New-York tribune., 1908-07-25
H0F HAYES Won RACE.
Collapse Of Dorando Complete
Other americans Strong.
rRr The Associated Pre.s.1

London. July 24-John J. Hayes the nine
e.n-year-old member Of the Irish erican
Athletic Club and a New Yorker born and bred.
the Olympic Marathon race to-day for
America. but his triumph came only after a
hundred thousand persons, packed into the huge
Stadium. had sobbed out their sympathy for
Dorando, gallant son Of Italy. who crossed
the line first after the heartbreaking struggle
from Windsor Castle. Dorando staggered into
the Stadium SO completely exhausted that it
impossible for him to reach the tape alone
and he did not actually cross the line until he
had received enough help from officials to make
his disqualification absolutely certain. Then he
collapsed utterly. and was carried in stretcher
70 hospital where he lies tonight in most
dangerous condition.
Dorando's disqualification. which occurred
after protest by the American officials. was
Inevitable. for he not only received slim muants.
which IS forbidden by the rules. but was lit
orally pushed along by track officials, led by
sympathy FOR his almost superhuman struggle
to forget their duty 10 be impartial judges Of
the result Nothing can ever take from him.
however. the admiration Of every man and
woman who saw him make his effort to-day. or
The esteem IN which every man who took part
IN that terrible contest expressed for him What
NE American athletes thought was expressed in
me cable message they sent to Italy tonight.
oongratulating Dorandos countrymen on his
superb exhibition Of grit
america not only won the race after the dis
qualification of Dorando. but furnished the
'hiro' fourth and ninth men to finish Three
c7hadians were in the first ten 70 finish with
L South African Heferon. in second place and
SNede in eighth. Longboat the protested
canadian Indian. dropped out after twenty
miles. and the American victory was made all
Cae sTeeter by the knowledge that Tewanina
einlost urheard of 4 few months ago. had
Oeaten his famous OF notorious fellow redskin.
FINISH A THRILLING SIGHT
Il would be no exaggeration in the minds Of
any Of the one hundred thousand spectators who
s'tnessed the finishing struggle to-day TO say
hat IL was the most thrilling athletic event
mat has occurred since that day in the history
VI ancient Greece when the runner fell at the
eoal end. and. with of triumph. as he
announced the victory of Marathon. died
Inc veteran athletes of Europe America
sff1ca and Australia, who have seen the great
Isl struggles of every sort on land and water
10Y athletic supremacy. declared that there was
"othing comparable 70 the great race to-day
within their memories or in the other Olympic
ssfnes since the modern cycle began.
vas a spectacle the like of which none
'ihg had ever seen, and none who II ex-
Ifets ever TO repeated The race itself. with
"ias-siN Of the best winnowed from the
tunners Of four continents competing; the arena
~nere II Was finished in the presence OF an enor-
NOUS cosmopolitan assemblase. with the Queen
y England, the royal representatives Of several
NAuons and hosts Of finely dressed men and
Nofnen from the most fashionable circles OF
Europe. as well several thousand Americans,
s1aH
:" make an historic day.
~ vas an American day, and the resentments
y Yesterday, which ranked strongly <n the
nessts OF Americans here when they came to
US stadium this afternoon. were forgotten not
my In the victory Of John J. Hayes. the Irish
american Athletic Club runner. but in the
'saendid record made by the other Americans