But the Bird boys won the prize of a silver cup " "What if they did? It was by a hair's breadth, Mr. Smarty " "And their monoplane was proven to be faster than the big biplane you built, Puss Carberry " "Oh was it? Don't you be too sure of that, Larry " "Didn't it land on the summit of Old Thunder Top ahead of you and Sandy, in the race that afternoon? Tell me that " and Larry Geohegan bristled up to the recognized bully of Bloomsbury, while a dozen fellows clustered around on the deck of the big power boat, listening eagerly to this war of words.