Show I HUICfiJST ETDTJR CE I It has long been known that man I can endure more than any other animal ani-mal and the higher the intelligence of the individual all other things being I equal the greater his endurance But it is doubtful if there was ever such a test of human endurance as has been witnessed in Madison Square Garden during the past week The feats of those who are participating in the six days bicycle race are truly marvelous In one hundred and thirtyfive hours one man has gone 2050 an average of 151i miles an hour for the entire time it seems incredible But what of the state of the men who have been in the race Many Bad to Quit by the time half the time of the race was over others have held on with a pluck and determination that seemed to have been born of despair Some of them are almost in a state of physical collapse while their minds have been nearly shattered What must be the mental and physical condition con-dition of a man who believes that his eyes are gone and asks for paper to put in the sockets or of a man who says that half his head is coming off and asks that it may be bandaged To look upon men who are in this condition condi-tion is like looking upon the inmates of the violent wards in an insane asylum asy-lum Men who suffer thus can scarcely fully recover from the I effects of the terrible ordeal through which they have passed And what will it all amount to I in the end One man will make a worldwide reputation but his unsuccessful unsuc-cessful competitors will never be mentioned men-tioned the victor will be greeted with cheers and shouts and will be the herd of the hour he will establish a great record and give a new illustration of the wonderful powers of human endurance I durance It is the same old story of the strife for fame with a different object I at the goal and as in all other great struggles in life the road along which I it has been pursued ist strewn with wrecks I |