The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12
|OW LOAGbOAT
/ LEARNED TO RUN
@mous Long Distance Indian
Had to Get Home or Be
Locked Out.

fcrozs the story OF hom Tom Long,
Pc discovered that he could run. The
Fn has been spun before. but there
3 always been a belief that IL was a
Pduct of the vivid imagination of
ne newspaper man. Longboat him
II, however, acknowledged the truth
the story. although he modestiy dis
PANIED That IL was at all a remarkable
That old horse can't run, anyway"
said.
longbOat had been known as a good
31ner on the Indian reservation at
iedonia, which is about fifteen miles
1n Hamilton, but while he could
PC any of the Indians at distances
Prn mile up to five, there was no
"a that he had II In him to break
rfd's records from ten miles up to
enty-five. which is what he has done
Zee last fall.
pne day last September Longboat
pve with his father and mother from
reservation into Hamilton. Arriv-
In the city Longboat was left to his
n devices. but warned to turn I'D at
stable where the horse had been
a In time to start for home by
Hook.
Missed the Team Home.
Visits to Hamilton were few and far
tween for Longboat, and the young
plan put I'm his time seeing the
$hts, admiring the store window dis
Fys and having as good a time as he
lid without any money in his pocket.
spite OF that handicap he had so
[od time that II was after o'clock
Fore he remembered that he had TO
back to Caledonia.
/ lie hurried to the stable and found
pit his father. with the stole stern
sss OF the Indian, had started for
gne, saving Tom to get there the best
y he could.
There was nothing left but to hoOf
the fifteen miles. Tom started right
/, and when he got outside the city
PTS started with a swinging lope,
ping 10 catch up with the old horse.
Nile after mile he logged along and
sign of his people appeared in the
lsty road ahead. He increased the
Zee, and still no sign. When he had
Fered half the distance he was sur
sed TO find that he was not in the
st iyyfnded or fatigued.
Beat the Old Horse.
20 he ran still faster. Finally. about
Zee miles from the reservation, he
Fne TO fork in the road, either of
ftch would take him home, with little
Pfce In the distance. It so happened
ht LongbOat chose one road, while
father had driven over the other.
n Lorgboat arrived at the reserva-
Ia ahead OF the old horse. His ia
Pr was naturally surprised when he
lived and found Tom home ahead of
h.
rhe news of Longboat's run was soon
Z talk or the reservation. Billy Da-
heard of IT and got interested. Da-
is a distance runner himself. In
p, when Johnny Caffrey set the rec
4 in the B. A. A. Marathon, which
hg fire six years for Longksat to
eak. Davis finished second TO Caffrey.
wis is an Indian himself from the
Fne Indian settlement which is Long
ht's home. Since his great race in
ston in 1901 Davis has entered in
my distance runs, but has always
IN beaten. His ambition was to have
Indian from the Caledonia settle
|nt capture the Hamilton Herald an
al road race for nineteen miles and
little over, which is the blue ribbon
bnt for Canada's distance runners.
Et as the b. A. A. Marathon is the
pat race of America.
Trained for Hamilton Race.
Four weeks remained before this race.
Iich is run late in October. Davis
IS in training for the event, but he
opped his personal ambition and Sc
lily went TO work 10 train Long
AZ
-ongboat needed little training. Davis
ed him out at ten miles. and the
ing Indian beat Davis so badly thai
Wis Ipund him at the end of the dis
ice niot even breathing hard. while
was f"all in"
The day OF the race came Davis
thdrew his own entry and substituted
Il OF Longboat, so he appeared at
, start In wildly striped bathing suit
i s pair OF old bicycle shoes EVERY
~ gave Davis the laugh and wanted
know where he picked up his ring
. The betting men, who made a
,k on the race, quoted Longboat 100
l. He was the joke of the race.
How He Won His First Race.
Davis gave Longboat his Instructions.
~ to keep up with the leader, who
n he is. Don't pass him until the
is II you can" The Indian nodded
grinned.
.ongboat was the original Message
Garcia" Indian He did just what
viz told him A leader worked out
the bunch with Longboat at his
is. He looked around and saw that
eak in the bathing suit was dog
him. I'm shake him." he thought.
I hit up the pare for the next two
es- At the end Longboat was still at
heels. fresh and smiling, and the
of the bunch was way behind out
sight and hearing.
he leader was firing and slowed up
let Longboat take the van and set
pace. But Longboat slowed UP, too.
| still kept at his heels. The leader
s wfnded, and as the rest of the
ION was far behind, thought he'd sit
Fn for a minute. Longboat sat down
the other side OF the road and smiled
him. Longboat always smiles. Soon
y heard the rest of the runners COM
up. The white man started at a ter
D clip. He knew that he couldn't
/ the race out, but he made up his
ID to run the Indian off his feet.
lgboat met the sprint and ran fast
slow. keeping his place a few yards
ind the white man. smiling still.