The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-26

Austrnlia, third. TiImc, -: minutes
geo sccondN; 8. new Olympic re cord.
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WRESTLING, GrM eco II oman. middle
weight, won by IL. 51nrlenAsOn, Swc.
Especial Gable to The Times Dispatch.1
LONDON, july 25.The olympic
games were brought to a conclusion
this afternoon 30 far as the sports
held In tho stadium were concerned,
when Queen Alexandra presented the
gold medals and trophies to the sue
cessful competitors. and the Dowager
Duchess OF Westminster. the Duchess
OF Westminster, the Duchess OF Rut-
land and Lady Desborough handed the
silver and bronze medals, the diplomas
and tho commemorative medals to
those entitled to them.
A big crowd attended the function
and cheered the athletes as they came
UP TO receive their prizes.
John J. Hayes. OF New York, got
an ovation In the stadium this after
noon. when. attircd in his running
togs, he stood before the Queen and
received his medtl and diploma Amer
leans present went wild.
Because OF the great race ho ran,
though disqualified. 1t was decided to
give special cup to Dorando, the
1talien runner, This was handed to
him by the queen just before the prizes
were given to the three accredited
winners of the race Before the award
Dorando- was escorted around the
stadium track amid applause from the
/. 10000 persons present. When at last
the slender Italian stood before Her
Majesty to receive his prize the applause
broke into storm. The Queen bowed
and smiled as he took the cup. Doran-
s. do bowed to the Queen and then to
the crowd and walked briskly away.
Before the ceremony ot prize giving
began America captured two events.
the 11O-metre hurdles. In which Foust
Smithson, Of Oregon. won In fifteen
seconds, a worlds record, nd the 4, 6o0-
metre relay, I he latter being tho
last event on the program. The starr
{ ana stripes was the last ma tional flag
to float at the masthead
The final OF the Kilometres hurides
Yesterday Mas remarkable. and Smith
son accomplished a feat considered I'M
possible-that OF running 40 yard
high hurdles In fifteen seconds fiat.
E He did even better, for the 10 metres
"a q fraction more than 120 yards iAt
the Paris Olympic OF 1900 Kraenzein
did 52-5 seconds. and It was the bes I
until Yesterday. Hts record of = . ! %
seconds forSthe 100 yards will still re-
main on the books as the record put
as long as Smithson ran SO "a st ahroao :
y he is sure to set up new Il cures az az
q home before the season is over.
The running hop. step and jump OF
IS feet II Ia inches beats the Olympic
record of Al feet Ia inches, by Prln--
Il stein, at Paris. T. ]. Ahearne. Of tine
Athea Athletic Club, is the Irish cham
pion at the game. and in last years ar $
Gaelic meet did 4S feet 8 inches.
The .500-metres swim by Taylor q O
England, was very fast, and is surrey ,lal !
better than "a minutes for the, mile at
Bremen. Germany, In 1902. - A. J II
a Wis. OF Eng land, swan this same DIS
lance ms "a minutes S83-5S seconds, and
q t is the fastest on the record boo ks.ss.
Amid the cheers OF several hundred
"a. his countrymen. Halswelle, the Eng
fish runner. this morning wa ked
over In the final 400 me tire flat race
in the Olympic games viii ch28was run
originally last Thursday nd Won by
r. j. Carpenter Cornell University.
FIalswelle did not really walk; he
ram and ran hard ini,an effort to estab
ltshg a new Olympic record. His per
formance was a Very great disappoint'
IDENTIFY expected. It was firmly be.
slisved that&the most talked of athlete
tns the Stadium. until the Marathon
races replaced him In this regard.
would clip at lea st a fraction OF q
second off the record 4of q 81 %. # In
s5 tead. $Eit took HalswellA a full fifty
seconds st tor cover the a lance. He
started hard, but just as. in the case
- of last Thursd lay, he wa s all out 9wher
q I he came to 4 the Il stretch Ia fter rounding
53 the turn where all the trouble IN the
y previous race occurred. Halswelle @hat
done what he elieved sto be right,sbu,
the experts feel that he has hardly
i Justified his predictions that he was
4 able to- beat Carpenter and Robbins
IL both d HON made he ter time Sor
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