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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1979)
I V, f. paga 16 u Photographs (dodcwise): The eariy morning quiet of Woods Park at 33rd and J Streets is disrupted by hundred of spectators as a num ber of six -story giants prepare to embark on what is known as "Hare Hound" race. The object is to drop a weighted streamer as close to where the first or "Hare" balloon lands. A competitor drops his marker fairly close to the mark. Others, however were closer. One was so close that his weighted streamer nearly dented the chase vehicle associated with the Hare balloon. Another balloon missed the mark by the proverbial mile. 'The majority of the hot-air bal loons stayed fairly dose to one another and floated over a very hazy Lincoln, Neb. The propane fuel burners used to quickly neat the large mass of air inside the balloon's envelope are rated sX 20 mZSoa British thermal units, the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of water decree Fshrenheit A colorful fant serenely floats over the pastures aad farmland near r&oeen Park Just before landing. t mbnday, august 27, 1070 dally hcbrcskan- -i i 1 l m : rt?'r. .1 ' r.r; '5 V away away 1 4. tvl . and up rr . II photos by mark billingsby r ... ' ' " ' t 9 o 9 ( rO ' t ip 1 f i inn .l ii ii 11 nun, lj .111 ii i in in iiiii in y m L Z LJ V
