The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-04
WINNING The
MARATHON RACE.
John Hayes Tells How II Was
Run and Won.
r CASE or USING BRAINS. /"

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sic Ran Course Without Tirins-Pays
Tribute to oamsnsss Of Dorando and
Hofforon.
Without q word OF Boosting John ].
Hayes Of New York, winner OF the
Marathon race, who recently returned
from London, told how be ran and won
the classic event Of the Olympic games.
1T isn't anything wonderful that 30
many Americans finished up In front"
said Hayes when questioned by Robert
Edgren for the New York Evening
World. 1T was just a case OF using
our brains. / don't suppose we are 90
much faster than the English, but we
90 at things with our heads instead OF
our legs. We make a careful study OF
the art OF getting out the best that's In
us. That's all"
"And your 1 asked.
"Oh, I've studied Marathon running
for four years." Hayes admitted. 1--WE
run three at Boston and one at Yon-
kers, besides the Canadian round the
bay race, which is only nineteen miles.
I ought to be q good Judge Of pace.
always study the other fellows care
fully. and l come pretty near telling
what they can do and regulating my
own pace to ut.
I'VE studied all the conditions In
England. We did our training very
carefully and lost no sleep over the
stories about the terrible pace the Eng
lbh distance runners would cut out.
Nike Murphy was with us, and we
knew We had the best advice anyway.
There's a man who's entitled to a lot
OF credit.
Mike let US run In a trial race of
about fifteen miles. The Indian, Te-
WANNA, won that. was a minute
or two behind. used my natural pace,
and felt sure that the Indian ran too
fast to keep 1t up over the long course.
IL he could have kept 1t up l would
have been glad, at that. because he
carried the 6agOOo
"One thing that gave US lot Of con-
ndence before the race was q trial the
English had. Duncan, the best Of the
Englishmen, ran ten miles with the har-
rlers. They have some good men, but
Duncan went out Of sight ahead Of the
bunch between eight and nine miles.
As soon as heard that felt sure we
had them. Duncan's pace was too fast
for a man training for a Marathon.
knew he'd try the same pace In the
big race. and I knew that no living
man could stick It out and finish well
going like that. 30 we kept plugging
on with our work.
The day OF the big race was pretty
hot We had formed In four lines In
the grounds OF Windsor castle. There
were about sixty Of us starting, men
from all over the world. The Princess
OF Wales fired the starting pistol. No,
she didn't hold It. She pressed a but
ton, they told me. was In the third
line from the front or course 1t didn't
make any difference about that. We
were close enough together for such
long race.
''The road for q mile or so was all
cobbles-rough going, but a fellow
doesn't give a whoop about that when
he's at. / didn't care how rough II
was 30 long as the others had to cover
the same ground. 1t was hot, too, but
1t was just as hot for the others as 1t
was for me. Everything was for a
fair field and no favors In that race.
1.-THE Englishmen started or at ter
rible clip. That was just what 1 ex-
pected. and 1t didn't worry me at all.
set my pace and paid no attention to
anybody else. 1t wouldn't have made
me change n step II they had all run
away from me at first. | had 1t all
scientifically figured out. You've got
to be scientific In a Marathon. You
have just so much power and endur-
ance to spend In little over twenty
six miles, and you've got to FIX your
own pace so that you get out the best
average speed for the entire distance.
You must have just enough left at the
finish to make a squirt II 1t Is close. A
man in good condition can run indeh-
nItely at a certain clip without feeling
any strain at all, but II he exceeds
that speed midway he'll break down.
You run at that pace until you reach
twenty-five miles. If there aren't any
kinks In you then you can gallop the
rest OF the way.
1.-THE Marathon road went over all
sorts of ground. 1t was a winding
road-part OF II fine. smooth surface
Ike a carriage drive. Five miles out
from the start Cameron, our bicycle
man. met me with his wheel. l didn't
need an attendant for the first five
miles. There were about twenty
ahead Of me, Cameron figured, per
haDs a few more. We didn't count