New-York tribune., 1907-10-13
DAILY WINS LONG RACE.
LAPS OTHER RUNNERS.
Establishes Record on Turf IN Ten
Nile Champ pionship.

John ]. DAILY, of the Irish-Amercan Athletic
Club the champion Irish runner, won the ten
mile championship run of the Amateur Athletic
Union or the United States at the Polo Grounds,
yesterday, from field of eighteen starters. His
time was so minutes 16 As seconds, which estab-
fishes American record on the turf, for it was
the hrst time that race of its distance had been
run over grass course.
The best time ever made for ten miles was that
made by William p. Day the grounds of the
old Staten Island Athletic Club. In 1889. Days
time was 81 minutes IS 20 seconds When II is
taken into consideration that Days record was
made on fine cinder track. the time made by
Daily is remarkably fast.
Thirteen finished in the and DAILY succeeded
in tapping every one Of them. The track was
marked off by American flags. The start was
from in front Of the nome plate when baseball is
played the grounds. There were four laps to
the mile. and from the end of the first mile, when
DAILY went TO the front. it was apparent that
he would surely win He began to lap some
of the other competitors, but It was not until the
last quarter mile that he succeeded IN tapping
Thomas Collins, of the irish American Athletic
Club who finished second in So minutes and 46
seconds.
The final lap furnished one of the features of the
race. Collins had held second position from the
fourth mile, and Daily steadily increased his lead
In the eighth mile Collins got stitch In his side
and Daily Immediately began to increase his lead.
For two miles Collins in great distress. His
pluck carried him on. The pain seemed to leave
him when the final mile was reached, but by this
time Daily had a lead Of nearly three-quarters Of a
lap. While it apparent that only an accident
would prevent DAILY from winning the race, the In
terest among the spectators was centred in seeing
him lap Collins This he succeeded IN doing on
making the second turn on tho lower end Of the
field.
Another interesting feature Of the race was the
fight between John J. Gallagher. the Quaker City
runner and William c. Bailey OF the New York
Athletic Club, for third place Only a few yards
separated these men during almost the entire race
but in the last half mile Gallaghers greater stay
ing qualities began TO tell, and he passed Bailey,
winning third honors by a few yards His time
was 81 min. Sc sec. While that Of Bailey was So
min. l
The other nine finished in the following
order and time: S Mellor, Mercury Athletic Club
fifth 80 min. % sec; John L!nduuist, Xavier Ath-
letic Club sixth SO min. 80 As sec: Thomas s
Harris. Young Mems Christian AsSociaton' sew
enth, SO min. 30 40 sec. Fred LORI, Mohawk Ath-
letic Club eighth. l hour as min l sec; James
Clark Xavier Athletic Club. NINTH hour 81 min;
L. Smith. tenth. hour min 20 sec: T. T. Mor-
risey. Mercury Athletic Club, eleventh. hour
l min. 23 3-5 Sec James D. McCherry, Xavier
Athletic Club. twelfth. l hour min. 43 10 sec; T.
IL White thirteenth. / hour l min. 45 sec
The other five who started in the race and
dropped out we're Otto A. Beranct, Townsend Har-
ris Hall: G F. Williams. Lyons Mass Edward =.
Carr. Xavier Athletic Club: H. NJ. Basson. Young
Mems League. and Leo katzensteln. Northwestern
Athletic Club.
For the first milo Carr led his time being min.
q sec lie was well up among the leaders untlI
the seventh mile. when he dropped out DAILY VINO
was first for the remainder the distance. ran the
miles as follows: Second mile 10 min. Al 40 sec
third mile IG min As sec; fourth mile, p min
80 10 sec; fifth mile. p min. % sec; sixth mlIe
50 min p sec: seventh mile IS min IA 80 Sec
eighth mile 43 min. 81 20 sec; nlnth HlAe' - iI-
as sec; tenth mile so min. Is As sec.
II was the first time in ten years that inc ANA
teur Athletic Union held the ten-mlla chainploh-
shin outdoors Only about three hundred specla-
tors gathered At the Polo Grounds yesterday. but
the officials were not disappointed for sIila AT
tendance was expected. as II was the only cou'e9l
on tho programme The Amateur Athletic Union
,s strongly I'm favor OF encouraging long outdoor
races Of this kind Tho contest VIII DC an e'''N'''
affair in the future