Erie, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Newburgh and along the east side of the Hudson to New York. The distance was 1,050 miles. The previous record was 56:58:00, also made by a Franklin, a six-cylinder car. CHICAGO COMPETITIONS. During 1907 four road competitions were held by the Chicago Motor club-a reliability test of 175 miles around the Chicago-Waukegan-McHenry-Elgin-Aurora course; a hill climb at Algonquin, Ill.; a 95-mile economy test to Valparaiso and return and an economy test for the Silent Knight trophy to New Carlisle, Ind., and return. The results were as follows: Reliability run, June 28-Ninety-five entered, eighty-six started, seventy-five finished and fiftyfive had perfect scores. Hill climb at Algonquin, Ill., Aug. 9. 1907-Class 1, won by Autocar; class 2, won by Buick; class 3, won by Columbia; class 4, won by Moon; class 5, won by Pierce-Arrow; class 6, free-for-all, Stearns six-cylinder and Apperson Jack Rabbit tied. Economy run to Valparaiso and return, 95 milesWon by Henry Paulman's Pierce-Arrow; fuel consumption, 4 gallons 2 quarts 11 ounces. Silent Knight trophy economy run to New Carlisle, Ind., and return, 196 miles-Won by Henry Paulman's Pierce-Arrow; fuel consumption, 12 gallons 15% ounces. GOLF. AMERICAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. Alec Ross of the Brae Burn club won the open golf championship of America June 20-21, 1907, on the links of the Philadelphia Cricket club, with a score of 302 strokes for the 72 holes. Gilbert C. Nicholls of Woodland was second with 304 and Alec Campbell of Brookline, Mass., third with 305. The record: 1894-Willie Dunn (New York), St. Andrew's links, won by 2 up. 1895-H. Rawlins (Newport), Newport links, 173. 1896-James Foulis (Chicago), Shinnecock Hills, 152. 1897-Joe Lloyd (Essex), Wheaton links, 162. 1898-Fred Herd (Washington park), Myopia links, 1907-Alec Ross (Brae Burn), Philadelphia Cricket club, 302. AMERICAN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. Jerome D. Travers of Mont Clair, N. J., won the American amateur golf championship at Cleveland, O., July 9-13, 1907, by defeating Archie Graham of North Jersey 6 up and 5 to play. The record: 1894-At Newport, R. I.-W. G. Lawrence, Newport, medal play, 188. 1895-At Newport Golf Club-C. B. Macdonald. Chicago Golf club, won; C. E. Sands, St. Andrew's Golf club, runner-up. 1896-At Shinnecock Hills Golf Club-H. J. Whigham, Onwentsia, won; J. G. Thorp, Cambridge, runner-up. Low score in qualifying round, H. J. Whigham, 163. Sixteen qualified. 1897-At Chicago Golf Club-H. J. Whigham, Onwentsia, won; W. R. Betts, Shinnecock Hills, runner-up. Low score in qualifying round, H. J. Whigham, 177. Sixteen qualified. 1898-At Morris County, N. J.-F. S. Douglas, Fairfield, won; Walter B. Smith, Onwentsia, runnerUD. Low score in qualifying round, J. H. Choate, Jr., Stockbridge. 175. Thirty-two qualified. 1899-At Onwentsia-H. M. Harriman, Meadow brook, won; F. S. Douglas, Fairfield, runner-up Low score in qualifying round, C. B. Macdonald Chicago, 168. Thirty-two qualified. 1900-At Garden City-W. J. Travis, Garden City won; F. S. Douglas, Fairfield, runner-up. Low score in qualifying round, W. J. Travis, 166 Thirty-two qualified. 1901-At Atlantic City-W. J. Travis, won; Walte E. Egan, Onwentsia, runner-up. Low score in qualfying round, W. J. Travis, 157. Thirty-tw qualified. 1902-At Glen View, Ill.-L. N. James, Glen View won; E. M. Byers, Allegheny, runner-up. Low score in qualifying round, G. A. Ormiston, Pitts burg, and W. J. Travis tied at 79. the latter winning the play-off. Sixty four qualified at 1 holes. 1903-At Nassau, L. I.-W. J. Travis, Garden City won; E. M. Byers, Allegheny, runner-up. AL match play. 1904-At Short Hills, N. J.-H. Chandler Egan, Exmoor Country club, won; Frederick Herreshoff. Brooklyn, runner-up. Low score in qualifying round, H. C. Egan, 242 for 54 holes. Sixty-four qualified. 1905-At Wheaton, Ill.-H. Chandler Egan, Exmoor, 1899-Will Smith (Midlothian), Glen View. lothian, 160. Auchterlonie (Glen View), Mid 1902-Willie Anderson (Pittsfield), Euclid, 299. 1903-Alexander Smith (Nassau), Milwaukee, 318 (72 holes). 1904 Willie Anderson (Apawamis), Kent Country (Grand Rapids, Mich.), 304. 1905-Arthur Smith (Columbus, O.). Cincinnati, 278. 1906-Alexander Smith (Nassau), Homewood, 306. 1907-Robert Simpson (Omaha), Hinsdale, Ill., 307. WESTERN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. The ninth amateur championship tournament of the Western Golf association took place on the links of the Wheaton (Ill.) Golf club, Aug. 6-10, 1907. It was won for the fourth time by H. Chandler Egan of the Exmoor club by 5 up, 4 to play. The runner-up was Herbert F. Jones of the Wheaton club. Championship record to date: 1899-David R. Forgan (Onwentsia), Glen View, 6 up. 1900-Wm. Waller (Onwentsia), Lake Forest, 1 up. 1901-Phelps B. Hoyt (Glen View), Midlothian, 6 up. 1902-H. C. Egan (Exmoor), Wheaton, 1 up. 1903-Walter E. Egan (Exmoor), Cleveland, 1 up. 1904-H. C. Egan (Exmoor), Highland Park, 6 up, 5 to play. 1905-H. C. Egan (Exmoor), Glen View, 3 up and 2 to play. 1906-D. E. Sawyer (Wheaton). Glen Echo, 4-5. 1907-H. C. Egan (Exmoor), Wheaton, 5 up, 4 to play. BRITISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. Year. Winner. 1886-H. Hutchinson. 1887-H. Hutchinson. 1888-J. Ball, Jr... 1889-J. E. Laidlay. 1890-J. Ball, Jr... 1891-J. E. Laidlay. Runner-Up. Henry Lamb... ...7 and 6 John Ball, Jr... 1 hole J. E. Laidlay. ...5 and 4 L. W. Balfour. ...2 and 1 J. E. Laidlay......4 and 3 H. II. Hilton...... 1 hole Year. Winner. 1892-J. Ball, Jr.... 1893-Peter Anderson. 1894-J. Ball, Jr...... 1895-L. B. Melville. 1896-F. G. Tait.. 1897-A. J. T. Allan.. 1898-F. G. Tait.. 1899-J. Ball, Jr.. 1900-H. H. Hilton.. 1901-H. H. Hilton.. 1902-C. Hutchings. 1903-R. Maxwell. 1904-W. J. Travis.. 1905-A. G. Barry. 1906-James Robb.. 1907-J. Ball, Jr..... *After a tie. BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. 1890-*John Ball, Jr. (R. L. G. C.), Prestwick, 164. 1891-H. Kirkcaldy (St. Andrew's), St. Andrew's, 166. 1892-*H. H. Hilton (R. L. G. C.), Muirfield, †305. 1893-W. Auchterlonie (St. Andrew's), Prestwick, 322. 1894-J. H. Taylor (Winchester), Sandwich, 325. 1895-J. H. Taylor (Winchester), St. Andrew's, 322. 1896-H. Vardon (Scarborough), Muirfield, 316. 1897-*H. H. Hilton (R. L. G. C.), Muirfield, 305. 1898-H. Vardon (Scarborough), Prestwick, 307. 1899-H. Vardon (Ganton), Sandwich, 310. 1900-J. H. Taylor (Richmond), St. Andrew's, 309. 1901-James Braid (Romford), Muirfield, 309. 1902-Alex. Herd (Huddersfield), Hoylake, 307. 1903-Alex. Herd (Huddersfield). 1904-J. White (Sunningdale), Sandwich, 296. 1905-Jas. Braid (Walton Heath), St. Andrew's, 318. 1906-James Braid (Walton Heath), Muirfield, 300. 1907-Arnaud Massey (France), Hoylake, 317. *Amateur. Changed to 72 holes. THE OLYMPIC CUP. The Olympic cup, first contested for in St. Louis in 1904 at the world's fair Olympic games, was won by the Metropolitan Golf association team, led by J. D. Travers, on the links of the Euclid Golf club at Cleveland, O., July 8, 1907, with a total score of 641. The Western Golf association was second with 649. The record stands: 1904-Western Golf association, 1,749. 1905-Western Pennsylvania, 655 for 36 holes. 1906-Western Golf association, 635 for 36 holes. 1907-Metropolitan Golf association, 641 for 36 holes. WESTERN PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. Fred McLeod of the Midlothian club won the third annual champonship tournament of the Western Professional Golfers' association on the Normandie club course at St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 20, 1907, by defeating Larry Auchterlonie by 2 points. The score of the winner was 305. Record of the event to date: 1905-Fred McLeod (Midlothian), Chicago Golf club, 4 up and 2 to play. 1906-W. C. Sherwood (Lakeside), Calumet Country club, 1 up. 1907-Fred McLeod (Midlothian), Normandie club, St. Louis, Mo., 2 up. WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS. WESTERN. Miss Lillian French of the Windsor Country club won the western golf championship for women at the annual tournament on the links of the Midlothian Country club, Chicago, Aug. 26-30, 1907, by defeating Miss Sallie Ainslie of the Westward-Ho club by 1 up. Record of the event to date: 1901-Miss Bessie Anthony (Glen View), Onwentsia, 3 up, 1 to play. 1902-Miss Bessie Anthony (Glen View), Onwentsia, 1 up. 1903-Miss Bessie Anthony (Glen View), Exmoor, 3 up, 2 to play. 1904-Miss Frances Everett (Exmoor), Glen View, 1 up. 1905 Mrs. Charles L. Dering (Midlothian), Homewood, 4 up and 2 to play. NATIONAL. Miss Margaret Curtis, representing the Essex Country club of Manchester, Mass., won the women's national golf championship of the United States, Oct. 12, 1907, on the links of the Midlothian Golf club, Chicago. Her sister, Harriet, winner of the championship in 1906, was the runnerup, and was defeated 7 up and 6 to play. Record to date: 1895-Beatrix Hoyt, on Meadowbrook Country club links. 1896-Beatrix Hoyt, Morris Country club, 2 up, 1 to play. 1897-Beatrix Hoyt, Essex County Country club, 5 up, 4 to play. 1898-Beatrix Hoyt, Ardsley club, 5 up, 3 to play. 1899-Ruth Underhill, Philadelphia Country club, 2 up, 1 to play. 1900-Frances Griscom, Shinnecock Hills, 6 up, 4 to play. 1901-Genevieve Hecker, Baltusrol Golf club, 5 up, 3 to play. 1902-Genevieve Hecker, Brookline, 4 up, 3 to play. 1903-Bessie Anthony, Chicago Golf club, 7 up, 6 to play. 1904 Georgeanna Bishop, Philadelphia, 5 up, 3 to play. 1905-Pauline Mackay, Oakley Country club, 1 up. 1906-Harriet S. Curtis, Brae Burn Country club, 2 up, 1 to play. 1907-Margaret Curtis. Midlothian, 7 up, 6 to play. The national individual match was won by Midshipman Willis A. Lee of Owenton, Ky., with a score of 318. Lieut. W. H. Clopton of the 13th cavalry took second place with 316 and Sergt. Orr of Ohio third with 314. Other leaders were: Sergt. Dunbar, 4th infantry, 313; Lieut. Parmlee, Kausas, 312; Midshipman H. L. Smith, Annapolis, 311; Private Murland, California, 309; Chief Gunners' Mate King, navy, 307; Capt. Currie, Washington, 303: Maj. Resche, Minnesota, 301; Sergt. Travis, Montana, 301; Sergt. Coburn, Washington, 301; Private Upton, Massachusetts, 299; Sergt. Bailey, Wisconsin, 298; Sergt. Swan, Maine, 297; Sergt. Brass, Montana, 297; Maj. Winder, Ohio, 296. The private match was also won by Midshipman Lee with a score of 238. Capt. McNab of the 27th infantry was second with 236. Lieut. Sayre won the time fire medal by a score of 96 and Lieut. Olson of Minnesota the slow time medal with 46. In 1906 the national trophy was won by the United States infantry team with a score of 3,251. The national individual match in 1906 was won by Lieut. Theodore H. Dillon, corps of engineers. U. S. A., on a score of 313 points. The winner of the national pistol match in 1906 was Second Lieut. Samuel M. Parker, 29th United States infantry, and his aggregate score 238 points. Squadron A, New York.. Slow Rapid fire. fire. Ttl. .575 398 973 452 264 716 .496 217 713 Manhattan Rifle & Revolver assn., N.Y.533 288 821 3d battalion, District of Columbia. Battery A, New Jersey. The all-comers squadron revolver match scores: J. A. Dietz, 71st regiment, New York, 125; Lieut. R. H. Sayre, squadron A, New York, 123; Corporal Thomas Lebontilier, squadron A. New York, 123; Thomas Anderton, 7th regiment, New York, 123. The Dryden trophy match was shot on Sept. 6. This was for the trophy presented by the Hon. John F. Dryden, United States senator from New Jersey, to be shot for annually. It was won by the United States cavalry team with a score of 1,001, outdistancing by 30 points the next contestant in the race, the Massachusetts team, with 971. The Maryland marksmen took third place, defeating New Jersey by 5 points. Their score of 971 was tied by the United States infantry team, but the latter were behind 3 points on the 1,000-yard targets. The marine corps was sixth with 954 and the District of Columbia team seventh with 935. The tournament ended with a victory for Maj. Arthur Rowland of the 1st regiment of New Jersey, who, by a score of 180, won the Seagirt championship for 1907 and the medal presented by Gov. Edward C. Stokes of New Jersey. This match was open to everybody. Contestants fired ten shots on 200, 600, 900 and 1,000 yard targets. The scores of the ten leaders were: 200 600 900 1,000 yds.yds.yds.yds. Tl. Maj. A. Rowland, New Jersey....42 48 44 46 180 Sergt. W. F. Leushner, New York.44 47 42 46 179 Capt. S. W. Wise, Massachusetts.42 46 43 47 178 Lieut. H. E. Semon, Ohio...... .46 46 37 46 175 Lieut. W. H. Richard, Ohio.......44 44 44 43 175 Maj. W. B. Martin, New Jersey..43 47 43 39 172 Sergt. H. Babtist, Massachusetts.43 44 47 42 176 Sergt. J. J. Andrews, N. Carolina.42 43 45 45 175 Sergt. C. J. Jeffers, Massachusetts.43 45 42 45 175 Sergt. M. W. Parker, Massach'ts.40 46 44 44 174 ARMY RIFLE COMPETITION. Winners of the gold medals in the officers' class in the annual rifle competition of the United States army, concluded at Fort Sheridan, Aug. 15, 1907: First prize, Lieut. William B. Wallace, 20th infantry, who made a score of 817 out of a possible 1,000; second prize, Lieut. Clarence H. Farnham, 4th infantry, 793; third prize, Lieut. William S. Weeks, 4th infantry, 782; fourth prize, Lieut. John F. Clapham, 5th infantry, 780; fifth prize, Lieut. Austin M. Pardee, 20th infantry, 777; sixth prize, Lieut. Kirwin T. Smith, 6th infantry, 777; seventh prize, Lieut. Clarence K. LaMotte. 14th infantry, 776; eighth prize, Lieut. Oscar Westover, 14th infantry, 770. The following enlisted men won gold medals: Corporal Laurits Pederson, 12th cavalry, 784; Sergt. Albert Hayes, 14th infantry, 778; Private N. E. Thornton, 14th cavalry, 774; Sergt. Stephen Miller, 12th infantry, 768. THE PALMA TROPHY. In the second annual tournament of the Illinois State Rifle association at Fort Logan, ended Sept. 13, the 1st infantry team won the citizens' trophy match with a score of 2,165, this carrying with it the regimental team championship of the state. The 1st infantry gatling gun platoon won the company match with a score of 721. In the rapid rifle fire match Capt. Ben Elck of the 6th infantry won with 39 hits in one minute. Col. W. H. Whigham of the 1st cavalry won the revolver matchi with 96 hits in three minutes. TARGET SHOOTING. GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP. The eighth grand American handicap shoot at inanimate targets took place in Chicago June 19-21, 1907. The winner was Jeff J. Blanks of Trezevant, Tenn. He and C. Powers of Decatur, Ill., and M. J. Maryott of Fort Collins, Col.. tied at 96, and in the shoot-off at twenty targets he broke 18 to 17 by Powers and 15 by Maryott. Following were the high guns from ninety up: Yds.Sc. Yds.Sc. 91 .19 90 .19 90 19 90 .19 90 18 90 J. J. Blank.........17 96 B. Dunnell...... .19 91 C. M. Powers.. .20 96 *E. H. Steenberg..18 91 *M. J. Maryott.....20 96 E. S. Graham.. ...17 91 *J. R. Taylor.. .20 96 W. H. Schultz......17 M. C. Botton.... .18 95 *O. von Lengerke..17 91 B. Waggener... .17 95 H. M. Clark... F. E. Foltz... 19 94 J. M. Collins... E. N. Ragg.. ....18 94 H. Dixon... *H. E. Poston......18 94 J. W. Garrett. W. S. Spencer.....18 94 J. W. Bell.. B. H. Black... .17 94 W. D. Stannard...20 G. J. Roll... .20 93 C. B. Adams. F. Fuller.. ....19 93 N. Apgar. W. S. Hoon.... ...19 93 B. T. Cole.. R. J. Hook. .18 93 H. W. Cadw'lader.18 90 M. Kneusse. 18 93 W. T. Coyle... J. Martin... 18 93 K. P. Johnson. F. Burnham........16 93 G. W. Tregar. *W. R. Crosby......21 92 G. S. McCarty. J. W. Hightower...18 92 J. T. Park.. W. H. McCreery...18 92 J. T. Skelly. W. D. Townsend...18 92 J. T. Anthony J. A. Blunt....... .17 92 W. Hess... 91 .19 91 19 91 .19 91 .18 90 ...18 90 90 18 .18 90 18 90 ...18 30 .17 90 .2,560 30 Score. Grand American handicap winners to date: Year. Winner. Score. Year. Winner. 1900-R. O. Heikes....91 1904-R. D. Guptill....96 1901-E. C. Griffith....95 1905-R. R. Barber.....99 ..94 1906-S. E. Rogers.....94 1902-C. W. Floyd. 1903-M. Diefenderfer..94 1907-J. J. Blanks.....96 GRAND WESTERN HANDICAP. T. E. Graham won the Grand Western handicap event at Denver, Col., Aug. 24, 1907, with a score of 99, his handicap being 19 yards. C. M. Powers was second with a score of 97, handicap 21 yards. The preliminary handicap was won by H. W. Anderson with a score of 98. A world's record was made when a five-man squad, composed of F. Arnold, H. Bonser, J. S. Boa, H. J. Borden and J. M. Hughes, went through two events, missing only one target in each and breaking 198 out of 200 targets. ILLINOIS CHAMPIONSHIPS. In a tournament held in Chicago May 14-16, 1907. under the auspices of the Illinois State Sportsmen's association, F. C. Riehl of Alton won the professional championship by breaking 47 out of 50 targets. W. R. Crosby was second with 46 and Lee Barkley third with 45. The amateur championship was won by J. B. Barto of Chicago with H. M. Clark of Urbana was seca score of 46. ond with 45. REVOLVER AND PISTOL SHOOTING. INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. William G. Krieg of Chicago won the indoor revolver championship in the national tournament held March 18-24 in Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina and Iowa, under the auspices of the United States Revolver association. Krieg made a total of 454 out of a possible 500. S. E. Sears of St. Louis was second with 445. J. A. Dietz of New York won the national indoor pistol championship with a total score of 455 out of a possible 500. W. G. Krieg of Chicago was second with 445. BOWLING. Prize winners in the seventh annual tournament of the American bowling congress held in St. Louis, Mo., March 18-27, 1907: 39. Hopkins Bros., Des Moines. 50. Sands Diamonds, Cleveland.. TWO-MAN TEAMS. Richter-Bigley, Louisville. Rochford-Bates, Braddock, Pa. Gebhardt-Menninger, Detroit.. Bangart-Peterson, Chicago.. Rowe-Frantz, Cleveland. Haselhuhn-Schmidt, Chicago.. Stehno-Hlava, Chicago... Higgins-Votel, Braddock.. Monroe-Blickle, Grand Rapids. Name and city. *M. Levey, Indianapolis. R. F. Matak, St. Paul... F. Staver, St. Joseph. C. Keeter, Indianapolis. .1,152 125.00 ..1,151 100.00 SINGLES. H. Beeselin, Omaha. .2,775 $500 .2,738 450 E. Zimmerman, Doe Run, Mo. 3. Barrys, Chicago.. 4. South Chicago, Chicago.. M. Huntoon, Minneapolis.. 5. Senators, Chicago.. 6. Krollman's Five, Cincinnati. H. B. Cooper, Kansas City. 7. Musee, Wheeling, W. Va.. G. Niehoff, Cincinnati... 8. Howard Majors, Chicago H. Spangenberg, St. Paul. 9. West Sides, St. Paul.. 10. Birk Bros., Chicago.. P. McGuire, Chicago.. 11. Crescents, Kansas City W. Davies, Chicago.. 12. Centurys No. 2, Chicago. 13. Wright and Abbs, Detroit. 14. Pabst Blue Ribbons, Milwaukee.. 15. Arcades. Minneapolis.. 16. Bull Frogs, Chicago. C. A. Shogren, Chicago.. 17. A B C, Detroit... W. Williams, Pittsburg. 18. Cabannes, St. Louis. D. Hopkins, Indianapolis. 19. Sportsman; Kansas City. 20. Capitol No. 1, St. Paul.. J. P. Flueger, Cincinnati. J. Bauer, Detroit... 21 Centurys No. 1, Chicago.. .2,585 50 W. Ennis, Wheeling... .2,737 1905-Gunthers No. 2, Chicago... .2,795 1906-Centurys No. 1, Chicago. 1907-Furniture Citys, Grand Rapids. .2,775 2,794 .648 .683 .647 ..651 ..669 ...624 INTERNATIONAL BALLOON RACING. of 880 miles. The second international balloon race for the James Gordon Bennett cup was started at St. Lcuis, Mo., Oct. 21, 1907, with nine entries, répresenting America, England, Germany and France. Germany won with the Pommern, which made a distance L'Isle de France Was longest in the air, but was second in distance, falling a few miles short of the record made by the Pommern. All the balloons were started between 4 and 4:30 p. m., on Monday afternoon. The time of landing and other details of the race are given in the following summary: Pommern (German)-Pilot, Oscar Erbsloeh; aid, Prof. Clayton; landed at Asbury Park, N. J., 9 a. m. Wednesday; time of flight, 40 hours; distance, 880 miles. L'Isle de France (French)-Pilot, Alfred Le Blanc; aid, Edgar W. Mix; landed at Hubertsville, N. J., at 1:10 p. m. Wednesday; time, 44 hours; distance, 875 miles. Duesseldorf (German)-Pilot, Capt. Hugo von Abercron; aid, H. Heidemann; landed at Little Creek, Del., at 8:30 a. m. Wednesday; time, 38 hours 45 minutes; distance, 790 miles. St. Louis (American)-Pilot, Allen R. Hawley; aid, Augustus Post; landed at Westminster, Md., at 6:40 a. m. Wednesday; time, 37 hours 58 minutes; distance, 730 miles. America (American)-Pilot, J. C. McCoy; aid, Capt. C. DeF. Chandler; landed at Petuxent Junetion, Md., at 8 a. m. Wednesday; time, 38 hours 35 minutes; distance, 720 miles. Abercron (German)-Pilot, Paul Meckel; aid, Rudolph Denig; landed at Manassas, Va., at 7:10 a. m. Wednesday; time, 37 hours 35 minutes; distance, 680 miles." Anjou (French)-Pilot, Rene Gassier; aid, Charles Levee; landed near Armenius mines, Louisa county, Va., at 7:45 a. m. Wednesday; time, 38 hours 15 minutes; distance, 675 miles. United States (American)-Pilot, Maj. H. B. Hersey; aid, A. T. Atherholt; landed at Caledonia, Ont., 6:15 p. m. Tuesday; time, 25 hours 10 minutes; distance, 650 miles. Lotus II. (English)-Pilot, Griffith Brewer; aid, Lieut. Claude Brabason; landed at Memphis, O., &t 5:10 p. m. Tuesday; time, 23 hours 50 minutes; distance, 375 miles. The race in 1906 was won by the United States, represented by Frank P. Lahm and Maj. H. B. Hersey. They landed in England at a point 402 miles from Paris, the starting point. In one of the preliminary tests at St. Louis the United States signal corps balloon No. 10, manned by Capt. Charles De F. Chandler and J. C. McCoy, covered 475 miles. The start was made at St. Louis Thursday afternoon. Oct. 17, and the landing was made near Walton, W. Va., Friday after noon. The world's noncompetitive record for distance is 1,200 miles made by Count de la Vaulx of France. |