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Show ST. YVES LEADER IN RACE Result Is Uncertain Shrubb a Close Second. New York, April 3. Showers are predicted for New York and vicinity today, but undaunted thousands began early preparations to journey northward north-ward to the National league park, on Polo grounds, where there will be held this afternoon the greatest professional profession-al Marathon race in history. The first Marathon, it Is recorded, took place more than two thousand years ago, but surely no more 6turdy runners ever competed in days gone by than the six who will struggle over the five-lap track for twenty-six miles and 365 yards here today. There were intermittent inter-mittent showers last" night, but the track has not been affected to any great extent, and even in ho event of a terrific downpour the rac will be run and the thousands of spectators, soaked, perhaps, will be on hand, not- j withstanding. ' mile printed and the Indian, In the last Inp of that mile wen ahead of Shmhb and Dorando. Time, nlno miles, 51:19 4-5. In the fourth lap of the tenth mil, (he Indian moved up to within ten yards of the Frenchman, but Shrubb with a sudden spurt, passed both. At the end of the eleventh mile, Shrubb was loading by a yard with the Indian In-dian four yards away. Time, 10 miles, 57:16 1-5. In the next three laps, Shrubb and St. Yes ran neck and neck with Longboat 150 yards behind and Dorando Doran-do 50 yards in the. rear of the Indian. In the thirteenth mile, Shrubb, with a little sprint, lapped Dorando and came near catching Longboat, Tho Frenchman overtook the Italian The race then stood Shrubb, St. Yves, Longboat and Dorando. Time, 13 miles, 1:14:15. In tho 14th mile, St. Yves sprinted and got the lead for a lap and a half with Shrubb only a yard away.Doran-do away.Doran-do and tho Indian struggling 30 yards in the rear. In the 4th lap, Shrubb forged ahead and then the pace he sot carried the pair two yards apart, fully 30 yards ahead of the Italian and the Indian. At the end of the 14th mile, Shrubb leads by a yard. Time, 1:20:16 4-5. Longboat and Dorandp are one lap behind and Maloney la five. Hayes Is six laps to the bad. Shrubb was leading St. Yves by one yard at the completion of the 15th mile. Time. 1:26:2? S-5. Longboat and Dorando Merc one and a half laps behind. At the end of the sixteenth mile Shrubb was leading by a yard. Time, 1:32; 32 1-5. During the second lap of the seventeenth mile. Shrubb and St Yves agam paseed Longboat. The strain was too much for the Indian In the 17th mile and on the third lap of that period, with Shrubb and St Yves rubbing shoulders, the race seemed to be between the Britisher Brit-isher and the Frenchman. As Dorando Dor-ando passed Longboat, the Indian stopped. In tho 19th mile St Yves started a remarkable sprint and soon was three-quarters three-quarters of a lap ahead of Shrubb. Nineteen miles, St Yves leading by seven-eighths of a lap. Time, 1:51:24. Shrubb, second; Dorando, third. Ten thousand dollars is the prize for which the runners will fight. To the winner will go $3,000; to the second man. $2,500; to the third and fourth $1,000 each. The contestants with the exception of St. Yves, ihe dark horse from France, are well known here, having competed in Madison Mad-ison Square Garden and elsewhere since tho Marathon craze swept over this country following the victory of Johnny Haes. the New York dry goods clerk, at the Olympic games at London, and the subsequent arrival of Dorondo Pletri in New York, to prove that he was Hayes' master. The list of starters follows: Tom Lonboat, the Canadian Indian; Dorondo Pietrl of Italy; Alfred Shrubb, the great distance runner of England; Henri SL Yves of France; John J. Hayes, the Olympic Marathon winner, and Mat Maloney, the Brooklyn boy, who recently turned professional and who holds the outdoor record for tho distance. Betting on the race i6 uncertain and unsettled, though generally speaking, Longboat, who has twice defeated Dorando Do-rando in special match races, is quoted favorite with Dorondo next In demand. The Indian Is held at 7 to 5, but with few takers at that price, while Dorando was quoted yesterday at 2 To 1, with those who were disposed to wager asking for bigger odds. The others were quoted all the way from 4 to 1 against St. Yves to" 8 to 1 against Hayes. There appears, however, to be no regular book on the race and wagers will be laid principally between Individuals. Indi-viduals. St. Yves Is an unknown quantity, quan-tity, for he comes to this country with a record of five victories and no do-feats. do-feats. He is 6alJ to have a trial over tho Olympic course in England in the record" time of two hours 37 minutes 23 seconds. He also defeated Pat White in a Marathon race in Scotland. "Big Tim" Sullivan has been selected select-ed to Are the starting shot at 3 o'clock when the runners will Jump from the mark and begin the weary grind around the pear-shaped track. Notwithstanding the threatening weather conditions, there were 20,000 spectators within the polo grounds at 2:30 p. m, half an hour before the big Marathon race was scheduled to start this afternoon. Shortly before the start the management manage-ment announced that the course of tho race had been so shortened as to makp six laps to the mile. This insured bel-der bel-der going for tho runners. The track was heavy and a heavy mist was falling, fall-ing, causing a free use of umbrella? by the unprotected spectators. Tho start was made at 3:10. Dorondo took the lead at the crack of the pistol, setting the pace. St. Yves second; Shrubb third; Longboat fourth; Maloney fifth and Hayes last. At the finish of the first miles, St. Yves led by sixty yards, Dorando second; sec-ond; followed by Shrubb, and Longboat Long-boat well bunched, all running easily. Time for first mlle'6:14. St. Yves was 150 yards ahead of Dorando at the end of the second mile with Shrubb a close third. Tho Frenchman's French-man's speed at this stage was suggest lve of a blow-up. The time for two miles was 10:44. At the end of the third mile, which was made in-l6;3o, St. Yves led by one-third of a lap. Dorando second, closely followed by -Shrubb and Longboat, Long-boat, closely bunched. St. Yves lapped Hayes for the second sec-ond time in the first lap pf the fourth mile. At the end of the fourth mile, St. Yves Btlll led, Dorando second, Shrubb In the sixth lap of the fifth mile the four miles, 22:16 4-5. In the sixth lap of the fifth miles Shrubb ran after the Frenchman and was on even terms. At the: end of the fifth mile, St. Yves held the lead by a narrow margin. Time, 28 minutes. At the end of the nix miles St. Yves was leading by 25 yards. Dorando, Longboat and Shrubb followed in order or-der named, closely bunched. Time, 33:511-5. At the end of tho seventh mile, St. Yve6 malptalned the lead by ten yards. Dorando was second. Longboat third, Shrubb fourth. Time 39:42. Toward the end of the 8th the Frenchman sprinted and passed HayeB and Maloney once more. In his effort to get away from the Italian, who was still followed closely by Longboat and Shrubb, In the recped lap of the ninth inJle Shrubb ran ahead of tho Italian. Time for eighth mile. 45 : 3$ 2-5. SL Yves at the finish of the ninth |