The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-08

on the board as he arrived at the
Light Guard armory TO start the sec
ond days toll, Pat Dineen, leader In
the event now In progress here, an
nounced that he was going after
George Noremac's American record or
Ais miles, that has stood since 1887.
never felt better In my iife,
said Dineen, think | could
have done five miles more yester-
day, II I'D been pushed. YOUR
agree with me, I'm sure, that
finished the freshest Of any OF the
boys last night. don't mean to
let my mileage slip below 90 on
any OF the six days remaining, "
| can help II. That will be rate
that will give me an easy margin
over Noremac's best.
That Dineen. If his feet hold out,
is equal to the feat was the general
belief OF those who watched him lead
the field round the armory track yes
terday. He has also the further ad-
vantage over Noremac In that he has
the full seven days in which TO work.
with 10-hour relays from now on. Nor
emac had TO do IL hours daily for six
days. Dineen, accordingly, will get one
more rest in which TO accumulate
pep" for his stunt AT present he
looks by far the strongest Of the field
and only accident or illness should i'm
peril his lead. This statement is
prompted not by the margin he holds
over Prouty and Klubertanz, but rath-
er from the complete mastery which
he seemed to hold over his field at all
stages yesterday
For the remainder of the week the
racing will begin at ! O'Clock and
close at IL.
The worlds record for the first IL
hours or a 72-hour race was set In
1884. and is held by George Little
wood, an English runner. who covered
80 miles. $50 yards.
A prize OF IS was offered TO the run.
ners who covered So miles in the first
II hours. Six got inside, the last to
qualify being Davis, the Mohawk In.
dian. who was the discoverer of Tom
Longboat.
Sammy Day. the 61-year-old veter-
an, made strenuous kick when, along
toward the finish. he caught one of
the scorers correcting the clock and
moving II back couple OF minutes.
Hawn and Harris were the first TO
blow W and will probably not be seen
for the rest OF the week.
The whole business is a joke to
Graham who has more fun than all
tho M hnra nom bipad rho ,,atara y,
gave fine exhibition of heel and toe
for miles at this style with Kluber-
tanz' dog-trot.
II was mean man who remarked
that Sammy Day ran as il afflicted
with locomotor ataxia.
The surprise of the race has been
George CollisteT The Lansing man
I has stamped himself wonderful run
ner by his work in keeping pace with
the leaders.
Breckels, the messenger boy, re-
marked that, If ii was TO be decided
on blisters, he would beat the world.
Dineen paced Davis for four miles
at the finish, in a successful effort to
help the Indian cop his fine iron men.
Two veterans whose work was a
disappointment were Hegelman and
Shelton. The former tried to keep
going while on stimulants and be-
came boisterous.
When Shelton's stomach gave out
the Cuban pitched over three times in
trying TO make one lap. He was a
CHASTITY sight when he returned to the
track.
The result OF the. first nights run
ming was a sore disappointment TO
Klubertanz who had expressed openly
the confidence that he would be the
leader.
When Prouty finished his 65 miles
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