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...Austin, Tex., came Jose Torres, Augustin Salido, Tomas Zafiro, Lola Cuzarare, her sister Juanita. All are famed Tarahumara Indian runners of Mexico. They were to perform for the white men at the University of Texas games to substantiate nebulous reports of their prowess...
...concrete road to Austin, 89.4 miles away. Cool of dawn gave way to scorching heat of day as the runners loped easily along at a pace that would have frightened a Finn. After covering 30 miles Salido, sickened by fumes of automobiles which lined the road, succumbed to cramps; Zafiro and Torres, less sensitive, continued...
Last November one Tomas Zafiro, Tarahumara Indian, startled the athletic world by running from Pachuca, Mexico, to Mexico City, a distance of 100 kilometres, in 9 hr. 37 min. (TIME, Nov. 22). Last week he went after his own record; covered the 62½ mi. (approx.) in the almost incredible time of 7 hr. 35 min. Mexican sportsmen are preparing a petition to have this super-event included in the next Olympic Games...
...Mexico-Tomas Zafiro and Leonicio San Miguel, Tarahumara Indians-ran 62½ miles (100 kilometres) in 9 hrs. 37 min. Mexican sportsmen asked to have the record accepted as official, petitioned for a 100-kilometre race in the next Olympic games. Newspapermen sought out Zafiro and San Miguel. "We are strong," they replied, "because we live in the open air. We wear, in daylight, cloths around our privities; at night we cover ourselves with the skins of beasts. We eat, four times a day, frijoles1 and chili with tortillas.2 Also we like deer meat, chickens, turtles, lizards and rabbits...
...quarter of a century will prove this. When the war with Spain came we had not real auxiliary support for the navy. In order to carry his fuel and other supplies into Manila Bay, Admiral Dewey was compelled to hire British vessels. He chartered the Nanshan and the Zafiro, two British colliers, for that purpose. Suppose Great Britain had then been at war? It just so happened that these vessels were available in Pacific waters. And what was the situation on the Atlantic...
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