The Washington herald., 1908-07-25

London. July 2l-surely there can never
have been such Marathon race run as
that which an American won to-day. II
was started IN the precincts OF Wind
sor's historic castle by the Princess Of
Wales. and the picked IOng-distance run
ners OF the world. numbering hfty-eight
began their long run Of more than twenty
six miles 10 the great stadium at shep-
herds Bush.
OF these hfty-eight. America provided
seven or these seven. no less than five
were numbered among the first twelve
10 cross the winning line. which was
placed before the Queen OF England.
The runners were cheered 20 the echo
by the hundred thousand persons who
composed the assembIage. which the old
est Londoner admits was the most Won
derful crowd ever gathered in this city
OF ,roEds
Triumph for America.
1 Little had been heard and less printed
. Of the American runners than OF any Of
the others. YET hve who finished took
iirst' third. fourth. seventh. and twelfth
places Il vas a great triumph for Amer
'ca's team. and TO man all give credit
10 That hard or hearing. hard OF language
trainer 0s men. Nike Murphy.
just out Of sight OF tre starr rs
At'le ring o. scarlet upholstered gflt
chairs and round table. On which stood
a sreat bowl OF red roses Here came
Lord Des5orough. followed bv the PriD-
cess OF Wales. with her three young
sons
After looking al the list OF the runners.
the royal chii en Fixed their cameras I
me princess pressed @ b1tr1n- and sud Z
denly over The rising ground in the diree- 1
ton CT Windsor came a stream OF atb- 4
-etes- slowly advancing. with The Ca,as- 4
-a1s 20 the front Lord u.esbor5uer with .
otHer officials. marshaled them In rows OF
e'gHt' with a yard between each.
Princess starts Race.
The princess then. at $50 o-cl5ck. toY-s-
ed an electric button communicative wiz
Lord Des5oroush's automobile The lar
ter fred q revolver twice in The ag- ana
of started the ffty-eighr runners A.
lHey emerged from the gates onto cas-
lie Hi- the crowd. which filed every
spot where a footing could be had. raised
mighty cheer. 4
The greatest athletic event cf rbs wear
had worthy send of. Clark - The
United Kingdom. and Burn. Of Canada
were the first out OF the castle gates
Simpson, Lo-gboat, and Hoswortbv an
Canadians, were Leading in thar or4.-
TO receive the vocfferous cheers ~ a
thousand Eton College boys. At slough
where thousands upon thousands Of peo-
pie lined the road, Clarke and Burn stU
led Jack, Price. Duncan. Lord. and four
Britishers were next. with Lawson ~ I
canada; Dorando. OF Italy. and Iongboa+
following IN the first twenty there was {
not an American WeltOn had twenty 8
fourth place. being the leading American ,
for four miles
Positions often Changed. 4
II was impossible 10 keep tracl, ~ All !
the racers on the thickIv rbrons-a5 c
course It viii probably be DAYS before
an accurate story Of their vvonda-f,,1
run IS pieced out. but going tb-o-,et, Y
. NoridSe, Lord. Of the United Kingdom. c
vas in first place Jack had dropna5 '
'ack considerably Price was stin sec
md Duncan had been passed by Hes-
.eron, the South African champion VII, :
vas running with excellent judgment :
n third position This was nine miles ?
rom the start In
At twelve miles. Price was running
'trongly IN first place with Lord sec
nd. and HeGerOu third Duncan. the q
2ritish competitor. who had been L
hought 10 have such a good chance OF a
uccess. had given up. Three miles
urther on Heferon was leading AZ lu
his point. fifteen miles from the start {
is time was hour IS minutes. p seq p
nds- He was running magnffcantI,- r
nd was fully half a mile ahead Of q
ord Ten yards further of was Do a
ando, third Longboat was next. twenty u
ards behind. Applsby. AitkeE. Price 7
ahery. Hayes. Simpson, Welton. Colds {
orough- Lawson. and Wood followed q
q that order e
Heheron Takes Lead. y
At nineteen miles. HefTeron was leading II
'orando by nearly a mile Applebv was ST
be leading United Kingdom representa- Il
We The South Africans time for g
Tenty miles vas hours . minutes and n
p seconds The time Of DoraDde y
no was stin second, was ? hours min
-es and IS seconds
London, the greatest newspaper run
Pr Of the lot. gave Up first. before the 81
Venueth mile had been covered. N
At twenty-one miles. Hefferon was still Il
st. having traversed that distance IN th
hours minutes and 5S seconds. Dor7n- III
sun held second place. His time was ",
hours y minutes and Is seconds TO
ayes. who was running with his brain
wei as his legs. was now third. Two Es
les Iartner on Hefferon, running finely. er
as sun leadlnS- DorandO was nearly a le-