Again it is an interesting fact that in the final conquest of the "prizeof the centuries," not alone individuals, but races were represented.On that bitter brilliant day in April, 1909, when the Stars and Stripesfloated at the North Pole, Caucasian, Ethiopian, and Mongolian stoodside by side at the apex of the[viii] earth, in the harmonious companionshipresulting from hard work, exposure, danger, and a common object.