The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-20
CANADIAN ANNEXES
BOSTON MARATHON
Fabrp of Montreal Shows His
Heels to Best American
Distance Men.
NEW YORKER GET FOURTH

posToN, April 1s--For the second
year In succession Canada carried OF
the Boston Marathon this afternoon
when Edouard Fabre Of the Richmond
A. c. OF Montreal won the twenty-five
mile race from Ashland TO Boston from
field of more than seventy runners
which included the best long distance
men OF the United States. His time was
2 hours 81 minutes ~ 1-5 seconds, tho
slowest made since 1909 and 10 minutes
% seconds behind the record for the
course set in 1912 by Mike Ryan Of the
Irish American A. c.
Clifton Horne OF tho Dorchester Club
OF Boston was second and Sidney NJ.
Hatch, the veteran marathoner OF the
Illinois a. G. of Chicago. third. All three
OF the placed men ran waiting race
and neither was In the first four three
miles from the finish.
New York runners were prominent
throughout the race and Ave OF the
Gothamites finished In the first seven
teen. Hugh Jtonohan OF the New York
\. c. WAS the first New Yorker to cross
the line. lie was H. fourth place and
followed closely by Edward l.. Byrne
OF the Bronx Church House.
At half distance II looked as II Homo
han and Charles Pores were going 20 re-
peat their remarkable performance In
the Sea Gate marathon run on Washing
toms Birthday. when the pair ran neck
and neck for nearly the whole dis
lance and Pores won by about twenty
Ave yards.
Honohan was the determined pace
maker to-day and led nearly all the
way until Fabre passed him A little
more than mile from the finish.
Honohan took command from A. r Mer-
chant Of the Winona Club OF Everett
shortly after covering Ave miles. and at
Wellesley Square. twelve and a half
miles from the start. the New York
A. c. man was still IN the iead. with
, Charles Pores of the Millrose A A.
| logging his steps. Pores began to fail
back. but Honohan kept on cutting out
the pace and had good lead at Collidge
! Corner. twenty-five and a half mile
! on Alfred J. Horne. W!nona A. c., who
/ had taken second place away from
! Pores Fabre at this time was In NTH
! place.
! At Chestnut Hill Honohaa was hail
a mile ahead Of the next man. but Fabre
was beginning 10 hit II up and gained
| quickly On the firing New Yorker. WITT
| little more than a mile to 20 Honohar
! had 70 give way to the Canadian anC
Fabre ran so strongly to the finish tna'
there was no chance to overtake him
Clifton Horne also made n sensational
drive in the last few miles. while Hatch
also managed TO pass the WORKOUT Hon
chan In the last mile The leaders IN
shed as follows:
Fret, Edouard Fabre. Richmond A. C.
! Montreal; second Chiffon Horne. Dor
| chester club boston third. sidney NJ
| Hatch, Illinois A. G.. Chicago fourth
! Hugh Monohsn. New York A c; nfth, Ed
/ ward l.. Byrnes. Bronx Church House. New
| York sixth George McInerney. Shanahai
4. G, phllsdelphia: seventh. Percy Wyer
! Monarch A. c. Toronto. eighth, Free
1 Travelena, Mohawk \. G.. New York
ninth. John NJ. Mullen. Dorchester club
! Boston. tenth, Alfred O. Horne, Winonj
\ G. Everett eleventh. A. + Merchant
| Winona \. g. Everett twelfth. John co.
I tetio. Bronx Church House. New York
7 thirteenth. Harry Gary!r. Shanahar
& G. Philadelphia; fourteenth, Walter J
Bel Shamrock A A. A. Montreal, ff
teenth. " kennedy. Illinois A e.. Chi
/ cago. sixteenth. J. Passanen. Finnish a
J G. quincy. seventeenth. j. Cullen
| Bronx church House. New York