The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-25

London July 24.-lt would be no
eXaggeration in tie minds Of the l00,-
zoe spectators who Witnessed the fin
ishinig struggle of the Marathon race
at the Olympian arena today to say i
was the most thrilling athletic event
that has occurred since the Marathon
r.ce in ancient Greece, where the
victor fell at the goal and with Il
wave Of triumph. died
Veteran athletes OF Europe. America
Africa and Australia. who have seen
the greatest struggle Of every sort ON
land and water for athletic supremacy
declared that there was nothing com
parable to the great race today, with
in their memories or in other
Olymriads since the modern cycle of
these began.
Spectacle Unsurpassed.
1t was a spectacle the like of which
none living had ever seen, and none
who saw 1t expect to ever see it re-
peated. The race itself, with So of
the best men winnowed from the ruE-
ners of four continents competing;
the arena where it was finished in the
presence OF an enormous cosmopoi-
tan assemblage, with the Queen or
England, royal representatives of sew
eral nations and hosts of finely
dressed men and women from the
most fashionable circles of Europe, as
well as several Americans, and the
dramatic and exciting demonstration
at the end. combined to make it a
historic day.
American Athlete Won.
1t was an American day and the
resentments of yesterday which
ranked strongly in the breasts OF the
Americans here when they came to
the stadium this afternoon We're for.
gotten not only in the victory of John
f. HAYES, the Irish-American Athletic
club runner. but in the splendid rec
ord made by other Americans who
were well to the front in the line OF
these that finished Since the begin
Ming of the Olympic games great
rivalrv has been between England aud
America. aud while minor cQmpeti-
tiGns on the track and field, in which
the two nations specialized, were
fought out, the Englishmen consoled
themselves for all American successes
by the thought that in the domain Ct
long distance running they always
had been supreme. and whatever
prizes they failed to grasp in this, the
colonials would pick up.
How Americans Finish.
The sequel may be told briefly. Six
Americans started in the Marathon
race and nine English runners. OF
the first ten men to reach the coveted
goal. four we're Americans and they
are officially placed as follows
Hayes. first: Joseph Forshaw. of the
Missouri Athletic club, third: A. r
Welton. of Lawrence Y. NJ. c. A
fourth: Lewis Tewinina, a Carlisle In
dian. ninth.
The second man was Heferron. OF
South Africa.
The first Englishman who crossed
the line was w. T. Clarke. who came
in twelfth. II is considered generally
that the race * not only trump
for the United States but, In larger
sense. for America. because seven g
the leaders at the end were IRON
North America. The three Canadians
Wood the Indian Simpson, and Law
son. finished fifth. six and seventh re
speetively. and with the representa-
tives OF the United States depriye'
England of its claim to Leadership
i'm the long distance running branei
Of athletics
Italian Dorando the Hero.
II will not snatch an laurels from
the brow Of Hayes. who won goo'
race to say AT the hearo OF the da.
was the Italfah. Dorando.
The admiration and sympathy o
every person in the stadium went ou
to the gallant Italian who. although b
did not win, deserved to win and dir
more within the limit Of his power
thar any other man who ran In
crisis in a battle on which the Hi
ot a nation hung could hardly hay