The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 (extracts)

79 Hefferon, of outh Africa, alone divided Hayes from his two com– patriots, For::,ha w and Welton, who came in third and fourth respectively. Diplomas of Me1it for the 1\Iarathon Race were awarded to all the following, who fini hc:d in the order and in the time.s subjoined:- Name and Country. b. m. s. Dorando, Pietri, Italy (disq.) .. 2 54 46t I. J. J. Hayes, United States 2 55 18! 2. C. Hefferon, South Africa 2 56 6 3. J. Forshaw, United States 2 57 10# 4. A. R. ·welton, United States 2 59 44~ 5. W. Wood, Canada 3 l 44 6. F. Simpson, Canada 3 4 28~ 7. H. Lawson, Canada 3 6 47! 8. J. F. Svanberg, weden 3 7 50t 9. L. Tewanina, nited States 3 9 15 IO. Nieminen, Finland 3 9 50t I I. J. Caffery, Canada 3 12 46 12. W. T. Clarke, United Kingdom 3 16 8; l 3. E. Barnes, United Kingdom 3 17 30t 14. S. H. Hatch, United States 3 17 52i l 5. F. Lord, United Kingdom 3 19 8! 16. \V. Goldsboro, Canada .. 3 20 7 17. J. G. Beale, United Kingdom .. 3 20 14 18. I. Nejedky, Bohemia .. 3 26 2(», 19. G. Lind, Russia .. 3 26 38! 20. W.W. Wakker, Holland, 3 28 49 21. G. Tomros, Sweden 3 30 zot 22. G. Goulding, Canada .. 3 33 26l 23. J. F. Jorgensen, Denmark 3 47 44 24. A. Bum, Canada 3 50 17 25. E. Rath, Austria 3 50 3og- 26. R. C. Hansen, Denmark 3 53 15 27. G. Lister, Canada 4 22 45 The glamour surrounding orando's effort, and the inter, t a<lded to it by the graceful action of Queen Al xandra, must not be permitted to obscure the courage with which Hayes had run a stern chase for c:o long a course, and had just nursed sufficient trength to make his final effort. If this were not a record confined to the events of the Olympic Games of r908 I might point out that his success and that of hi compatriots was almost a surprising to English critics as was the failure of their own team. But I h~ll not here enlarge upon the pos ible cau es of either, or upon the sub equent epidemic of ":.Marathon Race " which attacked the ivili ed world from Madison quare 'ardens to the Valley of the ile. nly three of the ·c races I need mention, all of which took place in New York. In the first Dorando beat Hayes, on an in ide track with about ten laps to the mile, over the same distance. In the second, Longboat beat orando. In the third, Dorando beat Hayes on the Madison Square track in .! hours 48 minutes, having run I7 miles in 99 minute 22 econds,