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RE: [RC] Arabs and water - heidi

Don't forget old Diamondfield Jack...   There was a murder committed in northern Nevada, and he was seen in southern Idaho 54 miles from the scene at a certain time before the murder, and at a certain time after the murder, and although he was the only plausible suspect, he was acquitted based on the fact that the jury didn't think he could have ridden there and back in the time frame involved.  Since then, the Diamondfield Jack endurance ride has run the route in far less time than would have been necessary for ol' Diamondfield Jack to have easily ridden down, done the crime, and gotten back home again...
 
Heidi


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Subject: Re: [RC]   Arabs and water
From: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, August 11, 2006 10:20 pm
To: <jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <mrsd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

An interesting part of a book about an endurance run was in "The Searchers"
by Allan LeMay.  A bunch of ranchers way out in some remote prairie area in
the 1800s were lured away from their homestead by Indians.  By the time the
men had gone about 80 miles from home, they began to realize they were
tricked and they headed for home.  The primary character ran his horse for
most of the 80 miles....I think perhaps they laid over for a bit, feeding
their horses, but it's been so long ago I read it, I've forgotten the
details.  When he finally reached the cabin, it was afire, his brother and
brother's wife were massacred, and their youngest daughter had been abducted
by the Indians to be raised as one of their own.  The man killed his horse
by running him so hard to get back to the homestead.  The rest of the book
dealt with his search for his niece.  It was a fine read, and I felt it was
very realistic.  It was made into a movie with John Wayne as the principal
character, but I felt some of the others were miscast and not strong enough
in character.

Barbara


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Long" <jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mrsd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Arabs and water


> I remember reading a Western novel once where "our hero" was fleeing
> the bad guys on horseback.  He was making a heroic run -- I quote, "in
> three days he was a hundred miles from [the town where the chase
> started]."  I fell off my chair laughing.



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