The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-12-16
D0RAND0 COLLAPSED
AND LONGBOAT WON
Italian Runner Repeated His Failure
Of The English Marathon After
Holding The Indian Most
of The Race.

New York, Dec. 16.--As on that mem
orable occasion Of his first 0lympiad
Dorando Pietri collapsed within sight
Of the goal last night and Tom Long
boat the Indian runner, who had been
led by a yard or more nearly all the
way, won the Marathon race at Madi-
son Square garden.
The race was hard fought from start
TO finish and kept the thousands Of
spectators in wild excitement. At 25
miles Dorando was leading by two
yards. A moment before Longboat had
made remarkable spurt and put him
self on even footing with the Italian.
Dorando Immediately rogained first po-
sitlon and the men were fighting IL out
In the 26th mile with Dorando in the
lead but yisibly weaker. The chances
of Longboat appeared TO improve in
the second and third laps. In the
fourth lap while the crowd Was crying
itself hoarse both men slnckened per-
ceptbly Then suddenly Dorando
staggered and dropped. Longboat fin.
ished alone. His time for the distance
for 20 miles, 3s5 yards was 2i45:
o. rs.
The time was 35 2-5 seconds slower
than the mark established by Dorando
when he defeated Hayes over the same
track three weeks ago. IL was a
gruelling race for nearly 25ls miles,
Che Italian generally in the lead but
occasionally overhauled by wonder
ful squirt on the part Of the Indian.
Longboat Got The Pole.
The race started at 9:11 o'clock,
LoDgboat won the toss and took the
the lead and set a steady pace with
the Indian few feet back. Both were
running easily but at a good clip. The
first mile was made In Is, Dorando
leading by two yards.
Longboat took the lead early in the
third mile but held it for three laps
only. Dorando letting out link in his
speed and running around the Cana
dian. Dorando then continued in the
lead and at the finish Of the tenth mile
was running at steady fast gait, two
yards ahead of his opponent. The
time for the ten miles was So minutes
s7 seconds, which is 1 minute 2-5 sec.
onds faster than the time made in the
Hayes Dorando race for the distance.
There was practically no change be-
tween the tenth and fifteenth miles,
Dorando leading at the latter distance
by three yards The time for the fl.
teen miles was / hour 30 minutes two
and two-ffths seconds. This was /
minute Al Is seconds better than the
Hayes.Dorando time.
Longboat took the lead in the last
lap of the 14th mile increasing the
pace triffe. It proved 10 be a spas
modic effort on the Indians part as
Dorondo easily passed him two laps
further on, and was ahead at the end
of the 18th mile.
Longboat began to show signs of ia
tigue in the running of the nth mile
but kept within striking distance of
the little Italian, who seemed to nave
a lot left.
Longboat was again in the lead when
the goth mile had been completed. He
was then two yards ahead Of Dorando
and had mae the distance in 2 hours 3
minutes 5s 3-5 seconds. This was one
minute 25 Is seconds ahead of the
time in the Hayes -Dorando race.
In the goth mile Longboat shot
ahead and dropped into natural lopc
which kept him in the lead for five
yards. Then Dorando amid wild cheers
forged ahead. Again in the 23rd the
Indian made sensational sprint and
gained the lead In the second lap of
the oath Dorando regained his advan-
tage. Both men moved more slowly
and showed WEAKNESS. In the begin
ming Of the goth Longboat sprinted and
the Italian went to the rear. In the
middle of the mile and when quar-
Ter Of lap behind, Dorando fell to
the track and it was necessary to pick
him up and carry him to his dressing
room.