Longest successful race?

There have been some long ones and I'm not sure the longest, but the first one that comes to mind was a big barron sow this spring that had to weight close to 250lbs. She went 4 miles across the Old Brazos River twice(its more like a creek) and the Big Brazos once and finally bayed on the other side of the big Brazos. The ranch manager saw her and the dogs but did not have a gun to shoot her with. she was not running all out the whole time more like a roling bay. We had to go back up stream to cross the old brazos the first time she crossed, then she crossed back and we had to also. So we got pretty far behind. Finnally we got to the Big Brazos and they were baying just on the other side but up in the vines so I stayed just across from them on the river bank and pops went to try and find a boat. But I hitched a ride across with some guys that came allong fishing. I found the sow so hot that she could barely stand and the dogs were close to the same it was in the high 80's, and probly 90% humiditity. When I got there the dogs would let out only a few barks per min. and the dogs and hog were just laying down. The sow would get up and try to run again but could'nt hardly move and the dogs would nip her and she would lunge at them and fall down and just lay there then the dogs would lay down again. They did that a few times before I got a shot throught the thick vines and took the dogs to the river asap.

Last Satrday we had a hog cross the river and the dogs bayed it for 5 hours and we could not find a boat, or call them out because the wind was in the wrong direction. The wind finally changed and I was able to call them out, but they stayed and taught that hog how to bay for a good while. But that day the hog only ran about a half mile.

Waylon