New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-11
TRENCH TEAM IN FRONT.
One Runner, litter Injunction, Fails
to Get by Kitchen.
SCORE AT 2 A. M. TO-DAY.

Eleven teams were SIN Flooding away in the
sx-day -as-you-pieaSe race at Madison Square
Garden last night. and. with one OF two excel,-
lions the twenty-five men We're IN remarkably
yso5 condition. considering the fact thar they have
her running or walking for three fun DAYS Cibet
and gIrhee THE French team. who took the lead
m Tuesday. continued 10 draw away and had an
advantage OF q good thirteen miles at 70 O'Clock
iast evening over Davis and AIetkus who were six
teen miles in front Of Dineen and Prouty the erst-
while favorirss The others We're badly strung out.
seneran and Quachenbush bringing up the rear.
l45snIles away
The nonotouy Ct The long grind was broken yes
fer7ay afternoon Icy one Edelsou. Who being de
clared OUT the struggle threatened 10 get an in
junction against the continuance of the II he
was not allowed 10 continue. He started out to
secure the injunction. bat could not get by the
kitchen and evidently changed his mind with
something eat
Se1neran WIo had been running along for almost
ten hours IN The hope Of getting another partner,
was teamed Up with Edelsons old running mate
Ouaokenbush. The last named. who is the aCcred-
itei electrician Of some county in the Mohawk
Valley, and who has hopes for something better
politically II he stays The end. was delighted
with the change He had been complaining that
Edeson was soldering " which accounted for the
team being far behind. and the referee soon
found that there was some cause for the charge.
Edelson's first demand yesterday morning was for
q hair Having obtained this and earned
short rest. he refused go without CATERS. To
humor him The management sent cut and bought
him q pair. This was not enough. His next de-
mand for garters, and he wanted 10 rest while
the purchase made Threats 10 declare him
out the race were Of little avail and he left the
track before his partner reported, and was found
few minutes later sound asleep in one of the box
stalls ia the basement. That his end When
he aWoke and found Quackenbush had been teamed
I'D with Semeran he insisted running five or six
APPS and then started for the injunction.
Henry Shelton caused another diversion by losing
his head cor a time and making q rush for the
Fourth avenue exit The fresh air had d braclng
effect. and after walk around the park he re
turned Frazier, his team mate happy disposi-
toned fellou. agreed 70 do little extra work for
q time So as TO let Shelton get good rest. All he
asked for was a pair OF shoes, which the manage
quickly supplied.
Guignard and Revere the walters. are stfu living
on the fat Of the land ana their brother walters,
not content with keeping them well supplied with
dsines, made up pool TO buy flowers yesterday.
When Revere left the track at O'Clock he waved
= big bunch Of piuks and looked happy and
contented as q sogbret-e on an opening night.
Pallenti. the Italian, who is now teamed with
Hartley, The man wlo began training on apple
pie. waited patiently all day for has s. boxing
shoes, the demand for which he made on Tuesday.
II he is content 70 wait little longer he may
find himself at 1he finish Of the Hartley said:
Sneakers are good enough for me-" and he got
them IN short order
Tony L0eslein, OF the Dutch team, Is the strong
est looking in the race and The jauntlest. He
locked quite as fresh in the first hour last
night. but he and his partner were almost forty
miles behind the leaders
HeTbsT- Wooledge, the EngIishmau. who dropped
ouI On Tuesday, may Try for new half mile rec
ord il The Garden tomorrow night. lie holds the
worlds professional record of 1:59 % for the dis
lance. Wooedge appeared none the Tor his
hard work for Two days, and amused those III the
press stand by some fancy dancing that aroused
more excitement than tIe race.
4 good sized crowd was in attendance last night,
attracted partly by the special race.
Bob HaIlon, Of this city, defeated Jimmy Curran
Of Scotland and Jack Sapsford. Of England, run
hing in relays il q sx-rliie race, covering the dis
lance IN 3 minutes and 81 seconds.
Curran the break-off with IIaIIou and Saps-
ford took il up after lap OF two, but Hallon led
eli the way, being TWO laps ahead Of the relay
runners At the end Of the first mile. Curran re-
heved SapsforJ at the end Of the first mile and
tried 10 cat down this advantage He made a
brave effort, out Hallon sprinted away when he
pleased and finally 10y tWD laps.
The second special event IF the evening was a
relay q ten miles. John Svenberg, of Sweden,
running against Ettore Ferri and Percy Small
wood, by three laps.
Ferri Of Italy. the first five miles against
svenberg and lost four laps. Svenberg covered the
Hrst FIVE miles in Is min. Is 2-5 sec. SmaIwood
Started of Al good pace the second five. and
soon gained lap. Soon afterwaTd he gained one
half Of lap. After that he managed TO hold on
until the ninth mile. when SvenbeIg let himself
out and sprinted around at lively rate and passed
the judges well in the lead in . minutes.