Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-23
LOSG.DIsrAScR AND swIrrRIDISG.

LONG.DiSIANtE AND SWIFT NlDlNu.
A great deal Of sentimontallty and
rubbish IL being INDUCED In by press
and pulpit concerning the long
distance race now In progress from
Chadron, Nebraska, to Chicago, the
distance being fourteen hundred miles.
There have been threats Of interior
enoe by humane societies In various
sections along the route, and the
governor Of Illinois has gone 40 far as
TO issue proclamation on
tho subject SIN, the race il
on, and II will In oil proba.
ability be completed WITHOUT other de.
lay or hindrance than comes from tho
fatigue Of horses or riders. Up to tho
present time the records made seom 10
be In no degree startling. When Il Ia
considered that each competitor has
two horses, one which he leads and the
other which he rides, there would up
pear 10 be no reason why the distance
should not be covered in from fifteen
70 seventeen dAys-an altogether
Improbable result Judging from tho
progress thus far made. Care
fully ridden and well.eared Tor, n good
horse ought to DO able to make from
sixty to sevonty-iive miles a day; and
surely where two animals are used
ninety or one hundred miles ought to
be possible; this too without killing
either animal or man. The race as
we understand II IL not to the swim
exactly, but rather to those who them.
selvossand whose horses show up ut
the end In best condition.
The early history Of Utah discloses
many instances Of speed and endurance
on the part Of horses, and skin anu
toughnesa on the part OF riders, that
deserve mention when such sublocls NJ
the foregoing are under discussion.
Who has not heard OF tho famous
ride OF Captain Egan, IA 1857 or 1855!
He covered the 100 miles between Car.
son Valley anu Salt Lake City In seven
days and a half, rode the same mule all
the way and carried his bedding ana
food--a performance that was probably
never surpassed, n Indeed equallod.
"Jlm" Andrus could doubtless tell OF
some swift trips between ~. George
and this city, a distance OF 1877 miles.
EphrAim X. Hanks was long dis.
lance rider and fast one. So were II.
J. Faust Joseph A.Young and others.
"Charlle" Decker when superlntend.
ing the building OF mail station i'm.
provementa on Bear River So miles
distant, had his carpenters all
strike for higher wages one morning;
he went cut TO the pasture, got up
"old Bawley"-one OF the greatest
horses Of his day-saddleG and
mounted him, the load being
thus about 200 pounds, and rode
Into Salt LAKE CITY before sundown,
In time for his brother.in.hw, Fern.
morE Little, to get a fresh lot OF work.
men before dark Next morning
Decker and "Bawleyn started back,
foT time keeping alongside Of the
pony eEptess-which changed hor,es
every few miles aud at last leaning
out and leaving II because IL went too
sloWl They reached the station long
before uight-l7O miles with one
horse during the sunlight OF two days!
OF shorter but twifter Journeys
twenty miles per hour, say-N. A.
Emp,y, LeGrauI Young aud many
others can speak from cxuuf
ence. "Diok" Ashby on the famou,
horse "Runaway Roan"-purohasou
from aud doubtless stolen by tie Sioux
covered the iilty miles between Sal
Lake and Provo In three hours and
thirty three minutes. He could have
made II easily In three hours even, if
he had not ulsadiled at American
F.rk, taken a fresh horse, and ridden
out mile or ~ anu then returned Tor
'Roan" b, cause his new mount wasni.
good enough. Heller T., llimbail four
q iour-year-old colt tie ninety mile.
be.woeu Logan aud Salt Lake In o.
elnsle Jay; and the writer oi thcs.
lines once rode lgO miles In twenty
hours In the dead o, winlyr-a lhu,
piece OF the way through snow 30 dec
that he hardly made mile an hour.
Columns could bs filed with IN,
recital OF similar experiences anu
records. The NEws thinks some %
them ought to be published, aud viii
glHlly do ita part " reliable iniorma.
lion can DO furnished. ENOUGH hos