rIte Tho Italian entries however cr were v received too late tite and have hae been protested Efforts arc are being made t tl to have ha the protest waived Should be he done there thero will be lie IS 18 competitors competitor In Iii the tue race including the tho three entries of ut the United SUites States Should however the Aero Club of OC Franco insist on ex cx- cx clu eluding ing the tho Italians there will be bo 1 I entries in tn the lie extent event Lieutenant FI Frank 1 lii P Lahm who wo the time cup will Ill again be he one of or the rep rep- re of ot tho the United States th tIme tho other two bolus beIng J. J C. C McCoy a retired capitalist of ot New C York and A A. R. R Hawley Hawey a Wall Wail all street broker A laigo lairo of the men hl far and d some i 6 C tIm tho can n. n c ti trI nr I St. St Louis was selected as th site sHe for fol forthe the contest on account of or its excellent geographical position it being far re remove removed removed re- re move moved from frum moni tho lie ocean an and amid also from fion the mountains anti and large e bodies of or wa wa- ter The Time quality of gas supplied a at attests attests tests ma made e when tl Ito tho o city was selected showed that St. St Louis could cool provide excellent coal gas for Cor balloon slon |