Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-19
a GREAT RACE.
Nineteen Hundred au,, (.
on Horsebscl.

st. Louis out Sporting New. |
In 1850 St. Joseph, M |
or o. railroad comiuun lea, s'' q. u
stage coach. the saddle s',,.. sqg|
OF transportation ,besss s''.s ~ 4 |
ana 'he prairie sehoous, VI y a.
and the Pacific slope. r''1 ., /
w n the winter Of is,e,o !,
wan street lobby at wsss NJ as'
get s5.ooooOO for ssrr, rs..'. e.
Tor one year between ~.
francisco The prOposliios 20 20
s !, aud William II. Ro,, VI =,
Secretary Of War Plovd *
the lobby a cold shower ~, 'se''.
Tore offered to bet seoot ~ !. d
put on a mail from sssrs 4, y. !
-. Joseph. No.. that won,s 4 4
thnce-lNjO mlles-ln trn 1's rln Il
Wns taken, anil April sn,,.9 n
Mr.. Russell called mo, A,
general manager Of XIV ~ Pm
hmns, NJ. A. i. Mlller WI
do IN " seot Done and asked il Re XII ~
Miller replied. "Yes a,
anu by q pony expressri"' ~
To accomplish this. Anlls. .
or the fieetest horses IA pd'li1|
west, una employed i1s N
these men were 10 be wv, u
he selected with referance ,la'i
weight and known coprsrs Y ~
essential that the horses -
MS Observation-Disclosures. re l, ....rl
me better. i was nece,s,iv (.
portions OF the route shonld 4.
Inc rate OF twenty miles Al Va.
The horses were stailoned y
twenty miles apart, and qset \.
be required TO ride eitlv 49,
change OF anlmlls aud M AZ.
mails, two minutes wee ar,-1
there We're no stage slafios, 2,
fances, tents sufficient 10 ac,v..s' '.
man and two horses wonld ~
Indians would sometimes III
their enYusc ponies mnds
show IN. their stern chase AZ,
thoronghbrcds. many OF vllS ~
a single mile In 1:iC.
All arrangements being c,ms-
nal gun on the steamer sse,,t.
claimed the meridian OF M Z.
1sdQ-the hour for starting NJ,
1tuttlan." Mr.. Mlller's urlvela ~, |
with BILLY Baker In the aealI
away towards the foothl'ls Il
Nevada, and made his ride n t,''
In f0rty-nlne minnies. The ~
deep In the mountains. and ~ /.
lost for seyeral hOurs
sssrn, and after TIE ri
valley was reached adlHrs
became necessary 10 reach n. n
time. From there all went "a Il
Platte was to be crossed n nj \
river was mp and rnnuinF fsidT II
the food the Rider plunged M Fl
however, TO mire and drown ID Il
sand.
The courier succeeded II ~
shore with the mail bag in h,ni |
ele1 ten miles on foot TO relih a
johnny Fry, a popular fldc 4
was 10 make the finish. He va n
~ AlNt NAN NlA uNuTs 10 30 N ~
the last courier arrived n q. Il
post, out FROM 81. JOS lph. hs Is
behind time. A heavy rain Aal y |
the road was slippery. Two han|
aud dollars turned upon sinh
Fry had Just three hours nd n |
utes In which 10 win. TITS Nn
Of the longest race for Tie iii,l
ever run In America.
When the time for his M |
nearly up, al least five sh11a
stood upon the river bank nllh Il
cl toward the woods mon II
horse and rider shortly emeTN
open country In the rear Of Eur|
mile from the finish. rita II
went thousands Of watches. Tlt |
nearly up-but seven innatei Il
Harli! a shout goes up from he
throng; He comes! He comer
bile little man. "Sylph." the a. |
Little Arthur" darts me i
from the bow, Ind make, n |
the last mile In 1850, landlnf %
boat with 1--WE minutes and feh q
spare