The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-24
A MILE UNDER A MINUTE.
Indian Foot Race in Wis
consin in 1914.
From The NeiU York Press.

From the Nel0 York Press
"Did you ever hear of the most remark
able race ever run in Wisconsin, or any
where else for that matter?" asked an old
timer the other day. ''No2 Well, | will
tell you about it, for l saw it myself In
the summer of 1914, with my uncle, | was
making business "trip to what is now the
Oneida reservation. A St Louis sports
man, Henry Stanton, was stopping there
at the time, having been taken
sick while on hunting trip, an d
the Indians We're taking care of him.
Stanton Zone day witnessed a fast
idea struck him. It afterward struck others
to their sorrow. He had the bucks try their
speed, and soon was sending letters to his
friends east and south. They were conf
Dental letters, but the answers promised
him all the money lie needed He then sent
notices to the sporting fraternity that on a
certain day that summer QS44) he would
wager his pile that foot race Of ten miles
could be made in ten minutes. 1t seemed
preposterous. But few locomotives had
ever made such time.
stanton. however, knew what he was
about. With trusted buck 'Peep-o- Day,'
he engaged ten Indians and put them or the
trail, on 10-mile straight stretch and
return, the Indians to relieve each other at
tice in secret at night. One day 'Peep-o-
Day informed Stanton that a stranger had
offered him bride to let him see a trail
race. 'Ali right said Stanton, take his
money and let him see it, But Stanton
had his men make a poor time, and thus
deceived the briber.
''The day of the race arrived, and with
1t about fifty of the sports of st. Louis,
New York and other cities. The betting
ran high, with odds against the feat being
| accomplished. Among the party was a
young man named Desnoyers. from Detroit,
on his way to Green Bay with 100000 in
money, and accepted paper to pay debts and
contract for furs. The race was duly
opened, the first young buck making his
milo i'll siXty-four seconds, Just four seconds
short The next young bnck was about to
stert when a -Eye-Gone'-
| grasped him in his arms and said he was
his son and the run would kill him. Stan
| ton hastily explained that in their attire
with clouts like circus riders and belt
tightly strapped over their stomachs, no
harm could be done them. But time was
wasted in the controversy, and the young
buck reached the stand with Stanton thirty
seconds behind.
The betters against Stanton and his crowd
now began to laugh and jeer, and freely
offered ten to one. Stanton and bis friends
looked sad and detected enough. But they
took all the bets offered just the same, and
right here young Desnoyers lost his head
and put UP $40, 900 of his money against the
making of the race on time. 1t is said some
$500, 000 changed hands there and then, but
| don't know about that. The sum is proba-
bly, exaggerated, but it was large enough.
The race weat on. The third buck made
his mile in fifty seconds. reducing tho
losses to twenty seconds This was kept
about the same until the ninth buck stepped
tn ba yri4 al ~
The buck last must make up the fifteen
seconds now lacking. He was tall, gaunt,
wiry Indian and seemd to be all legs. The
betters against Stanton began to waver, and
now calls for even bets and even odds by
Stanton and his friends failed to bring the
resp 1nse. The buck started on tins. And
such stridesl From six to eight feet each,
AID hewent like a whirlwlnd let loose He
must make his mile in forty-fve seconds or
all was lost. 1t was an exciting moment
But the buck got there with both feet and
had just two seconds to spare There
was no great excitement over the
result The gamblers present were accus-
toned to Winning and losing large
amounts. One st. Louis man, however,
did make a remark about "A put-up job and
even drew derringsr and demanded his
money returned. Stanton raised his arm
aud the fifty or more bucAs who stood
around TO witness the race dropped their
long blankets and stood calmly leaning ON
ugly-looking guns. That settled it. The
race was over. Tho young racing bucks
spent money freely for awhile. as did also
the chief who interfered with the race.
Young ID snoyers was never seen again,
either in Green Bay or Detroit. IL was said
he went south 10 redeem his lost thousands
IL was tie most remarkable foot race ever
held IN the world, and were the newspapers
Of that day what they are now columns
upon columns OF its report would have fol-
lowed. IS IL is, this il, l believe the first
time Il has been ia print
THAT tired feeling is entirely oye.c como
by Holds Sarsaparilla, which gives "a fe.l.
ing Of buoyancy and strength % the whole
gtnfntu 49, Al III