Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1919 — VILLA RUNS FIVE MILES DAILY [ARTICLE]

VILLA RUNS FIVE MILES DAILY

Mexican Rebel Leader Takes Up Physical Culture to Keep From Getting Fat. El Paso,’ Tex.->-Francisco Villa is a physical culture recruit. When he was at Villa Ahumada en route to attack Juarez, tre was seen by residents of that little town doing set-ting-up exercises every morning In front of the home of Jesus Ysletas, which he had appropriated as his headquarters. ’ . After fifteen minutes of this th* rebel leader would run the full length -of the main street of Villa Ahumada twenty times to cover the five mile* he set as a task for himself each day. “Keep the stomach from getting fat. It makes riding easier,” he said to ona Of the. interested spectators.