RE: [RC] A Modern Endurance Test (in 1932)-- 1910 - Libby & Quentin Llop DVM
On
June 15th 1910, one of our local ladies, Martha Blow Wadsworth, rode 213.6
miles in a ride time of 15 hours 7 minutes to settle a bet with army
officers. She did 4 circuits of a roughly 50 mile course and used multiple
horses and I believe she rode aside. Libby
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Endurance was different then. There was the
record Tevis sought to beat when at the time the indoor record was 130 miles
in 12 hours. Hal Roach who prompted the bet to Tevis said he
couldn't better his past exploit of ..."The ride some years ago when
Tevis's ride from the Nevada border to the Tanforan Race Course in California
(San Mateo County Fairgrounds); nine Army Officers, relieving each other with
relays of horses, competed aganist him in that grueling test!" (No
results of distance or time in this report) but it seems Mr. Tevis beat the US
Army.
Anyone who can sit and be enthralled to watch a
bunch of loud cars race around a circular track, should ponder that some may
find a Horse Express equally satisfying.
What and how Mr. Tevis did what he did will
always amaze me, and his exploits and legacy need to be preserved, and i'm so
glad the Tevis Newsletter found the article for this preservation. Maybe
someone can print up the article for RC members to read that haven't seen the
entire article. His other exploits need preserving as well.
To those that think a circular track is boring or
not very 'crowd-pleasing' should try it some time and be serious to go
about it in a way to have adventure and see just how far they can go.
