London vii Bombay, July 25.
The Marathon Race, which is the culminating event of the Olympic Games, has been ran over a course from Windsor to the Stadium, a distance of 26 miles.
There were fifty-seven competitors in the event and the first to arrive home was P. Durando, an Italian. As he was exhausted and had to be assisted into the Stadium the prize was awarded to J. J. Hayes, of America, who finished next. C. Hefferon, of South Africa, was second and J, Forshaw, of America, was third.
Her Majesty Queen Alexandra was present and will give a special cup to Durindo.—Reuter.
There were seventy-two entries for tite Marathon Race, the various countries being represented as follow United Kingdom 12; United States 12; Canada 12; Sweden 7; Holland 5; South Africa 4; Australia 3; Italy 3; Germany 3; Austria 2 Denmark 2; Finland, Russia, Belgium, Bohemia and Hungary one each, The winner—Jobn J. Hayes—is " member of a well-known Trish-American Athletic Club, which also numbers J.J. Flanagan on its roll, and the third man—Joseph Forshaw—belongs to the Missouri Athletic Club. Charles Hefforan, who finished second to Hayes, is Englishman boro, but is a member of the South African team, having resided in Bloemfontein for many years. A few days after be arrived in England from South Africa Hefferon competed in the Polytechnic Sports on Whit Monday and ran second to J. Deakin in the open three miles race, the time being 15 mins. 13 '2/5 secs. He created a good impression then and this was added to when in June he ran at Crewe in another three miles race. He then left for Newbury, where he was born, to train for the Marathon Race.
London, July 27.
Queen Alexandra presented the gold medals at the Stadium anda
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