Show J I r I HAS BEEN TRIUMPHANT I No Now York SJ SeLl SI sf bah ed t ond alono Dr Cook hag apparently nc ac what of moro more ox tumid mId bott better CIg have boo bon tryIng for In vain for fot years yearn was Wa the comment of oC Herbert L Of Brooklyn or of ortho the tho Arctic club and au an intimate friend of Dr Cook BesIde niomi mell lIke continued Mr Bridgman who himself ha has taken takena a largo large to In several Arctic rations dunn during the tho past fifteen years Cook 11 is a comparative amateur Ho He wont north as the tho surgeon sturgeon ot of otan an expedition and was left behind with witha a small storo of supplies at his own lie Ho to have a favorable tIme and When things looked right ho pushed northward no ac only onh h by two depending hi supplies largely on the tho small amount of canned goods ho carried lund ud the tho musk ox which ho probably 3 ascertained w vero re plentiful along the route rouLo he planned to take takeOver i Over the Ice I to his last letters ho he must have loft Etah about abouL February 21 1908 Crossing to ho reached Capo Cape Hubbard There Ther he mar ma have hao a few fow days ann ana laid In a stock of fresh frosh meal Finally whoa when all was road on March 17 Ito ho took hIs two trust trusty sor anth and started on 00 his risk risky dash over oel the Polar miles to the ultimate north lie He reached the pole the dispatches t toll tell us liS on April 21 1 averagIng In Ute the neighborhood of fifteen miles a da day If lie ho traveled In n a straight line mak big a far Is likely ho was compelled to go In a round roundabout roundabout about wa way From the tho time of lila his arrival until tOday wo we have hittie butt but guesswork on which to form an any theory as to tIm tho movements of Cook CookI There Thoro arc some long gaps of time timeto I to bo be accounted for In Dr Cooks movements but an any one who has hag over been In the north can readily realize that there thoro nrC a thousand and ono one things which might have bave him himI I Element of Luck LucI I It is 18 rather that Dr Cook did not nol cable to hIs friends in III America the tho news or hI accomplish accomplishment meaL ment That the captain of oC the ilie Dan DanIsh lab Ish waR sas the tho first to the news Is not particularly r remark mark remarkable able as the UIO captain Is a government official and would not noL bo te tc send a notice of the tho to his superiors I Dr Cooks achIevement shows how largely the tho element of luck enters Into the tho problem of Arctic exploration If tho reports are correct h has hns I almost without equipment or preparation a thing which tho most thoroughly thorough I expeditions have hae fal failed ed In i |