Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-09-27

The course was from Sand hill, lust
this side of Hinsdale village up the road
to Brattleboro and thence up Canal
street to the fair grounds. From Sand
hill to the fair grounds is III miles and
the distance of five times around the
race track completed the total distance
of 10 miles.
Seven of the runners were carried in
an automobile truck to Sand hill, where
Levasseur Joined them L. J. Sweeney,
sporting editor of the Boston Globe, man
aged the race. At o'clock the first
two runners, Levasseur and Bancroft
started, the others following according
to their handicaps.
All of the runners finished except Ray
mond Bancroft, the Brattleboro boy
Bancroft injured his ankle in training
and was not in good condition, but he
plugged away pluckily and arrived at the
fair grounds before the race was finish
ed, but did not appear on the track.
Levasseur of Hinsdale made a re-
markable showing considering his stat
ure, youth, and lack of experience and
training He is a midget in size, only
16 years old. had never been in a race
before and had not trained for the
event. Under the circumstances his run
of 10 miles in about 66 minutes cor
rected time was a wonderful showing.
Taft, captain of the Springfield, Mass,
athletic team and a Junior in school,
was not given enough of a handicap to
have a chance to win from some of the
fastest distance runners in the world,
but he made great run for a lad of
his years and finished in good condition.
The fact that Taft formerly lived in
Brattleboro caused many people to
watch his performance with unusual in
terest
Mr.. Sweeney accompanied the race by
automobile, other automobiles followed,
and the contest was witnessed all along
the way by interested spectators.
Iilley obtained his lead on Levasseur
before four miles had been covered,
and from an observation taken at a point
Az miles from the start he showed an
elapsed time of 26 minutes 80 3-5ths
seconds and a lead of 20 seconds over
Henigan. The others then followed in
this order: Taft. Piggott. Levasseur,
Sockalexis and Sturgis
At 6A miles from start, this point
being at the junction OF Canal and Brook
streets. Llley had increased his lead to
46 seconds over Henigan. The others
passed in this order: Sockalexis, Piggott,
Taft, Sturgis and Levasseur. Before
the fair grounds were reached Sturgis,
the scratch man. had /overtaken Pig
gott and Taft.
sockalexis on the track gained 3 s-5ths
seconds on Lilley Sturgis also did we'll
on, the finish. Henigan weakened and
Piggott lost ground on the track.
Three of the runners, Lilley, Sock
alexis and Piggott ran in the Maratho
at Stockholm. Sweden this year. In this
race Lilley finished 18th, Sockalexis 4th,
and Piggott 9th. The regulation Mara
thon distance is about 26A miles Iilley
and Sockalexis are members OF the
North Dorchester Athletic club. Piggott
Is from Medford, Mass Henigan of
Maiden, Mass, is the 10-mile cross
country champion OF New England Stur-
gis is from Boston and is rated as one
of the fastest middle distance runners in
America.
Lilley, the winner. is "a years old, OF
medium height and build and natural
runner. He has been in training since
the season OF 1909. Besides his good
showing at Stockholm, he came in
fourth in the Boston Athletic association
Marathon last year.