The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-02-21
BRIDGEPORT TEAM WON
24-H0UR RACE
UNUSUAL INTEREST MANIFEST
ED - CONTESTANTS FROM
MANY CITIES ENTER
3S8-MILE RECORD
$3.50 AWARDED.

ale ana BurR OF bridgeport, conn,
or the ten teams who started
My four, for various reasons, were
BILE to finish.
This race has caused widespread
hterest and has certainly been
food advertisement for the town,
S II brought skaters from many
laces. and interest has been
reused in many more. Manager
Fortnight certainly deserves a
.hole lot OF credit for his courage
going into this affair, as his
hances Of any financial gain were
cry small, in fact the undertake
hg would have appeared too big
b a man of less fortitude and dar-
hg. The fact is, he did not make
nything in actual money.
The following teams were enter
d.: H. w. Colson and Jack Tay-
pr, of Washington, d. c.. Dusky
Jason and John Kilbride, Newark,
j.; E. A. Boner, S. Frey, Will
Transport; S. Dunn and Harry
kunsmann, of Wilkes-Barre; Miles
alliger and A. Roberts, Scranton,
Pa; Chester Smith and G. Furn,
/. Adler and f. Terrell, also of
6cranton; Garfield Griffith and
rlarence McFadden of Carbondale;
ames Smith and Dick" Souther-
on, Honesdale, and Yale and Burk
I Bridgeport, Conn.
All of these teams started except
lilies Galliger and A. Roberts, OF
cranton, this man Galliger being
Einner OF a recent one man "a
our race in Scranton, was OF
course expected to win here, but
Ehen he saw the array of talent
e was up against he got cold feet
nd claimed that the prize was too
mall. The first prize was $40;
econd, $40, and third $40.
The race started at 12 o'clock on
friday and continued until 12
p'clock Friday night, when the
katers rested until II O'Clock Sat
rday morning and skated until II
m. At the start a very fast pace
Tas set and the Carbondale and
ionesdale and the Washington team
we're the first to drop out, the Homes
ale boys having ordered racing
kates which failed to arrive, were
compelled to stop when their skates
'roke. After the first squirt the
cams settled down to a steady
Frind with occasional spurts until
ust before IL o'clock Friday night
Fhen several spurts were made by
3arious teams until the whistle blew
when the result showed the leader
lad skated 1879 miles in the first 12
hours. The team from Bridgeport,
Yale and Burke, led by two laps,
Mason and Kilbride of Newark, be-
ng second, and Adler and Terrell,
bird, with Furn and Smith a very
lose fourth.
After resting during the balance Of
he night many of the skaters found
hat their feet were in such a blis-
cred condition, that they were un-
bile to go on any longer. The most
noticeable one OF these unfortunate
Fellows was "Dusky" Mason, who
vas in second place, only two laps
behind and who is a holder OF many
medals and winner of many races,
Ind was expected by many to finish
irst in this one.
At the start OF the race at IL
o'clock on Saturday there were only
i've entries and one of these was
Harry Kunsman of Wilkes-Barre,
who had to skate without a partner,
Ind whose chance of any prize was
hopeless, this partner having refus-
I'd to skate any more. He kept at it,
testing at intervals, until O'Clock,
wo hours before the finish, when he
had covered ESQ miles. 1t was a
remarkable test OF endurance and he
Reserves a great deal OF credit.
At O'Clock Saturday night the
eams stood as follows: Yale and
Burke, lst; Adler and Terrell, 2nd, 6
APPS behind, and Furn and Smith,
/ 3ap behind them, with Langbein and
klotfler poor fourth being almost
ten miles behind. The race from
hat time on was OF course only be-
Tween the first three teams; the
eaders were always on the job so
pat no one could steal any laps on
Yhem, and the race being so close, it
seemed impossible for Adler and Ter
rel to gain those six laps, hence the
interest was mostly centered upon
#econd and third place, there being
3pnly one lap difference. During the
evening Smith and Furn tried to gain
4his lap many times, but the Kid"
ADLER was always too fast for them
frhe remarkable feature being the
Fact that Adler is only IA years old,
while Smith and Furn are both old
hnd experienced racers, in fact Furn's
bge is 49 years, is probably the rea-
son for their losing out.
At about ten minutes to eleven
Ehe interest was intense and the
3crowd OF between four and five hun
sdred were yelling like mad as Smith
|bnd Furn tried to get back the lap on
ADLER and Terrell. The majority
Seemed to be pleased to think that
the kid" held out, probably on ac-
count OF the fact that he was SO
young and small. While these two
tteams were fighting for second place,
the leaders showed them their heels
'and gaind two laps more. The final
result was: Yale and Burke asa
|miles and laps; Adler and Terrell
|3S2 miles and IT laps; Furn and
Smith 382 miles and 16 laps; Lang
1bein and Kloffler $40 miles and 10
llaps.
Contrary to many reports circu-
Hated to the effect that this beats the
worlds record, the writer finds the
record to be 426 miles. This record
twas made in a much larger rink, SO
fhat considering the fact that here