The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-04-20
LONGBOAT
THE WINNER
Toronto Indian Runner Wins
Marathon
BREAKS rs MILE RECORD
Covered the Course ii Two Hours, Twen.
ty-Four Minutes and 40 4-5 Seconds
Great Crowds Cheer
Victor.
BREAKS rs MILE RECORD

Boston, April 2o.Tom Longboat. the
Indian, won the twenty-five mile Mara
thon race Iii hours "A minutes 20 Az
seconds, beating Cafrey's record by
nearly five minutes
Robert Fowler of the Cambridgeport
Gymnasium association was second bis
time being \ hours IN minutes "a Ais
seconds,
j. j. Hayes of the st. Bartholomew
club, New York, was third, and his
time wa , hours 10 minutes 80 BIZ
seconds.
James NJ. 0'Mara of the Cambridge
Gymnasium association was fourth;
time. d hours a5 minutes, ~ 2.5 sec.
onds.
James j. lee of the ST. Alphonsus
association, Roybury, was fifth; time,
3 hours 36 minutes i 1.5 secnods
Charles Z. Patch Of Toronto came in
sixth; time = hours 36 minutes AT
seconds.
Sidney II, Hatch Of Chicago was sew.
enth, time, 2h. 37m. il ASS.
]. II. Neary Of Natick finished eighth;
time, Oh. 37m. sos.
John Lindquist OF Brooklyn was
ninth to finish; time 2li. 3sm. IS lbs
Carl H. Schlobohm Of Ionkers came in
tenth; time, 2h. 46m. p.
AS Tom Longboat, the wiry redskin
from Toronto. dashed along Exeter
street to the b. a. a. club house at "a
minutes and 20 seconds past 2 o'clock
yesterday, the winner Of the greatest
Marathon race ia the history of the
world; cheers from fifteen thousand
persons crowded along the finish stretch
rent the ". Ono hundred thousand
spectators ere along the course
The representative of Canada and Of
the noble race that peopied America bel
fore Columbus came ran lightly along
the denseiy packed street sucking d
lemon unconcernealv, bowling right and
left, as though he were Just out for a
morning constitutional iaunts instead
of winning In nearly five minutes better
than record time the most wonderful
long distance race ever run by the beat
athletes gathered from all parts Of the
globe.
The Indian, who had upheld the ira.
ditions Of his ancestors ~ to their
fIeetness iii foot through traekless forest
OF rolling prairie, seemed little exhaust.
ell at the end Of his long run He was
at once taken into the club house and
given rub down, after which he seemed
almost ready to start again This in
spite Of the fact that az the start. a
mile beyond Ashland, at Stevens Cor
Her, he was suffering not only from a
throat affection, but from stomach trou
Bile, and it was predicted that ne would
not he factor in the race.
AZ he came rushing toward the finish
pandemonium broke loose. The de-
monstfation given to this dus<y runner
has seldom been equalled Of a Boston
athletic contest. Forgetting the fayorite
Sons ii Boston and vicinity for whom
they had come TO root, the great throng
on the home stretch broke loose. Men
threw hats, canes and umbrellas in the
air. and yelled themselves hoarse, while
women and children also cheered the
winner
The breaking Of the record Is the
more remarkable, because of the weather
conditions, 1t not only rained, but il
showed during part of the time Of the
race The dust from Ashland to Ma
tick was bad handicap 60 the runners,
and after that streten was passed the
precipitation made the roadway heavy
The first six Of the runners finished
iii fairly good shape, though Longboat
was in by far the best condition. OF
the rest Of the 1O2 men who entered
those who finished were strung out a
long distance, some running in lunches,
and others q single file at long intervals.