Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1889 — Chinese Endurance. [ARTICLE]

Chinese Endurance.

Though a Chinaman is said to have no nerves, he has muscle enough to do some astonishing feats of continuous horseback riding. Four thousand five hundred miles must be covered to go from Pekin to Shassa. A special Government messenger will complete this journey in thirty-six davs —an average of 125 miles a day. He is restricted to a prescribed diet, four hours sleep per diem, mounts a new horse every few miles, changes his clothes once a week, and, excepting to do so, never takes his yellow mail-bag off his back.