Show INDIAN RUNNER WINS VINS MAR MARATHON A HON Longboat Famous Canadian Captures Classic Boston Race in Record Time Boston April 19 Thomas Longboat of ot the West AVest est iid Y M 2 1 C C A Toronto Ont today won the eleventh annual Marathon 2 race of the Boston Athletic association In InZ 2 Z hours 24 minutes 20 43 4 seconds breaking the record for the course by bv 5 I minutes 24 2 seconds made by J J Jaffrey Caffrey Caffre of Hamilton Ont In 1901 Robert Fowler of Cambridgeport who came rame in second also beat rec record record record ord covering the distance in iii Z 2 hours 27 21 minutes 54 51 45 seconds J J Hays of New NewYork NewYork York was third race was the greatest In point of the number of contestants in the his history history tory tor of the event The entry list con contained contained lamed the names of twelve long distance runners from all sections of New ew England and New ew York state and Canada The day was chilly and the roads were coy cov covered ered Hed with dust The chief interest centered in Long Longboat Longboat Longboat boat the Indian runner who was a favor favorite favorIte ite Among the other notable contestants were Fred Lorz Michael Spring and Samuel Mellor of New York all former winners winner of this event T J Hicks of CambrIdge ambridge winner of the St Louis Mara Marathon Iara thon and ind Robert Fowler of Cambridge e who has las won two Marathons 2 The men got ot away in a bunch a mile from the village of Ashland at noon The first mile was covered by b ten of the leaders In four minutes The first five miles mills wore were covered in the time two minutes behind the record Fred Lorz the 1905 1906 19 winner passing passin at 1222 Fifty yards behind were La Barre of or Hamilton Carr arr of New York Longboat and several others bunched |