Show l First Balloon Race Races Race Race- 5 s st. t. t F r I p t Time The greatest r te t sporting event ent of or orI modern times m t. t the first International balloon race for the Gordon Dennett Dennet cup which started from Crom Paris September September SJ- SJ Sep Sep- SO 0 O 1906 was won h by a young American officer Lieutenant Lahm fahm who Is described by tn Cleveland CI 1 Moffett 0 r t L S in 1 the October McClures McClure's rc as us a i quIetS quIet quIet- I mannered shaven clean sha fn young Amerl- Amerl Irl r with businesslike air all and a n keen l e eye cyc and somehow a a as aone j one t m wi ced d him 01 one f fet fejt jt h he had bad gone ono o rc t 1 lo m t tn ita l lie sep n i tf t rt 9 ti I t on un on over r th the LO race rao course hundreds of or loyal Joyal Americans looked y r- r rafer a after him and ad wished him luck I p 1 Fomo Somo men it appears appels are horn born hor aeronauts The They have hav no agitating nerv nerves the they ke keep p cool In trying emergencies emer emer- and they N seem fn to pos posse possess e s a at t 1 c sense of or balance b by which the they know mow intuitively how much sand and I to throw over ocr to hold holl a balloon steady i whether a small handful or a n larg- larg r I or two handfuls or 01 a 1 whole scoop- scoop J flu ful or oven even two Th The In Instinct Instinct In- In j of balance balanC In th time the air all Is 11 one of ol the most precious qualifications of a and anti It I soon foon d developed that young oun IO possessed It In a high high degree As s to his coolness th the father had hlf proof of It the th Cr very first tImA he hC tOI took his son fon up lip in Lu a balloon which balloon which haloon-which which was waR some om years earlier Th They had left Parl Paris about one night and soon rose ros Into a a drenching rainstorm rind and utter titter uter darkness ness At 1 I- o'clock the thc no l moUin f uy i 5 to l 1 r 0 1 tl I 8 The elder Lahm admits that tr tuba this was one of or the time rare occasions when he was badly rattled ratted bu but t th the son h beginner er that he lie was remained peret perfectly calm quite QuIm Indifferent apparent apparently to dan danger er and discomfort Furthermore Lahm had the Hie physical endurance that a man Tan must get getho v ho ho spends six sh or ur eight I ht hours rl ho fIr every day In the saddle paddle with breakneck break break- neck Jumps lumps o er fences fens and ant ditches as ns I a a. a part of hl his regular routine |