The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 (extracts)

60 Heat 7.-H. A. Wilson, United Kingdom, I ; J. Bouin,"'France, 2; W. Gal– braith, Canada, 3. Galbraith went away with the lead until the bell rang, when Wilson went by, and won very easily by a good 30 yards. Time, 4 min. IIf sec. Heat 8.-I. F. Fairbairn-Crawford, United Kingdom, I; E. M. Dahl, Sweden, 2; H. Braun, Germany, 3. Also ran :-0. Larsen, Norway; F. Delloye, Belgium; E. A. Andersson, Sweden; and J. Fitzgerald, Canada. Braun and Dahl occupied the leading positions by the Press stand. At the bell the pace became much faster, when the last bend was reached Fairbairn-Crawford went up, with Dahl hanging on. Fairbairn-Crawford, finishing strongly, won by 4 yards. Time, 4 min. 93 sec. FINAL. M. W. Sheppard, United States H. A. Wilson, United Kingdom N. F. Hallows, United Kingdom J. Tait, Canada I. F. Fairbairn-Crawford, United Kingdom J. E. Deakin, United Kingdom J. P. Sullivan, United States E. V. Loney, United Kingdom Time, 4 min. 3~ sec. 2 3 4 5 6 0 0 A disappointing race for the United Kingdom, but full of intere. t. Deakin was reserving himself for the Team Race later on, and Loney could not make the pace hot enough to tire heppard in the last half mile. Fairbairn-Crawford did the first 500 yards in fast time, and sacrificed his chances again ; but Loney wa unable to take on the running, and the race was slow till the last 300 yards, which just suited Sheppard's splendid turn of speed. Here Wilson made his effort and led into the straight, followed by Hallows, but Sheppard beat them both by sheer pace and won a fine race by about 2 yards in 4.33, the same time Hallows had done in just beating Lunghi for the third heat, and over three seconds slower than Wilson had done the distance in his trials. . heppard and Lunghi, showing the same relative form in both races, thus proved they were as good for r,500 as for 800 metres among the finest athletes in the world. Diplomas of Merit for the Fifteen Hundred Metres were awarded to J. P. Sullivan, U..A. ; ] . L. Tait, anada; E. Lunghi, Italy; E. V. Loney, U.K.; and I. F. Fairbairn-Crawford, U.K. H. A. Wilson, aged 22, born in Lincolnshire, was 5 ft. 4 in. high, and weighed 8 st. 3 lb. At the Olympic Trials he won this race in 3 min. 59! sec. N. F. Hallows, of Y eble College, Oxford, was not yet 22 years old, 5 ft. 9 in. tall, and weighed 9 st. 13 lb. He won the University Three Miles in 1907 and 1908, and was born at Doncasl r.