New-York tribune., 1908-07-25

felt my strength going l fell down. out tIieu
to struggle to the tape. but fell again
'tI never lost consciousness of what was going
on, and if the doctor had not ordered the at
tendants 70 pick me up 1 believe 7 could have
finished unaided.''
Dorando is a confectioner who lives on the
island of Capri. He trained himself for the
race without any supervision. He is, however
the italian long distance champion, and won
the Paris Marathon race last year around the
fortihcations He hopes to compete again In
that race on August 10.
This morning he had meal of beefsteak and
a cup Of coffee with view to building up his
strength for the strain. 1t was larger break
fast than he had been accustomed to, and he Is
inclined to think now that this breach of the
ordinary rule may have had something to do
with his collapse
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. in describing the
scene in the Stadium, said:
I think in that great assembly not any man
would have wished victory torn at the
Cod he is on his feet again, the little red legs
going incoherently but drumming, hard driven
by the supreme will within There is a groan as
he falls again, a cheer he restaggers to his
feet 1t is horrible yet fascinating-this
struggle between a set purpose and an utterly
exhausted frame
From under the archway has darted a second
runner, Hayes. the Stars and Stripes on his
strength. There is only twenty yards-if the
Italian can do it. He staggers up, no trace Of
intelligence upon his set face, and again the
red legs break into their strange automatic
amble Will he fall again? No-he sways and
balances: then he is through the tape into
score of friendly arms. He has gone TO the
| extreme of human endurance. No Roman of
prime ever has borne himself better; the great
breed is not yet extinct.
Then after tribute to the Americans splen-
| did performances and a lament the British
| ers' failure. Sir Conan Doyle, referring to the
| judges award of the victory to Hayes. says:
"I confess 1 cannot how the judges could
come to any other decision; and yet the tragedy
remains. It was, as matters stood, a fair and
square win for the American. since without help
| Dorando must have lain senseless the track
! In his general reference to the American
| athletes Sir Conan says:
These Americans specialize. and yet they
| retain the remarka BILE appearance of ali around
| excellence. There is no hypertrophy of special
| muscle; all is symmetry and balance. beauty
| and grace. The theorst might suppose the
| evolution of type meagre in body and powerful
| in quarters. There is sign of it"
| Hayes the man who carried off the race for
| America, naturally very tired tonight, but
| he gave signs of any Ill effects from his long
| run. He said tonight that ne took nothing to
! eat drink in the race Hayes ran careful
| race He satisfied to go along slowly until
l
: into third place keeping behind Hefferon until
| his opportunity came the long level at Worm
| wood Scrubs after hard climb uphill
| When Dorando. Hefferon and Hayes reached
| the Scrubs Dorando was three and one-haf
minutes ahead OF Hefferon. who in turn was
two and one-half minutes ahead of Hayes
Both the Italian and the South African were
limping badly, while Hayes was comparatively
| fresh and still strong. When the American
| he oh ,~io
the runners made their way along cowpaths. he
| could see the two leaders only short distance
| ahead of him. and he felt certain from their
| gait that they about run out He there
| fore increased his speed. and before he was
| through the Scrubs he had overtaken the South
| African and had made a considerable gain on
| Dorando
| Forshau, of St. Louis, the second American TO
finish, who only four seconds and a fraction
| behind Hefferon, was walking about fresh as
ever and suffering i'll effects from the race
He of all the men who finished, has probably
| a clearer idea of what happened than any one
else
The other events in the Stadium were tame as
| compared with the Marathon, although they
added to the victories of the American team.
In the pole vault A c. Gilbert of Yale. and
E. T Cooke of Cornell tied for first place with
IL feet inches, and the gold and silver medals
go TO America while c. 8. Jacobs. University OF
Chicago tied with Sonderstrorn. of Sweden, and
| Archibald. of Canada for third place. with a
| vault of II feet inches America also captured
| all the heats in the 110-metre hurdle race. max
ing Yankee athletes of all the places in
the final of that event. which will be to-
morrow Garrells. Smithson- Shaw and Rand
will fight out this
The Americans also won their heat in the
| 16OO-rnetre relay race. defeating the teams OF
the United Kingdom and Canada. and will run
in the final against Hungary and Germany
The American team consists Of Hamilton and
| cartmeI who run 200 metres; Taylor, who
| runs 400 and Sheppard. who 800.
Sweden captured all three prizes in the higf
| diving: the United Kingdom won the 200-metr'
team swimming race and the catch as catch
can light to ! AZ pounds wrestling The Greco
Roman heavyweight wrestling went Hun
gary: the sabre and Epee individual fencins
was won by Fusch. of Hungary, and the fenc
ing Fpee Individual competition by Albert G,
France
At the governments dinner for the foreign
| representatives and the Olympic Council helC
| tonight AT the Grafton Galleries II was an
nounced by Lord Desborough chairman of RI,
council that Queen Alexandra had expressed ;
of her appreciation for his splendid perform,
ance This was greeted with cheers as wa!
also Lord Desborough's high tribute TO III.
Italian runner.
The members of the American team will scat
ter all over Er9ope after the end Of the track