The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 (extracts)

74 From here follow tram lines until the Jubilee lock Tower at Harlesden. Here turn to the right through Station Road, across L. & N. W. Railway at Willesden Junction Station, past Railway Cottages. Take first turning to the left into Old Oak Lane. After passing under the Great We tern Railway lines, turn sharp to the left across Old Oak Common and Wormwood Scrubs, keeping the footpath between the Prison and Hammersmith Infirmary into Ducanc Road for Exhibition Grounds, where a special entrance will be made and a course ropecl for competitors to QQ RR entrance to Stadium. All vehicular traffic will have to leave competitors at the Clock Tower, Harlesden, and go through High Street to the College Park Hotel, turn to the right here for the Stadium, and enter No. 4 ate in Wood Lane. The Race was started on the East Lawn of Windsor Castle in the following order :- FIRST ROW. 20. U. Blasi, Italy. 64. F. Simpson, Canada. 66. W. Goldsboro, Canada. 72. T. Longboat, Canada. 9. G. Coulcumberdos, Greece. 58. E. Barnes, United Kingdom. 17. G. Buff, Holland. 34. A. Welton, United States. 25. S. Hatch, United States. 39. G. Tornros, Sweden. 31. M. Ryan, United States. 11. K. Nieminen, Finland. 70. F. Noseworthy, Canada. 29. T. Mor– rissey, United States. 14. A. Vosbergen, Holland. SECOND ROW. 63. W. Clarke, United Kingdom. 37. F. Reiser, Germany. 50. J. Jorgensen, Denmark. I. J. Lynch, Australasia. 65. H. Lawson, Canada. 73. G. Lister, Canada. 48. I. Nejedky, Bohemia. 67. G. Goulding, Canada. 62. S. Stevenson, United Kingdom. 60. F. Appleby, United Kingdom. 12. G. Lind, Russia. 59. A. Wyatt, United Kingdom. 55. J. Price, United Kingdom. 53. J. Beale, United Kingdom. 10. A. Coutoulakis, Greece. THIRD ROW. 46. E. Rath, Austria. 26. J. Hayes, United States. 71. J. Caffery, Canada. 68. W. Wood, Canada. 15. W. Wakker, Holland. 43. J. Lindqvist, Sweden. 52. A. Duncan, United Kingdom. 2. W. Aitken, Australasia. 3. G. Blake, Australasia. 54. F. Lord, United Kingdom. 33. L. Tewanina, United States. 4. J. Baker, South Africa. 18. F. Celis, Belgium. 74. A. Bum, Canada. 24. J. Forshaw, United States. FOURTH ROW. 19. Dorando Pietri, Italy. 42. S. Landquist, Sweden. 57. F. B. Thompson, United Kingdom. 69. E. Cotter, Canada. 13. W. Braams, Holland. 49. R. Hansen, Denmark. 56. H. Barrett, United Kingdom. 61. T. Jack, United Kingdom. 8. C. Hefferon, South Africa. 40. J. Svanberg, Sweden. 75. ]. Tait, Canada. n July 24, 1908,at about half-past two in the afternoon, the competitors, arranged in the order given above, were drawn up in four lines near the East Terrace. At a signal from Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales,