The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 (extracts)

Heat 5.-C. B. Beard, United States, I ; A. Astley, United Kingdom, 2 ; D. Budde, Canada, 3 ; 0. Quarg, Germany, 4; C. M. French, nited States, o ; E. M. Dahl, Sweden, o. Beard led off, Budde came with a rush half-way, followed by Astley. The merican, however, had a little left, and finishing strongly, he held Astley. and won a great race by two or three inches. Time, I min. 59.~ sec. Heat 6.-T. H. Just, United Kingdom, I ; A. Breynck, Germany, z ; F. G. Danielson, Sweden, o; A. C. H. Vosbergen, Holland, o. Danielson led. In the back straight Just drew up, and coming with one lonrr run he won by more than 50 yards. Time, I min, 57~ ec. Heat 7.-H. Braun, Germany, I ; J. Bromilow, United States, 2; H. E. Holding, United Kingdom, 3 ; H. P. Ramey, United States, o ; F. Svanstrom, Finland, o; B. Evers, Holland, o. Bromilow led for the first quarter right into the straight, where Braun, on the inside, beat both Holding and Bromilow, and won by nearly two yards. Time, I min. 58 sec. Heat 8.-I. F. Fairbairn-Crawford, United Kingdom, I ; K. Hellstrom, Sweden, z ; F. P. Sheehan, nited States, 3 ; H. Sutton, Australasia, o. Crawford soon took a lead, entered the straight with over 8 yards lead, and won by I 5 yards. Time, I min. 57~ sec. 1. W. Sheppard, United State E. Lunghi, Italy H. Braun, Germany .. 0. Bodor, Hungary .. T. H. Just, United Kingdom J. P. Halstead, United States FIN L. I. F. Fairbairn-Crawford, United Kingdom C. B. Beard, United States .. Time, r min. 52t sec. 2 3 4 5 6 0 0 Fairbairn-Crawford made the pace so hot in this remarkable race that be was fifteen yards ahead in the first 200, and was clone with in the first lap. 'heppard then led with Lunghi and Ju t close behind him. Just tired first. Lunghi hunted the leader all th way home, but was out– paced. 'heppard won by about nine yards in the splendid time of 1.52j, completing the Half-mile (5] yards further) in 1.54. This beat by 3~ seconds the Olympic record for 800 metres of 1.56, made by Lightbody at St. Louis in 1904, and was within } second of tbe world's record (amateur) of r .535 for the Half-mile s t up by C. H. Kilpatrick at New York in eptembcr, 1895. His time for the Half-mile, r.54, was also a British record, the previous hesl being 1.54], hy F. J. V. Cross ( . . .C.). Lunghi's time in this race was r min. 541 sec., which also beats tbe previous lympic record. The pace may be imagined from the facts that the fir:t 400 metres were done in 53 seconds, and the quarter in 535 seconds. Braun only just beat Bodor for the third place. Diplomas of Merit for the Eight Hundred {etres were awarded to 0. Bodor, Hungary, J. P. Halstead, U.. A., T. H. Just, U.K., . B. Beard, U.S.A., and I. F. Fairbairn-Crawford, U.K.