Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-07-25

sixth and seventh, respectively. and
with the representatives of the United /
States deprived England Of it's claim to /
leadership In the long distance run
ming branch of athletics.
Il will not snatch any laurels from |
the brow Of Hayes. who won a good |
race. to say that the hero of rhe day |
was the Italian, Dorando The ad-
mlration and sympathy Of every per-
son In the stadium vent 10 the gallant
Italian. who. although he did not win.
deserved to win. and did more within
the limit Of his powers than any other
man who ran.
The crisis in battle on which the
life of a nation hung could hardly
have been more impressive than Do
rando's entrance into the Stadium. Ten
minutes before, the megaphOnc an
nounced the. runners are In sight"
guns had proclaimed the arrival Of the
leaders at the nearest station of the
course. An intense silence overhung
the Stadium while the thousands
awaited breathlessIy the approach of
the first man.
For ten minutes all eyes were To-
cused on the gate almost directly OPP
posite the royal stand, where the con-
testants were to enter. Finally after
what seemed TO be an intolerable sus-
pense a runner staggered down the
incline leading to the track. He was
clothed In a white shirt and red knee
pants. He stood for moment as
thu,e,b dasaa .,1 thap turuad "a tho
left. although a red cord had been
drawn about the track In the opposite
direction for the runners to follow. II
was evident also TO everyone that the
man was practically deirious. a
squad of officials ran out and expos
tulated with him, but apparently he
was afraid that they were trying to
deceive him and fought to go on To
the length. At length he turned about
and started in the right path along
the track. Then followed an exhibi-
tion never to be forgotten by the Wit
nesses.
The cOlors and the number told the
spectators that It was Dorando and his
name was on every lip. He staggered
along the cipder path like a man In a
dream, his gait being neither walk
nor run but simply founder with
arms shaking and legs tottering BY
devious ways he went on. People had
lost thought of his nationality and
partisanship was forgotten. They rose
In their seats and saw only this small
man clad in red pants, tottering on
ward with his head so bent forward
that the chin rested on his chest. They
knew nothing of him as he had not
been mentioned among the probable
runners but they realized that his
struggle must have been terrific one
TO bring him thus right to the thresh-
/ old of victory.
Dorando staggered on toward the
turn and dropped TO the ground I'M
mediately crowd Of track officials
and followers swarmed about him. 1t
was evident that the man, with un-
daunted courage, had run himself to
| the very limit Of endurance. None ex-
! pected to see him rise for, haggard
and drawn. ne had fallen like a good
soldier when the last bit OF vitality
I was exhausted.
According to the rules Of the race,
| physicians should have taken him
away, but the track officials lost in
their sympathy for such man. and
! for such an effort lifted him to his
I feet and with their hands at his back
/ gave him spirits Four tiffes Dorando
| fell In the 300 yards that separated
| him from the finish and three times
after the doctors had poured stimu
/ lants down his throat he was dragged
! to his feet and finally was pushed
across the line with one man at his
hack ald another holding him by the
arm.
His part In the race for all practi-
| cal pU poses was ended when he en-
tered he stadium. for unless he re-
| ceived assistance he could not have
hnish, T. While this pathetic scene
was ing enacted, the American,
Hayeg entered the stadium compare
lively fresh and trotted around. He
came i1 less than minute oehind
Dorar 10, but In the excitement Of the
nome allied to get even from his
own untrymen the reception he de-
served
1t j. 1 question whether public opin-
ION " n ever support another Mara
thon zee here. Dorandos condition
when ie finished. and the condition
OF ma ~ OF the contestants in today's
eventa lead people to think 1t Is
worse than prize fighting or bull
Eighth +.
Tho American athletes are sending
to Ita ". their congratulations on Dor
ando'a magnificent fight for victory.
Har piness returned to the Ameri-
can c1mp tonight, and the officials.
and cFerybody connected with the
team are celebrating the great vic
tory won by Hayes IN the Marathon
race They have forgotten All the
troubles Of the past two weeks in tht
moment Of this triumph
wasn't II great" said Manager
Halpin who continued:
I'VE not only won the big race Of
the olympic games, but also got
third. fourth and ninth places. and.
what is more, our Indian beat the
much lauded Canadian Indian. Long