Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-05-15


The Partisan - LemursiauX 49, was
very tired then, and Flack the Aus
tralian, passed him. Meanwhile the
Greek, LOues. was drawing up slow |
ly Following him was crowd from
his little village almost "A guard
Of honor. Laurentis was out of 1t.
Then the Frcnchman staggered
and fell. lie was carried away
Next Loues the Greek passed Flack
the Australian. Then f'laCk col
lapscd and was carried away uncon-
scious. Loucs was in the lead !
In the stadium at Athens a great
company was gathered. The specta-
tors were anxiously awaiting the
first arrival from Marathon. Sud
denly a cannon was fired All eyes
were fixed on the entrance. Then
form slowly ran into the arena. 1t
was Loues, sunburned and covered
with dust, but still game.
The Crown Prince of Greece and
Prince George jumped from their
boxes to greet him. Taking places
by his side they ran with him, one
on the right, the other on the left.
Loues breasted the tape CALAMITY
and walked over to the royal box
where the King of Greece sat. He
bowed and the King took off his
yachting cap and waved 1t enthusi.
astically.
And then LOues went away to rest
He was fatigued. but not exhaust
ed, He had done the historic Mara
thon course in 2 hours, SO minutes
and 20 seconds, the first record
Loucs' time was record for this
reason:
No record had been kept of Phe-
idippides' time when he ran with his
message from Marathon, and in 1896
the first test was really made OF men
and time. Ten years later there was
another Marathon at the Olympic
games at Athens with fifty-three en-
tries. But this time the first Greek
to finish was fifth.
w. J. Sherring, a Canadian. won.
AS he entered the stadium he was
met by Prince George. who ran with
him the entire length of the stadium.
Almost all of the 10000 people with
In the stadium were Greek sympa-
thizers, but they took their cue from
= the sportsmanlike conduct of their
Prince and cheered Sherring hearth
I ly. Queen Olga sent Sherring a boz
g quet, and he was showered with ros-
es as he went through the marble
arch leading to the dressing rooms
But, best of all, Sherring clipped
( nearly seven minutes from the rec
ord. His time was hours, 81 min
utes, % 3-5 seconds. The second
man beat the time of the winner OF
ten years before.
And let some of those people who
run Marathons in this country over
Q sawdust tracks or around baseball
fields realize the difference. The real
Marathon course is on the high road
e from Marathon to Athens, and Is
e steep and hilly until within two
= miles of Athens. 1t is the hardest
= course for the distance which ath,
n letes ever have essayed.
{ Then came the great London Mar.
e athon of last year, which little John
o ny Hayes, of New York, managed tC
= win, after Dorando, the great Ital
o ian runner, collapsed 440 yards from
Il the finish. The race was started OF
I the east lawn of Windsor Castle ant
finished at the stadium in Shepherd,
d Bush, London. Hayes made the reg
- ulation distance in hours, 80 min
d utes and IS 2-5 seconds.
G Since then We have had nothinl
: but MarathOns in this great countr!
e of ours, which really covers quite 1
S few more acres than Greece. At tn,
= polo grounds, New York, st. Ives
d the Frenchman, laid down new rec
= ord of 2 hours, 40 minutes. so 81
G seconds, beating such veteran Mara
t thon men as Dorando, Hayes, Shru
DO, Maloney and Longboat. The fou
i men who finished all beat the origi
n nal Marathon record. but they raj
II on a turf track and not up hill ant
G down dale. II was no such course a
J. poor Pheidippides had to run.
t And now comes the question
e Who is fit to run Marathon?
It The first answer Is 49, no persol
under eighteen years of age. an,
d really he ought to be older than that
S, Few realize the strain on the heart
X The boy who tackles a Marathon ia
Is day will feel its III effects twent
% years from now in his heart action
. There must be strict training, pIent
4 of good food, plenty OF sleep, no in
lie toxicants and careful attention I
l. details. Luck never won a Mara
ID thon - any trainer will tell tn
Of novice that axiom.
Read what the doctors and tn