New-York tribune., 1909-03-14
CIBOT And ORPHEE WIN.
French Team Finishes Strongly, but
Fails to Equal Record.
FINAL SCORE IN srx-pAY RACE.
sBonus for finishing

Cibot and Orphee. making up the French team,
won the six-day go-as-yon-please race and first
prize OF $500 in Madison Square Garden last
night. The end OF the long grind came a. five min
utes after 10 o'clock and good sized crowd was
on hand 10 see the fnisl and the special ten-rnile
match race between Pat White the Irish champion,
and John Svanberg the hve-1nile record holder OF
Sweden
CTbot and o-phee finished strongly. and covered
732 miles ard laps in the 142 hours, which al
most fifty miles behind the record of 20 miles and
lap made by Hegelman and Cavanagh in 1902
They finished a good thirteen miles in front Of the
Reconstructed team made up Of Bill Davis. the
Indian. and George Metkus of Philadelphia De
and Prouty, the Boston pair, hobbed in third,
some seventeen miles behind Davis and Metkus,
and fourteen miles before Boeslen and hlubertanz,
the German team.
There was no change in the standing Of the men
through the last twenty-four hours OF the race
The ten teams which stayed TO the end and David
Hartley. who finished alone retained their relative
positions. Shelton and Frazer, who chance Of
working into fourth place by gaining mile an hour
Loeslein and kubertanz. the German team enliV-
ened the struggle early IN the day by sprinting IN
effort down the lead Of twelve miles. but
they soon found that the Germans were as fresh
as Il fresher than themselves, and quite willing
and able to respond TO every sprint Realizing this
Frazer and Shelton soon settled back, content 10
hold fifth place.
Outside Of this there was little fast work
yesterday The teams were SO widely separated
that the resolved Itself into struggle 10
stick il out" Round and round the ten-lap track
the weary and footsore pedestrians piodoeo- ana
chief interest for the onlookeTs centred in little
incidents which cropped up from time to time.
Julius Fdelson who has been a thorn in the side
OF the referees ever since the race started fur-
niSned the chief amusement by his errafic actions
Shortly after O'Clock yesterday morning he
stopped walking and demanded that a special part
Of the track, some ten Feet out from the pole be
marked OF for him, as he cid not care 70 walk
with his opponents any longer To humor him the
referee had one Of the attendants scrape little
mound Of sawdUst about the middle OF the track
and TO this line delson stuck faithfully 10 the END
Re announced that he proposed TO establish a new
international record for walking. dog uotung anu
half dog frotting and demanded that the track be
surveyed so that the proper allowance could De
made for his travelling ten feet from the pole de
also requested that Dorando, Hayes or Loheoo4
be sent for IN order that he might De teahleu up
with good man
His next demand Vas for spare room Win d
southern exposure. and 10 humor him once more
the management changed his training quarters TOT
about the tenth time. While peevish and errauo'
Fdeson was perfectly rational. was proved when
he dictated a message of 80 words or so 10 MS
own town calling of three or four words al
time and always consecutVely as ne passed inc
rress stand. one of his messages read along as
follows:
Quit the track at 2. as there was
some misunderstanding the cause oelhe
-r7Ssr
snz 70 grant scalding water, which was ao-
soI,tely necessary for rub down In order TO
continue and finish Injury being ADDED 10
insult I packed and went but met a
sood fellow who gave a hard rub
SO returned 10 track. Management on the Wnoie
<air and reasonable. granting special track
Keep station open for my return late
tonight"
In this way Edelson amused hinsef ny sehulHe
and receiving kilograms most Of the afternoon
C,,,iEuard and Rovere. the walters did not run
mt OF edibies or drnkables but neither could get
,,t oF respectable creep for the last three hours
NJ the race and showed unnistakable signs OF
Measure wher the last lap was completed 1helF
share Of the prize money was 500. rather poor pay
for six DAYS OF such hard work Loesein' or the
fza--ns, team amused himself and the crowd hy
singing and sprintins IN turn He has gained i've
rounds since the race began, and looked ana acteo
as ~ he could 20 On for another six days without
any Inconvenience. Curtis and Feegan, the Irlsh
team hoped along 10 the end. in spite OF thelr
feet being IN poor condition. while hegelman ana
Corey the Chicago Marathon winner. were so
soo+so-e and weary that q almost painful to
So. them drag themselves about
Two men with money TO burn gave away *o
rr SO tn small amounts about noon, When some oI
she -,rners dsd something TO meet their approval
T7-s-e- rroated 10 the extent of SIS and Edelson
rot 81 which he pinned TO his jersey WIN
soune faded flowers the rest OF the day