The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-14
RACES TO THE POLES
PEA3Y AND sHACKELTON AFTER
 THE SAME PENNANT.
Peary. Representing Uncle Sam. is Af- ter North Pole, and Shackleton, Representing Great Britian, is
 After South Pole,

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 New York. July 13.-When comman- der Robert Peary boards his steamer Roosevelt at Sydney, c. B. I. this week and starts on his expedition in search of the north pole an international race to be uttermost ends of the earth will be on
 Peary hopes te carry the stars and stripes to the North pole, while a Brit ish Antartic expedition commanded by Lieutenant Ernest H. Shackleton is try ing to place the Union Jack of the British Empire at 90 degrees south. Although the British expedition has a year handicap in point of time. Peary hopes to win the race. Lieutenant Shackleton and party left London on July 30, 1907, on board the Nimrod.
 originally a Newfoundland vessel of
 227 tons. but which had been refit-
 ted as steam barkentine. Shackieton
 Is an officer of the British navy and be-
 fore leaving London, King Edward
 bestowed upon him the Victorian order. He was a member of the British ant arctic expedition of 1902-03 under Capt
 Scott. and win his commander and an-
 other member of the party, accom-
 plished sledge journey with dogs to a point s2 degrees IT minutes south lat
 ttude during which they were absent
 from their ship The discovery. ninety
 three days, and covered a distance of
 960 miles.
 Peary reached a point S7 degrees six minutes north on April 21, 1906. The Nimrods crew, all told, numbered S2 men. including several scientists, but the landing party was to consist of but twelve men. The Barkentine sailed early in January from New Zealand and returned in March, having left tho Shackleton party encamped at the foot of Mount Erebus. The party took with them materials for wooden buildings with double doors and windows to be lined with felt and several inch es of granulated cork. Provisions and sup plies for long stay were landed. The NImrod broughtsback to New Zealand a tale of dissension in the party which resulted in the resignation of Captain England. the Nimrods Skipper. and the ship therefore, will return to the little band early in 1910 without him.
 Shackleton took with him a specially built motor sledge which he hopes to use In his polar dash. and e number of Siberian ponies in addition to a pack of dogs. Peary will use only Eskimos and dogs. The boxes containing the supplies aboard the Roosevelt were so designed as to make possible the con- struction of a house out of them at Cape Sheridan. The structure will be about twenty by sixty feet, and when built will be covered with the Roose- Velts Main sail, and that Tn turn cov- cred with snow. Peary plans to make his dash to the pole from his base of supplies in February next year and hopes to return to the United States some time in October.
 Before leaving London. Lieutenant ' '"Hleton was presented by Queen AL exandra with a British flag to carry with him on his southern dash. About the same time, the daughters of the American revolution gave Commander Peary a beautiful peace flag made of silk and consisting of the stars and stripes surrounded by a broad fieId of white to carry with him to the north pole. On the day the Roosevelt left New York. Mrs. Wm. O. McDowell, the founder of the society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, handed Peary aletter from Emily R Ritchie Mclean. president general of the So- ciety. in which she said:
 May marvellous discovery await you welcoming embrace of your country. We trust that the flag we have present. ed to you may be your shield and buckler against all disaster and may be the glory and the lustre of the patri- otic triumph we expect you to achieve"
 The flag occupies a prominent place on the wall of the Peary's cabin on the RooseveltG z Peary also took with him the flag witch he carried farthest north in 1906; A. s. Delta Kappa Alumni flag. a Princeton banner and several small CT emblemS