The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-06
L0NGB0AT'S STRIDES
WORE OUT SHRUBB
The Canadian Indian Won The Big
Marathon Run in New York Last
Night Although Behind The
Record Time.

New York, Feb 6.--Maintaining an
even swinging stride that rarely varied
throughout the race Tom Longboat the
onondaga Indian from Canada, wrest-
ed the laurels of an indoor Marathon
race last night at Madisan Square Gar
den, when victory seemed almost with
in the grasp Of the plucky Englishman,
Alfred Shrubb, who collapsed in the
25th mile leaving the Indian TO finish
the long race Of 20 miles and 3S5 yards
alone.
Longboat's time for the race was two
hours, SO minutes 40 2-5 seconds, which
is nearly eight minutes behind the re-
cord made by Dorando, the Italian, in
the Lewis race with Johnny Hayes, the
Olympic Marathon winner last fall. The
Indian finished in fine fettle and was
in no wise distressed.
Shrubb's running was a revelation to
the spectators who continually cheered
the flying Englishman as he moved
around the track with machine-like
motion that carried him steadily fur
thcr away from Longboat. The Indian
sought futilly to cut down his adver.
'sary's lead but Shrubb showed no traces
of WEAKNESS and continued his fast
pace undiminished. Unable to keep up
Longboat dropped his sprint and fell
back to his old pace and the result that
Shrubb secured an additional lap max
ing seven laps in all at the nth mile
During the running OF the nineteenth
and twentieth miles Shrubb put on q
fine burst OF speed, and, though the In
dian responded gamely, he placed the
eighth lap between himself and Long
boat. The time for the twenty mile
mark was 2 hours one minues and 25
as. The Englishman's cheering adj
mirers were given heart thrill when
Shrubb in the twenty-frst mile sudden
ly stopped to change his shoes. During
his brief absence from the track Long
boat gained one Of his lost laps but
Shrubb coming on the course again
started out lively clip with the evi-
dent intention Of regaining the lost
lap.
Tom Flanagan, the Indians man
ager, brought Longboat's wife out on
the track to encourage her husband.
Shrubb Begins to Fail.
pendomcnium broke loose in the Gar
den during the 22nd mile when Shrubb
came down to walk for few yards.
II was apparent that he was in some
distress but he was soon off again with
a swinging stride though it could be
seen that his pace had slowed percep-
tibly. Cheered on by his bride and
shouts Of his friends, Longboat in
creased his pace and soon began TO
rapidly cut down the lead of the now
fast tiring. Englshman
THE end of the 23d mile found Long
boat now only four laps behind Shrubb,
who frequently broke his pace and
walked. to rest himself. The Indian
kept relentlessly on and in the first half
of the 24th mile brought forth a hurri-
cane of applause by regaining another
lap on his rival.
Shrubb was in evident distress and vt
was only game effort on his part that
kept him struggling on. Longboat re-
gained another lap at the end Of the
Path mile and was now setting the pace
with Shrubb following him manfully
behind.
Collapse Of Shrubb.
The thousands of spectators were
now in a turmoil Of great excitement.
They yelled and cheered as the Indian
slowly moved up abreast of the Eng
lishman who was now but scant lap
ahead as the pair moved on in the SEC
ond lap Of the 25th mile. Longboat
ron without any seeming distress while
shrubb unable to run any further fell
back into walk.
Longboat quickly took the lead and
the Englishman, unable to continue fur
ther, collapsed on the track, leaving
the triumphant Longboat to finish the
race alone winner.