'The Sporting Committee of the Arca Club of Belgium has -now reached a decision on the placing} the competitors in the balloon race for the second Gordon: Bennet (Cup. The first three are' given ax follows: 1, The ballan Leopold (Belgium); pilot. M- Veen, stra, distance covered 1,345 kilo-|*
ea (Belgium); Lieutenant Muyter, 661} kin: (413 miles). 3, the Ciampino V. (Italy); Com-mandate Valle, 596 kin. (372 miles). Of the three British entries, the Banshee ITT. (Squadron-Leader Baldwin), and Miramar (Captain Spencer), were placed and hint apectvey, and the Elsie (Captain Johnson), fourteenth. The American, Mr. Van eae ote descended on the dge of a. vessel at sea, was among those unplaced,
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