Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

the Olympic games secure, and that
America would get about five or six
events, and when We commenced taking
firsts. seconds and thirds, they taunted
us in every conceivable way. They ridi-
culed our flag. They were friendly to
every nation they could beat that was
represented. and would raise their flags
upon the smallest pretexts. When an
American. however. finished. the raising
OF the Stars and Stripes, which was OBJ
ligatory. was received in silence. Now.
shouldn't everybody take their hats off to
the American boys who went into the
enemy's country and realized such glori-
GUS results.
The Marathon Race.
'The winning of the Marathon race by
Hayes was a wonderful achievement. and
yet the little New York boy came pretty
near having his laurels taken from him
by these same English officials. Their
conduct was cruel. unsportsmanlike and
who at first was declared the winner, ran
a great race and deserves lots of credit
for his gameness. but the instant he Zen
in his tracks exhausted and could not
arise without assistance should have ended
his career In the race. He should never
have been allowed to enter the stadium.
But he was pushed In and then across the
line. The Italian flag was instantly
hoisted as Indicative of victory.
ION the other hand, Hayes finished in
splendid style, and We claimed the vic
tory. We never thought OF entering a
protest against DOrando, because 1t was
too evident that Hayes had covered the
course regularly and was entitled TO the
victory. We were compelled to protest.
however. and finally got the verdict. /
became SO angry at the treatment we re-
ceived at the hands Of the English In this
race that l went upon the field an told
them some things that they will probably
RENE mber for a long time.
Just to show you how prejudiced they
were: During the running of the race
bulletins were displayed showing the pO-
stions of the first three men at the vari-
Gus stages Up to the time that Hayes
crawled into third place three names al
ways appeared on the bulletin board.
Hayes name appeared once during this
time, for he didn't lead until very near
the finish, but when the bulletins were
raised only first and second men were
named They happened not to be Amer
leans.
Dorando and Hayes.
"Then, again. on the day the prizes
were being distributed in the stadium,
while Hayes was receiving his hard-won
laurels, these English officials hunted up
Dorando. brought him out on the track
and escorted him around to the royal box.
He received the most enthusiastic ovation
that it was possible for any one to get.
and he deserved all he got, including the
gold cup the queen kindly presented to
him. showing her personal appreciation
Of his plucky race and great effort to
win. Some of our boys. thinking that the
crowd would like to cheer real winner,
hOisted little Hayes on their shoulders
and started with him around the track.
but not until the fourth section of the
seats was reached was there even a hand
clap for this wonderful runner, and he
wouldn't have got a hand from even the
fourth section had not word come down
from the royal box that Hayes should be
shown some courtesy. The following day
Dorando was exhibiting himself and the
queens gold cup at the Tivoli Music Hall,
which, II done in this country. would
have disqualified him forever after as an
amateur.
1.-THE 4OO-meter race was another nota-
Bile sample Of British unfairness The
disciplining of Carpenter by declaring his
victory over Lieut.. Halsewelle no race on
account of an alleged foul showed the
intense prejudice of the officials and their
woeful lack of knowledge Of the rules
Carpenter did not foul any one. He SIM
ply outran Halsewelle. who. in my opinion,
was quitting, as have seen him do before
Carpenter ran wide on the turn, and
every runner knows that in that he was
jeopardizing his own chances, because
the further out one runs on the turn of a