Show 1 Grand Prize at Rheims Is Won by American Aviator 5 fc ki i wj si r 4 t tir i it 1 ir lM T I Q r rGLENN GLENN H CURTISS I And his speedy aeroplane I FLIGHT BRINGS NUT NEAT CASH SUM Glenn H Curtiss Adds Acids A ds Further Honors to a Brilliant Record Brescia Breacia Sept H Cartiss the American aviator who won the inter international international national cup at Rheims added further honors to his 1118 brilliant record by capturing capturIng capturIng ing the grand fiand prize prist In the th aviation meet m t here litre today Curtis made mad his flight night yes yesterday ea covering fifty kilometers miles mile or five tunes times around the course in m minutes and seconds His Ilia share of the 1 prise Pr Ie Is Ja S Ruger the French Fren h aviator also allM com corn competed competed for the grand gnand prize price making a of fifty kilometers iu in 1118 winning see sec second ond pris prise Curtiss also won the prize prise for tor quick starting his bis time being S 1 seconds Le La LeBlanc LeBlanc LaBlanc I Blanc was second in this thill contest contat In 1 W 14 5 seconds Princess Letitia stepmother Of UM the to Duke Dulle of the was present t received all aU the Ule f foreign aviators Iata She he warm congratulated Mr Cartiss She sae asked him Wm in English Would you take me with you I should be delighted if my machine hIne were fitted for carrying passengers re replied replied replied plied Mr Curtiss Curties Curti Makes Flight After several test teet flights had been made matIe by the different aviators Rougiers aero nero aeroplane aeroplane plane was wall brought out for his bIB attempt in III inthe Inthe the grand rand prim prise He made the first lap lapin lapin lapIn in 13 U minutes 50 00 seconds The third lap he covered in 12 U minutes the fourth in Ini 12 i 1 45 15 and the tIl th fourth in 1209 Instead of landing at the end of the fifty kilometers made another lap in 1236 1230 Bier lot rondo made several brilliant flights but did not compete for the grand prine after which Curtiss entered for the alti altitude altitude altitude tude prise He ascended to a height of meters about 1 5 feet thereby gaining second prize prise while the first fint prize was waa awarded to who ho danced around with delight saying aying Curtiss is a true gentleman lIe He might have gone higher than I but he promised to leave me the first prise and he has haM kept his lila word Tills This is real American chivalry Lieutenant Calderera was the winner of or orthe th the passenger carr carrying ing event for which a i prize prise of was wa offered r d He Tie made four rounds of the course with Lieutenant He lie also captured the national speed prize the distance being one lap Curtiss urtis added to tn his hill winning by taking r one of the daily ally d contests as well as oiw of the thc th daily height contests |