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Show SEVEN BALLOONS IN CONTEST FOR TROPHY UIRM INGHAM. Ala . Oct 2. T Seven Sev-en balloons? entered in the international interna-tional race for the Jordon-Bennett trophy took the air late todav and In a light wind started a slow" flrifl towards the orth and west. The French entry, piloted by Captain "''"baiier. was Mrs! off and was followed by the Inlfe,) gtateB aruiv oalb.on Lieutenant Thompson and " aptaln Weeks, pilots; the Belgian entry en-try with Lieutenants de Muyter and .a iron...-; Audiens. Italian. Majors aiie ;M,d Leone; the Kansas -city n B. K. Honeywell 0f St l.ouls and Ur' Jerome Klngsbut-) ihe Trlumpha'e. Italian. Ma lor l.,dori and I.u uten- ant Plraxsoll: and tb Ooodyear, Hah,', Lpson and W T. Van Drmun. All disappeared In the sunset haze rrom ihe ,gh: of , wj estimated at forty thousand. The balloon took Off ai 4:8? and the last at 5:05 p. m. I |