Show I ANCIENT GREEK EVENT IS NOW THE ATHLETIC CRAZE I Ir if I f 0 r I 1 u 1 u y t 1 1 kj pI 11 t I c l 1 q u r 1 1 i ii 1 I a i J J py j 1 r Z i 1 1 py t JW f D At I a r 2 a sl i y i r f a i A Ai t Should the ancient athlete of Greece be permitted to return to earth Just popularity of one form torm of 0 con contest cont contest test t st would make Him fed fe immensely at home The Marathon race rac that th t modern modem re revival revival vival ival of ot tho the most notable of all aU tests in inthe Inthe inthe the days of or ancient Greece Gr 1 when the th development of or he the physical body beely was waR accounted RC the most Important of ot all nIl mans duties has become l olne a veritable rage rase They are holding such PV or P outdoor and indoor The foremost t f runners of ot the th world have havo taken a pan part In running races at athe athe he lt Marathon distance twenty twentysix tEnt six miles and yards Great prizes nIP art being hung up for such uch contests and the th eager public is If spending Us ts money mom In great amounts to see the athletes who make the tho long Jong runs It His Is seldom eldom that a sporting event cent has hap orne ome into vogue so o swiftly It has given glnn more than usual excite excitement excitement ment merit to the tho sporting life of the winter months month ordinarily dull in events of or an athletic character to stir sUI popular in interest Interest interest terest Marathon goes g s far back for or Its name The first fint time the word came Into was as a city elt on the she east cast coast of or Attica It was memorable as the thes s eno ene of the glorious victory of the Greeks under over the Per Persians Persians clans under Darius but it also gained ama famo f mn as lUI the starting place for tor the fa famous famous run rue One of life tnt famous pieces pl of an bent ilent nt sculpture pictures Is the winning Marathon runner falling failing dead over the line Then hen the time come came for a revival of ot the ancient anti nt Greek Grook games about a de decade decade cade eade ago the first event being held at th Stadium in Athens Athons Greece one or of the first fint considerations was the restora restoration tion of or the Marathon race It was revived the historic distance being used and the finish being ar arranged arranged ranged In the Stadium so 0 that the great creat crowd could see seo the triumph of the tile win winner in nero ncr nerIn In succeeding Olympic events and in competition tho the Marathon has lias continued to hold bold its popularity but it took the events of f test last summer to bring it to Its full tun grip on the th athletic preferences of the public |