The Washington herald., 1909-04-03

New York. April 2-If the weather is
clear. Il IS expected that one Of the great
est Iong-distauce foot races on record will
be seen at the Polo Grounds tomorrow.
The $4,000 Marathon Derby Is miles and
SS5 yards. has attracted six star perform
ers In Tom Longboat. the Canadian In
dian; Dorando Pietri. Of Italy; Alfred
Shrubb OF England; John ]. Hayes and
Matt Maloney, Irish-AmeTicans. and
Henri ST. Yves Of France.
The big race viii be started at 8 o'clock
sharp and the gates viii be thrown open
TO the public at noon Promoters Powers
and Pollok have planned to make the
Derby so successful that II viii become
an annual fixture.
The $4,000 purse win be so divided that
the winner win receive 5000 with $500
to the second man. $3.50 to the third, and
S, 600 to the fourth. Tho track will %
five laps to the mile, laid on a grass sur
face and rolled as smooth as a board
floor. It viii be fenced OF and viii be
plenty wide enough 10 prevent crowding
! or fouling.
IN the betting tonight Lougboat ruled
a favorite at TO 5, with Dorando at 9
70 5. shrubb at to l, Hayes at 5 TO /.
0Ialoney at 10 ]. and ST. Yves at 20 /
Indian Picked 10 Win.
Longboat rules favorite because Of the
fact that he has twice defeated Doran-
DO and also won over Shrubb in Madison
square Garden after the Englishman had
( a lead OF more than three-quarters Of a
mile at the end Of twenty miles.
Longboat made Dorando quit in the
I Garden and also at Buffalo, and because
/ Of his endurance the Indian has come 70
be regarded as invincible. But IN the
Derby Longboat may find that the track
conditions and the open air VIII improve
both Dorando and shrubb. who are the
/ fastest pacemakers IN the field.
/ 1t is predicted that Shrubb and Dorando
will show the way at fast clip. and
win remain in front Of the others as long
as they can. Dorando never showed bet
4 ter form than In his recent race IN the
Garden. II Hayes had been able 20 keep
] pace with him. the Italian would probably
/ have beaten all previous records for in
door MarathOns
/ LonEbOat IS not highly regarded by
come athletic sharps who saw him de-
I feat Shrubb in the Garden. On that Occa-
sion the Indian was run into the ground
practically and had no possible chance
/ to win up TO the time Of Shrubs col
lapse Even then 1t required all kinds OF
encouragement and the use Of stimuIants
/ 10 induce Longboat to finish for he was
/ 50 weary that at times he staggered as
/ he labored along. SuIl, LOngboat won
I that race and also put DOrando away
so impressively on two separate Occa-
/ slOns that he viii have q big following
Hayes May Spring Surprise.
! Hayes is at his best out Of doors and
/ says that he viii run a much better race
than he did IN the Garden. Maloney Is
practically an unknown quantity. as far
as class goes. It IS true that IN the ANA
teur ranks he Won several Marathons IN
very fast time. and when he turned pro-
fessional he disposed os Patrick White.
Of Ireland. without extending himself.
ST. Yves. who has never taken part IN a
race in this country before. is another
I puzzle He is twenty years old and
never been defeated over the Marathon
route He won a race at Edinburgh last
/ December from good field IN 2:44.40. and
I Is said 70 have covered the distance from
/ Windsor Castle 20 the Stadium at Shep-
I perds Bush IN the remarkable time OF
2:S1:23