Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-24

Windsor, July 24.-The starting of the
Marathon race, &c miles and SS5 yards
10 the stadium, the most interesting
event of all the Olympic games from
the east terrace of Windsor Castle was
beautiful scene which will be mem
orable in the annals of sports.
Runners from the nations assembled
under the gigantic oak at the top of
the broad emerald lawn which slopes
TO the eastward, with the towering
gray battlements of the castle for
background
Crowds began to assemble along the
Marathon route at an early hour this
morning and there was ample promise
of a huge gathering to witness the great
event of the Olympic games. The roads
were in perfect condition, watering
carts and roller brushes having been
busy for many hours along the entire
course from Windsor to the stadium,
doing their best to rid the highway of
dust. Every cottage fronting the
course had hung out flags, The tropi-
the performers. who are not accus-
toned to such heat.
The green slopes beneath the walls
Of Windsor castle were thrown open
TO spectators by the kings order and
the lawns were packed as the picked
distance runners of the world gradu-
ally assembled on the east terrace of
the castle.
Fifty-five men toed the starting line,
Wood, Canada, Nettlebeck. Germany,
Withdrawing at the last moment.
The men were lined up in four rows
close behind one another like files of
troops 1t was impossible to string out
the huge field in one line so the start
was made in this way.
RUNNERS START.
AT 50 minutes past the crack of the
pistol sent the men off on their long
run OF over &c miles Leaving The
castle precincts, Longboat, the Cana
dian Indian, led the field with the res,
punched close up.
A great crowd, probably a record
sdtherlng, went ont to the stadium this
afternoon to witness the final of the
marathon. The arrangements for the
control of the crowd were good and the
polce-some 1000 of them-were scat
tered along the course, keeping the
track clear.
The men went down Castle Hin at "A
good pace and ON through High street.
windsor where Longboat and two 9th
CT canadians led the van with the
seven Americans and n number of nth
CT competitors close up. The windows
ana house tops, all decorated with flags,
were hlled with cheering, enthusiastic
people who gave the athletes an in
spring send-on as they sped on their
way toward Eton Here the college
boys had gathered by the hundreds
ana the excitement reached high
pltch as the successive groups of run
ners swept by The official time for
me ilIst TWO miles was 10 minutes. IL
seconds and for the first three miles
- minutes and A. seconds.
THE START.
The contestants in the Marathon race
started ON their long run at 2:4S u. m.
ine canadian runner the South
HIll.sll eltiay and one Italian formed
~ hIst nlsllt after Slough and Jack.
n"i,ea Kingdom. The Americans. 4.
y a Me,uen' lawrence Y. NJ. e. A.. John
HaNes' irish American A. e., II. u.
Moirissey, Mercury A. a.. Jnsenb E,o,'
saw Missouri a. g.; Lewis Tewinh,e.
1alnsle indian school. and sidney n
iatch' FIRST Regiment Athletic club.
NH, 1niSago' passed with the next bunch.
AZ Bridge, eight miles from w,,dsor
Jack United Kingdom. had retirei
from the race.
Price, United Kingdom, was one min.
ute ahead of Lord, United KINGDOM
hayes, Weldon and MorrIsseV. Ameu.
Vans, We're improving their positions
hyan, Iewinlna and Forshaw. Amerl-
cans were some distance behind
Al the i2-mile mark, Price Init,
hingdom, was fiEst. Lord frnitad
Kingdom, second; Hofferon. snnth
africa. third; Dorando Italv fnn,',h.
i;;ungboat, Canada, NTH, and ApnIehv
United Kingdom, sixth.
fflce's time az the II miles was
NouF minutes and 20 seconds
The British champion, Duncan nav.
lance, ' us
AZ 10 miles, Hefferon. South Afr,c.,
way leading by five minutes. Dorando
,,9y' was second; Appleby, United
Kingdom, third; Hayes, America, had
mmuNe9 up to fourth place, Longboat
.ahada' was NTH, and Aiken, Austral'
'aln, sixth.
heneron was running Splendid,
Nlthh himself and had a good lead
iold, United Kingdom, collapsed at
a the 20 mile post Heneron. South
Ilcl, was hrst; Dprando Italy, sec
AZ ana hayes, American. third Wei
AZ america, was fourth and Aiken.
auslfalasla, NTH. Longboat gave nm
4 near the twentieth mile. W.
II IT,, 'ne sith mile Hefferon was SIN
Iqlns, WIN Dorando italy, second.
Wa Vt,vlon Tine at the camille post
No., NUTS n9 70 minutes and 20 seconds
l1ol.nio sun maintained second place
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