Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1907 — Thirty-Four Balloons in a Race. [ARTICLE]

Thirty-Four Balloons in a Race.

A great international balloon race started front Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 15, thirty-four balloons participating. More than 100,000 persons assembled to witness the start. The Euglish “Zephyr” and the Swiss “Cognac” made the best reedrds for distance, so far as known, aHghting in France, 530 mile* *w*y.