New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-09-03
BASEBALL NOTES.
PFDESTRIANISM,

THREE-MILE RACE BETWEEN DEERFOor AND
KERARoNwE-DEERFOoT BEATEN.
MONTREAL, Aug. 28-The great three-mile
footrace for 1000 and the championship between Deer
foot lewis Bennett Of the Seneca Indians, and Kera-
ronwe OF the Iroquois tribe at Caughnawaga Mon
treal off the Lacrosse Ground track at Mon
treal yesterday Saturday About 1900 persons were
present. The track natural tur, 40 yards round
with descent at the first and rise on the last
1t rather uneven The big race was prefaced by
mile dash No appeared against Daillebout cousin
of KerarOnwe so he ran over the track alone III 4iO
making the laps in 1900 1912, 1915, 1913 Geo. Anderson
the half-me; time, 2:l6; laps l:0 l:C9-Deating
Logan. The then called out for the three mile
champion race Deerfoot is well known to all Amer-
cans Englishmen Some nine years ago he went TO
beating Teddy Mills white Jackson, Brighton Lang
and Others, and performing the wonderful feat OF run
almost gaunt with strongly Indian face, lank
hair, high cheek-bones, gittering, sunken eyes lie
wore white jersey and violet drawers. He looked in
good condition and much improved by his training. lie
is an old man, about As.
living at the Indian village of Caughnawaga near Mont
real He IL rs years old, about feet ~ inches high,
weighs 1877 pounds, and grths Al. He is slightly made
and muscular, leg small but all sinew He has small
head beadike eye high cheekbones-n fact looks like
young DeerfoOt. He has been a malcarrier. Since
his debut in the Winter Of 1861 nOwsh0es he has
been defeated but has at all distances from half
runners in Canada. His time stands at the head
Of the snow-shoe record, and he has yet been
pressed He possesses not only the long stride OF the
Indian, but the rush OF the white man. aud has beaten
crack pedestrian at 60yard heats one OF his best per-
won the two miles, without training, in IO6, slow
track, and after playing keeny cOntesed game of La
crosse lasting three hours He has recently been taken
III and by professional who thinks him the fastest man
In the world, and intends campaign in England. He
wore white jersey trimmed with pink, scarlet drawers
trimmed with green, and red velvet cap. Both men
ran III spikes. kerarOnwe looked well though excited,
his eyes fairly burning he toed the scratch. Betting
was 100 TO 80 aud 100 t0 30 on him.
At $40 the got away Keraronwe forcing the pace
Deerfoot ran very lightly and gracefully and merted
his name. keraronwe has immense Looping stride,
aud runs much ower-not quite pretty, perhaps but
clipper Keraronwe being 80 yards ahead going down
the hill, and Deerfoot gaining him they the
second hill kerarOnwe led the second quarter, in
80 seconds, DeerOot Is yards away On the second lap
the leader increased the gap To 30 yardsme OF lap 2
The pace In the third round slaekened to 1879 the Amer
can about IN his old place On the fourth lap Keraronwe
LOOKING denantly over his shoulder put squirt game
~ answered by the old Seneca, and the mile
bit On the fifth quarter, in spite OF a couple OF good
rushes by Deerfoot-l:l7; and ON the sixth Kera-
ronwe increased his command to 40 yards-l:ls
On the next lap the pace slackened sensibly,
and Deerfoot got slightly better terms and in the
eighth he within yards of the Young Iroauois-
TWO miles, .0i3; second mile 5l5. There change
IN lhe ninth lap; but on the tenth old Deerfoot came
win MS Oldstye rush. and. gaining steadily within
three yards OF KerarOnwe. On the eleventh quarter
positions were unchanged and the pace steady Kera
fohwe ed INTO the last lap by five yards amid cheers and
cultural baDel from the excited Indians the ground
The crowd Mt one broke through the ropes
came near ending the race. As it was Deerfoot ran
over ana Knocked down intruder The pace hot
kefarOnwe putting OF his electric spurt and the
oid one ghnnty responding The accident Deerfoot
ABOUT - yards from home, stopped him but KerarOnwe
then had the race SAFE and won IA l5iO-last mile in
62I Both men dried mp well Old Deerfoot seemed to
nave gwen his antagonist too long lead Had there
peen another mile 10 20, the result might have been diff
ierent over fast track the race would have been run
inslde Of is minutes.