New-York tribune., 1909-09-03
J. R. BRADLEY ON TRIP
TALKS OF THE EQUIPMENT
Says Erery Contingency Has Pro
Uided for IN DR.. Cooks Outfit.

John r. Bradley the financial backer % DIT
Frederick A. Cook. pains explain yesterday
that the Brooklyn explorers success In reaching
the North Pole not much the result Of
chance as the opinions os several polar experts
| would indicate.
This no hapAazard expedition he said: no
intensified Arctic 10y ride undertaken on nerve.
We wsut about preparations for this thing
quietly and without brass band accompaniment.
u every imaginable contingency had been prcvid-
| sd foE. We studied out the mistakes and mlsfoTt-
unes OF other men who had tried FOR the pole hop
| ing 70 benehJ By their errors, and certainly
benefited by their examples
Z am not going to tell what the COS, But
III tell you this much: One single item OF the
equipment 500 g8llcns or gssoiene and an
other was two barrels Of sumdrops- An Esqulmau
VII travel thirty miles for gumdroF. Ills sweet
tooth Is the sweetest n the world
New. Cook has az much nerve a. any man in the
world, guess; but re had something besides nerve
20 carry him through. I'm not trying % take any
of tire credit. but 10 cay that he had the
right kiRd Of OUTFIT 20 take him through. Cook
Will prove - the satisfaction OF every fair man
that he has done exactly what he claims be did
STORY Is ACCEPTED.
Explorers and scientists agreed yesterday IN de-
clartng their acceptance ot Dr. Frederick a Cooks
narrative absolutely authentic The particulars
% the trip TO the pole and or conditions on the
Polar Sea. 50 TAR they given IN DR.. Cooks
story. are in accord with the findings and con-
lectures Of previous explorers and Dr. Cook Is
expected "a bring with him information OF such
exact nature as 70 place hts claim O. the distinc-
tion beyond all question.
Cyrus G. Adams. the geographical expert Of the
American Geographical Society called attention TO
the directness OF the narrative.
When an explorer makes startling a record"
he said 1T Is Inevitable his veraoity will b
called e. question II Is an unpleas-
ant subtsct. but one which cannot avoid m dis
cuSsing the performance DR. Cook Is. n the first
a a I ,1.ffv-
would accept his simple statement without q1ies-
ton hut think the matter rests much broader
grounds. A man % such experience he surely
would not give out report which he was not
prepared to verify with all the evidence which the
scientific world WILL demand
The most important OF such evidence will be the
record OF his daily observations astronomical and
magnetic. AS an explorer he knows OF course thar
that record must BE minute and accurate as
Il could possibly have been made. No sane man
with experience in such matters could hope for an
instant 20 produces false log for such a period as
vas covered IN the sIedss "trip the pole. He viii
also bring photographs IN all probability and other
data which viii give strong support to hts claim
The scrutiny which his narrative and his records
will undergo. will, OF course be immensely severe
lie is we'll that he could not stand such an
examination n he not telling the exact truth
10 the last particular
1T Is certainly matter for congratuation 20 the
friends Of Or Cook aud to all Americans that he
should have been the first 90 reach the goal which
- mary brave men have failed to gain
ANTHONY FIAI.NS TRIBUTE
Anthony Fiala, VINO commanded the zieEler ex-
pedition IN 1902. reaching latitude Of 81 de-
grees after series % msfortlnes paid an en-
.husiastIc tribute 20 Dr. Cook. who has been his
friend for many years.
II don't suppose" he said. that there is an sx
ploTer In the werld who does not feel a panz OF
envy mngiing with his admiration OF Dr. Cooks
success. II is an achievement in the grandest and
truest sense Of tho word He was the man. il any
whom should have selected for the task which /
he faced and conquered. Not two months axo T I
sent Mrs Cook a message telling her I beIieve3
her husband had found the pole. OF the actual
scientific value OF the discovery should say that
that feature Is ohscured by the grandeur OF the +
achievement itself. by the heroic seIfsacriHce and
nerve that urged Or. Cook on 20 his goal
There Is not the slightest question In NV mind I
that the pole has been found believe II implicitly
The discovery of land near the pole does not
surprise me. My own observations led me TO think
that solid body OF land marks the axis OF the
earth Birds which flew into camp and vsriops
animals which sighted or killed supported this
theory.
Much has been said OF the long journeys vbirn
Dr. Cook made In the Anal trip. According to his
statement, he must have made fifteen miles or more
for considerable period. That Is not q, ALL ex
traordinary. IL is true that Peary often Thought
himself lucky 70 make four miles day. but that
was over the ridges OF barrier ice by the coast ON
open fields such as Dr. Cook found on tha saa T
49, ''N'~NNN"Niy AHtAoc Us much
thirty-five miles day. Travel there Is not a oues-
tion Of physical exhaustion, IL one we're In n
Tarened mountain atmosphere but OF the physical
obstacles IN the way 1t was Dr. Cooks own dar-
Ing In eleetng To strike for the pole In winter that
won for him the fair path which he found"
I'VE can be sure. for one thing" said DIT r. a. I
stebbns, who is chairman OF the Arctic Club ex- 4
ecutive committee and personal friend OF the
disooverer. that Dr. Cook viii bring hack a mag
nincent collection OF photographs of the polar
regions FIe has made some OF the most remarxa-
bic photographs which were ever taken OF Arctic
and Antarctic scenes. While he was ON the RsIgica
In the Antarctic. tho photographer OF the expedl4