Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan 1902 Appleby ya mai da hankali kan aikinsa a matsayin likitan hakora, kodayake ya ci gaba da yin gasa a tseren tsere. An zaɓe shi don rukunin mutum goma sha biyu na marathon na Burtaniya don wasannin Olympics na 1908 na bazara; dalilan zabarsa ba su da tabbas, kamar yadda ya yi gasa a cikin babban tseren gwaji amma ya kasa gamawa. A gasar tseren tsere ta Olympics
ya sauka a kusa da mil 19 yayin da yake cikin shugabannin, yana da matsala tare da ƙafafunsa.