Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1906-07-27 | Page 2 | Great Feat of Runner

GREAT FEAT OF RUNNER covered cy d six st hundred Hi dd miles in IT rive days day over the roughest kind of country the a gnat tribe of the northern sierra madre are the greatest runners on eth not la in re gard fard to speed but in endurance they have been known to average miles per day there la is an absolute record that la Is of a sent fifth an important government dou document ment that an amme dia t e answer covering the distance there and back mile jaunt in five dais or an average of miles cov ered la in each 24 hours not bounting oun ting the time lost while the answer was being prepared ard it must be re that this feat was not per formed upon a fair road or on an un du lating plain it was over the wild et t country that the sierra madre at es fords up and down paths that tho very deer would hardly esteem a trial the only level ground encountered was the crossing of a deep river also the journey was waa lone on pinole a species of popcorn ground down and mixed with water and the runner car ried hta his camp equipment a native woven white wool blanket