The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-06
Englishman Collapses in the Twenty-fourth Mile and the Indian Goes On
 to the Finish
Briton Once is Eight
 Laps Ahead of Rival
Longboat Maintains Steady Pace Throughout, Trail ing the Britisher Till He Cracks-Big Crowd Sees Long-Distance' Men in Madison Square Garden Grind.
Special from United Press.)

Special from United Press.)
 New York. Feb. 6.-Despite his col lapse in the twenty-f1fth mile of his Marathon race with Tom Longboat in Madison Square Garden last night, New York sportsmen to-day give Shrubb, the little Englishman credit for being the greatest runner in the world up to twenty miles. H. had speeded along like a wel1-oiled piece of machinery for twenty miles and then there came the first evidence of what his friends had feared. What had been a graceful movement of his whole body became a painful labor. His face grew gradually winter. he seemed to fight for breath and in the last few miles that he lasted he was forced frequent ly to walk for yards at a time.
 All the while the Indian was relent- 1essly 1oping around the track with hardly a variation in his style from the starting to the closing. Finally Shrubb. whose game struggle brought cheers from 22.000 spectators. saw the hopelessness of the struggle.
 At the sixth lap of the 25th mile Shrubb smiled faintly and as he turn ed the corner where one of Longboat's s trainers was standing. he slowed down to walk. shook hands with the train CT and talked of yielding the race. He almost fell into his own trainers arm.
 Longboat loped on and finished the course in 2:53:40 2-5. He could easily have cut this down a bit but it would hardly have eoualled his mark in his race with Dorando when his time was 2:44:20 2-5. In the early stages of the race Shrubb showed speed frequently and when he stopped to change shoes in the 22nd mile. he was ahead. At one time the Englishman actually seemed to gain strength.
 Johnny Hayes. the Olympic Mara thon winner, challenged the winner of last nights race.
 Once Shrubb was eight laps in the lead of the redskin and looked to be a sure winner. Longboat made up this lost ground. however, and was ahead of the Briton half a lap when Shrubb quit. The result was surprise to the big crowd. Shrubb was the favorite at to 5.
 From the twenty-second mile Shrubb began. to show the effects of the ter rifle pace he had set from the start. His feet pained him and twice he had to stop to change his shoes. He fre- Quently dropped into a walk and when he did spurt it was only a spasmodic effort. In the meantime the Indian kept plodding on rapidly cutting down the lead of six laps the Briton had ac- Quired early in the race. At one time Shrubb was fully eight laps in the lead.
 As the Indian gradually crept up to the distressed Englishman the din in the Garden became ear-splitting. From the twentieth to the twenty-fourth mile, at which point the Indian took the lead. the noise was terrific
 Indians Bride Cheers Him On.
 On the track was the Indians pretty bride. She frantically urged her hus- band on. At every wave of her arms the roar in the Garden increased Gasp ing for breath through the smoke-laden atmosphere, poor Shrubb forced him. self along. His efforts became feebler and feebler, and when the Indian shot past him he had all he could do to hold the pace for g. lap or two. The dusky Onondaga was running with a ma- chine-like motion that showed no signs of fatigue, and it was plain that Brit aims great runner was beaten.
 For few laps Longboat was con- tent to lead then he drew rapidly away. Suddenly Shrubb sank to the floor, and amid perfect pandemonium the Indian ran like a deer to signify his satisfaction in the victory.
 The Englishman ran a game race, but the distance was too far for him. Shrubb had to be carried off the track