The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-20
CAMERON
A WINNER
Amherst, Nova Scotia Runner,
Finishes First
-
in THE BOSTON MARATHON
A Great Race from the start--clarence
H. Demar Of North Dorcester,
Mass, Second Across the
Line.
in The BOSTON MARATHON

Boston. April 20. Setting his own
pace almost from tie start, fred !. Cam
cron 81 Amherst, n. s., captured the l4th
25.mile Marathon run Of the Boston Ath-
letic association yesterday in the fast,
but not record time Of 2;2S;d2 3-5.
Claeuee III. DemaY Of che North Dor-
chester Mass. Athletic association was
exactly minute behind. although his
squirt iii che last IA miles carried him
from 10th 70 second place.
James corkery Of Taunton, who was
Camefon's most dangerous rival from the
start until four miles from the finish,
was third. His time WAS 2:a+s25.
The race was run under superb con
diti8ns the roads being hard and dry,
the air fairly cool with a light wind,
which followed the runners until four
miles from the finish, when they were
refreshed BY an easterly breeze from the
sea
Nearly $50 runners started at noon
from Ashland, each with an attendant
on a bicycle Cookery made the pace
for the first two miles, and then Cam
eron rushed to the front and was never
headed.
A freight train at South birmingham,
four miles from the start. hauled across
the road after II runners had passed
those III the rear Cameron was pressed
hy Cookery for the FIRST fifteen miles.
hut at the Chestnut Hill reservoir, 1915
miles from the start. the Nova Scotia
runner was more than a quarter of a
mile ahead
Cookery showed signs 81 distress and
Demar, who had erawled up from 18th
position At Natick. took second place on
Beacon street ia Brookline and was cut
ting down Cameron's lead rapidly when
the finish line was reached Both Cam
eron and Deniar were in hne snApe, but
Cookery, who was third, nearly collapsed.
The times at the finish were as fol
lows:--
r. L Cameron, Amherst, n. s.
2.28;52 3-5.
Q. H. Demar, North Dorchester A. A.,
2:2gs52 3.5.
James j. Cookery. Taunton. 2:34s25.
John r.. Roe, Toronto, 2.3s :08
N. j Ryan, New York, 2:asi42.
John j. Reynolds, Jersey City,
A+fNtNg sA*Ds
r. Fl Mccormack, Toronto. 2;40s2s.
Edwin H. White, New York. 2;40;50.
Il. r. Devlin. New York, 2:4l:34.
James Clearly, Cherry Valley, 2s44sbs.
The nipe score ashtly dressed runners
dashed Of from just outside Ashland at
The stroke Of noon More than two hun
dred thousand people lined the well worn
road, over which famous runners have
acampered TO fame ard victory since the
event was established in 1896.
The conditions were ideal from spec
tators standpoint, and while the warm
sun and southerly air had partially dried
The road. it was trife warm for violent
exercise and the following breeze was
far from refreshing.
The big squad. the largest that has
ever started lined up in long rows across
the road. about a mile outside the center
Of Ashland, few minutes before noon.
with an equal number Of attendants on
bicycles and a small army Of aatono-
Mles All hands had their pictures taken
and with the ringing Of the church bells
came the crack 81 the starters pistol.
There was the usual struggle for place
ii the FIRST mile, and humping matches
were in order, but gradually the squad
began to string out. and BY the time Ash
land square WAS reached The human
thread was several hundred yards long.
although well punched
The conditions were the wettest and
muddiest experienced since 1892 and tile
going was Of the heaviest kind