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Show I Wins m in in I Glenn Curtiss Long Interested in I Aviation. . Had Little Time to Prepare for Con test In Which He Captured Inter national Aviation Cup His Remarkable Biplane. Now York. By his achievement In I winning tho International Aviation I Cup at nhelms recently, Olcnn H. CurtlsB has jumped Into world-wldo I renown in aerial circles. That hla I victory was a surprlso even to hlj I closeBt friends in this country Is ex I pressing It mildly. When Mr. Curtios left for Franco on August 5 his ma chino had nover beon tried out, nnd ho admitted that ho was afraid ho was taking n big chnnco with the limited tlmo loft him to get in condition at Rhclms and try out his motor thoroughly. thor-oughly. Dut after two or three days' tuning up on the field tho machine performed admirably at every appearance, ap-pearance, and when ho established a world's record for Bpecd at eight minutes min-utes 32 2-5 seconds for the circuit hla American friends predicted that ho ' would win, and ho became a favorite at Rhelms. If thcro Is ono thing that Curtiss does know thoroughly it is something about motors. Ho was an enthusiastic enthusiast-ic motor cyclist a few years ago, and hold many speed records. Ho has been manufacturing motor bicycles for soveral years at his factory In Hnmmondsport, N. Y.. Quickly realizing real-izing the futuro of aerial flight, ho was ono of tho earliest In America to dovoto careful attention to the manufacture manu-facture of aoro motors. Ho waB Invited In-vited by Prof. Alexander Graham I3oll to becomo ono of the bIx members of tho latter's Arelal Experiment association, asso-ciation, and with tho exception of tho experiments carried on at Haddock, ' Nova Scotia, last wlntor, tho greater part of their work In solving problems of aerial flight was dono at Hnmmondsport. Hnm-mondsport. It was thcro that tho four aeroplanes designed by' members of tho association wore built and tried t out. Tho third machlno, which wna tho most notablo previous to tho longdistance long-distance flights of tho Silver Dart ovei |