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Throughout July Kantner was conducting daily flight tests and demonstrations of this plane before foreign representatives. It became known as the Kantner-Moisant Bluebird. [[strikethrough]] About this time Kantner [[/strikethrough]] Soon afterward he went [[strikethrough]] abroad [[/strikethrough]] to France as the American pilot in the Gordon Bennett International Race. [[strikethrough]] to be held in France. [[/strikethrough]] He was selected by Norman Prince who was the head of an American syndicate to sponsor an entry in the race that year. At the last moment Prince changed his mind and named Charles Weymann, who won the race for America Flying a French Nieuport monoplane. After the event Kantner [[strikethrough]] took advantage of the opportunity to [[/strikethrough]] toured the French aircraft and engine plants before returning home. While Kantner was in Europe Moisant aviator C.M. Wood established a new American non-stop distance record with the Kantner-Moisant Bluebird on August 8th when he flew from Garden City, Long Island to Gaithersburg, Maryland, 277 miles, in 5 hours. He was en-route to Ft Myer, Virginia for military demonstrations but was forced down with engine trouble just short of his goal. On August 13th Wood used this same plane in the New York Times Round-Manhattan Race. 
Upon returning to the United States Kantner resumed his activities with Moisant. Reportedly over the fall and winter months of 1913-1914 four planes were built for the Mexican government and some Mexican students were trained at the school. In March, 1914 Kantner went to Mexico where he visited General Villa in the interests of these negotiations and did some flying. While there her had several hair-raising experiences both aloft and on the ground. At this time Charles Niles joined the Moisant organization and began acrobatic flying with a new Moisant exhibition plane. From April 21st to the 24th Niles looped and flew inverted before the Mexican Government representatives at Garden City. [[strikethrough]] Kantner also made demonstration flights there at that time. [[/strikethrough]] Evidently Kantner left Moisant that spring and on July 4th won the Governors Island-to Spuyten Duyvil Race, flying a Schmitt Scout Monoplane with 50 H.P. Gnome engine. He continued flying this plane at Hempstead and Garden City, Long Island, through October, and on September 6th won the speed events at a weekend air meet at Hempstead. 
At this time Schmitt also made a biplane with Gnome engine to enter in the United States Army Signal Corps aeroplane competition at North Island, California