Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-25
THE MARATHON RACE.

| London, July 24-The Marathon
race start was made from Windsor.
Crowds began to assemble along the
Marathon route at an early hour and
| there was a promise of huge gath
| ering to witness the great event Of
| the Olympic games. The roads are in
| perfect condition, water carts and
roller brushes having been busy for
many hours along the entire course
from Windsor to the Stadium. Kidding
the highway of dust. Every cottage
fronting the course has hung out
flags in honor of the occasion. The
tropical sun is likely to be prejudicial
to the performers who are not ac-
customcd to such heat
Fifty-siX men toed the starting line.
Nettlebeck, Germany, withdrawing at
the last moment.
The men were lined up i'm four rows
close behind one another. like files of
troops. as it was impossible to string
out the huge field in one line. At
2.33 r. NJ three minutes after the
scheduled time. the crack of the pis-
tol sent the men off on their long run
of over 26 miles. Leaving the castle
precincts, Longboat, the Canadian In
dian led the field with the rest bunch
ed close up.
Probably q record gathering crowd
went out to the stadium this after
noon to witness the finish of the
Marathon.
The Marathon course is exactly &c
miles and 3S5 yards. 1t begins at
Windsor Castle and finishes at the
Stadium The course is winding and
somewhat hilly.
AT Uxbridge, eight miles from
Windsor. Jack. United Kingdom, re-
tired from the race.
Price, United Kingdom, was one
minute ahead of Lord United King
dom.
At the II mile mark Price was first.
Time l hour, minutes and 20 sec
onds Lord, second, Hcfferon. South
Africa third: Dorando. Italy, fourth:
Long5oat. Canada, fifth. and Appleby,
United Kingdom, sixth.
At Harrow. IS miles from the start.
Heffcron. first; Dorando, Italy, was
second and Appleby. United Kingdom,
third Lord. United Kingdom. col
lapsed at Is miles.
AT 10 miles Hcneron. South Africa,
was leading by five minutes, Dorando,
Italv. was second The British cham
plOn, duncan, gave up just Deloie tlc
half distance.
At the 20-mile post, Hefferon, South
Africa. was first. Dorando. Italy, sec
ond and Hayes. America, third, We'll
ton. America, fourth and Aiken, Aus
traia. fifth.
Longboat gave, up near the 20 mile.
AT the gath mile Hefferon was still
leading with Dorando, Italy, second.
In from
finish He struggled to his feet aud tried
to cover the remaining distance but was
soon down again. He could not continue.
His collapse was complete and officials
practically carried him to the finish.
Hayes came in second without any as
sistance whatever
The Italian flag has been raised over
the staff in the center of the arena. denot-
ing an Italian victory. The American
spectators are showing great degree OF
excitement.
Dorando was carried from the arena on
Joseph Forshaw, Missouri A. c.. fin-
ished fourth.
The action of the officials I'm assisting
the Italian is universally condemned by
the spectators. irrespective of rationale
ty. Dorando collapsed half a dozen timea
during the last 200 yards and each tima
the officials helped him to his feet. The
| last time he went down he was 50 weak
that the officials had to actually carry
him to the finish. This was done amidst
a wild uproar from the assembled multi.
tudc.
Stimulans were administered to tha
Italian and as he tottered along the
track he was followed by crowd OF at,
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