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...object" of the balloon race is to float as far as possible from the starting point. This looks simple, far simpler than piloting a racing airplane. The balloons entered in a modern race are more or less alike, the equipment and instruments are identical. Since the wind is the sole propelling agency, it would appear that luck alone is the deciding factor.. Far from it. Skill is more important: in ballooning than in airplane racing, where the technically best machine is almost certain...
Because of a defective bolt in the propellor, the new boat, which has been christened the "Pip", has been drawn up on the float during the past few days, but it will probably be put in the water today...
...desiring to entrust the delivery of the shells to automobiles, the crew management has arranged to have a float towed in to Boston Harbor today or tomorrow, on which the three crates will be unloaded, and returned to Newell. Here they will be uncrated, set up, and eventually rigged, for it is not expected that they will be ready for use until after the spring recess...
...after improvement to float no new loans unless the service of these loans was covered by the French budget...
...secret of the incident supposedly lies in the fact that Senor Leguia made his campaign for office on a platform of economic development, calling for large foreign loans which he has hitherto been unable to float...