The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 (extracts)

now went away, but Palmer pluckily hung on, and at 2J miles he lapped Rath; whilst in the straight for 3 miles the champion lapped the two Dutchmen, his 3 miles' time being 22 min. 12~ sec. Kerr was still third, 60 yards in front of Withers, Harrison fifth, and Schofield sixth. At 3t miles Rothman was lapped by the leaders, whose time at 4 miles was 29 min. 59} sec. Butler was lapped in the tenth lap. The leader's time at 5 miles was 37 min. 55 sec. At 6 miles Palmer wa a yard ahead of Lamer, in 46 min. 2} sec. Larner again took the lead, at 7 miles his time being 53 min. 55} sec., Harrison third, 35 yards behind. In the next lap Larner eased and brought along Harrison, and the three went on together, with Kerr fourth, 55 yards behind. Larner drew out at eight miles, his time being 62 min. 5~ sec., and at nine miles 70 min. 20 sec. Keeping his men well together, Larner took matter::; easily, but drew away at the bell from Harrison, Palmer being third. Kerr caught Palmer 350 yards from home, Larner even– tually winning by 6 yards. FINAL. m. s. I. G. E. Larner, United Kingdom .. 75 57j 2. E. J. Webb, United Kingdom 77 3I 3· E. A. Spencer, United Kingdom .. 8r 20:t 4· F. T. Carter, United Kingdom 8r 20} 5. E. E. Lamer, United Kingdom . . 84 26} o. W. J. Palmer, ni ted Kingdom .. pencer led off, but early in the fir t mile E. Larner and Webb went away from the field, of whom pencer, Palmer, and E. E. Larner were next. In the fourth lap arter pas. ed E. E. Larner. Meanwhile, Webb walked along pluckily in second place. 1n the sixth mile E. E. Larner wa caught again, and he took the leader along at a fir t-rnte pace. Little further description is needed. All the men kept moving in fine style. ,\t nine miles the leader wa nearly two minutes in ide the pr vious record, while Webb wa also within the previous best. Both went steadily through the last mile, and G. E. Larner eventually won by about 300 yard in 75 min. 5 7 3 sec., against Sturgess' record of 77 min. 38} sec. The half-distance times of each man were as follows :-G. E. Larner, 36 min. 16i sec · E. J. ·webb, 36 min. 38i sec. ; E. . Spencer, 39 min. 11;!. sec. ; F. T. C~~ter, ;9 min. 13t sec.; W. J. P;lmer, 39 min. 49 sec. ; E. E. La;ner, 41 min. 8l sec. The intermediate times of Larner and Webb in comparison with Sturgess' performances are as follows : ~Jiles. Larner. Webb. Sturge s. m. s. m. s. m. s. 7 (i 7 2 7 27!i 2 14 I I 14 13 15 13} 3 21 201 21 38 22 58f 4 28 43~ 29 5;/- 30 32~ 5 36 161, 36 38~ 38 I St. G 43 54 44 21 4b I I 7 5 I 37f. 52 16l 53 4r ~ 8 59 33 60 23~ 61 36~ *9 67 37{ 67 37t 69 31~ *re 75 57~ 75 57if 77 38~ * Records. E 2