Show a ers I DESCRIBES GREAT MARATHON CONTEST Lady Somerset Writes of Long Miles That American Ran t EXCITED WOMEN SOBBED Danish Girl Gymnasts Were Source of Considerable Attention BY LADY HENRY SOMERSET Republican Special Cabin Cable London Aug ic Timo Tho Tho en enthusiasm with which tho the heroes o of tho tImo Marathon e race raco were c In 1 London and tho the tremendous interest which tho the raco race hall nai evoked haY have o made tho the victory to an au American all aJl the tho moro more tr trIumphant end among thai th 0 hIstory ot of r c contel contests ts that race raco will stand out as ns memorable and historic American enthusiasm and ni American generosity will however readily grant that the tho winner o of the race Mr Ir Hayes was not tho central il figure of or that strange scene Under the burn burning ng sun across the tho glaring roads pf Jt tho tue dusty country countr nie men started In this race Along the tho way the crowds had cheered thorn thom thornas as they passed through t h Jong and w well ll known route from Windsor to Harro liar liar- row ro Scrubs Countries emble and Woo were r represented new and old each euch man bent bont on carryIng carryIng carry carry- Ing way ammay for tor hIs natIon the tho laurel Wreath ot of the c Marathon araon race At the StadIum Stadium-n itself people walt d breathless heads turned toward time thc entrance waiting waIting und under r thu tho burning sun for tor the tho rival rhal or of ar- ar the tho ligure whIch should herald At vIctory to the tho hero or of the tho day last a man gored ataS-gored into the th StadIum pale as death hIs andt hanging limply before him his head sunk looked upon his brea breast a man who from moro more as though lie he ha had escaped escape some great battle and for Cor dear life had than come to tell or of tho ho disaster the tho winner ot of a 0 contest contes The Tho pitiful little QuIvered mont ment when the tho immense for tor a moment mo- mo round of oC cheers burst Upon time tho all air and then fell and la lay apparently dyIng A great hush fell Women omen on the thuc huge audience aud- aud be began an to sob and that they had kIlled cry hIm lie He lifted his head liend and was raised and lie be trIed from time the ground once more to make those final 1 so few ow and yet or of such Import to him but the nerveless fell Cell and amid hl his arms legs once more sank under him and tho little heap lay still sUJI and motionless again The Tho from her rose roso seat scat Every woman was on tiptoe Watching breathlessly more lie ho Wa on his legs men again the tho around helping him and ond the tho great crowd cheered and blindly with bent head h Ito runner staggered r was toward close behind the i cl tape him r American n sun was OOn-e- OOn on the n I t vat etries S iI-S or his vest co it t. t S V iUS o cry un lung front rom t nh oI th the M mt-mn mt ed his d way t steadily a D bLid mear heard tho hz for nn thor man irod TId once moro lr gathered and ma Q ot- ot tort foL Once muon no lie f feli n. n o co morn he to th haB an Over V tio line lino Wo t ho doad I i o lI I on t S I a o n aia pitting yo I t mima they c orco m m tho n f aih I anti and then therm tile mighty l roar mr r rose I fr from the tho cr t rj-t The Tho American had Imd hadI I the tho i Just Jue nl echo JIO Mon on I the South ou African cun came upon time I track Thou the tho rk I ayca WanI Wan I pronounced tho the Dorando 11 I lIe Jio hm iad bc n i helped to lila hIs foot feet q Queen U Ac Act Xo No moro more gracious act vas was over ver do done no by tho queen than lion when hen she sho eel forward or ar to otTer Tor ho s a edo cup CUI for tOI or orlie lie tho Italian runner limit But Dorando was was to recover end and when ho lie w WI was u volt olf enough h to give o an nn account of ot and toe tite heroic effort that hj ho had hai made In his little bedroom In Shaftesbury ho lie told how it was wat that on entering the Stadium tIme the sound sound souna of that mighty ty cheering had hod sapped lila hs strength that he had liah not lost consciousness cori- cori con cor- and ancI ho he believes cs that tont Jia JIO could have picked himself up without aid although his vitality was almost spen spent t. t Tim The Marathon race is un i-un run but the question remains In my mind What hat hatot of ot tho time exhibition The memory will remain re- re main ml to those to-those those who saw sav it of ot pale polo faces aces lead dead eyes ees quivering nerves men overcome overcome over over- come como b by effort There was a groat clement ole ole- ment mont of or cruelty In t this greatest race of or modern times and tho the remembrance of or time the tragic of or tho the little Italian Ital Ital- ian Inn must not be bo tho the runner fore of or a along long Ions line lino of or others who suffer Butler to make an English or rather an International International International holiday To women tho ho feature of or tho the gymnastic gymnastic gymnastic gym gym- displays J at tho time Stadium in fn tit tile City was vas undoubtedly u t that Jt gf cn hen by liy the Danish arish lady gymnasts thing I have havo seen seen een for fOI years an nn eminent medical man maim to mo me who vimo had himself witnessed S d dan It it and an the tho finest women I have havo oseen o or r seen The Tho Danish authorities lIa have V insisted on gymnastic tlc training hours a u week in every every's s 's pol throughout tho the countr country Con Con- or tho ho Improvement em nt In he health strength th to tho the mil fan by time the emancipation of or women the they have set Het themselves steadily to work to the tho at attainment attainment at- at of or tho ho flexibility of or boll body and figure necessary to perfect human health Tho The theory was manifested In Iii practice when hen t tho ho army of ot Danl Danish 1 amazons marched through tho the Stadium tall strong and fair talI graceful In movement move move- ment mont beautiful in iii limb and forever the they set at ot rest time the query as ns to whether er or strength and md beauty could bo be allied Medical testimony has shown that thul tho the Danish children today ore are stronger physically and mentally than were tho the children of or former Cortner generations Tho The worth of or a 11 nation certainly docs does not depend upon Its size and little Denmark Denmark Den Den- mark has In more than one ono way shown us wherein real advancement and civilization civilization ch consist |