The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25
scouts OFF ON
LONG RELAY RUN
Fred Reed Handed Message
to Mayor Harrison by
President Wilson.
BOYS GO ONE MILE EACH
Sixy-seven Washington Lads Partici-
pate in Race to Frederick-Due
in Windy City Saturday.

The longest relay event in which the
boys Of this country have participated
was started yesterday by President VIII
son from the spacious portico Of the
White House. when he placed in the
leather mail pouch slung across the
shoulder of Fred Reed. ranking Boy
Scout in the District, a sealed message
to Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, direct
ing the opening OF the Olympic games
at Lincoln Park. The message is to be
carried on foot by Boy Scouts and other
boys organizations the entire distance
between the National Capital and the
Windy City.
The picture presented yesterday on the
White House porch when President Will
son delivered to Scout Reed the message,
and in a few words wished him god
speed, recalled to the minds Of those who
witnessed it the pioneer days Of this
country, when there were no other means
of communication except by the pony
express.
Followed by Autos.
Reed received the message from Presi-
dent Wilson at $50 o'clock. and, with no
other reply than a salute to the Presi.
dents "godspeed," lost no time in start
ing the message on its long journey to
Chicago. He was followed up Connect
cut Avenue to Dupont Circle, where the
first relay was made, by hundreds of
automobiles and many people on the
streets stopped to shout good wishes to
him. Rodney bennett, of Troop 80, was
waiting to receive the message at Dupont
Circle, and carried II on the second mile
OF its journey.
Sixty-seven Washington boys partic'-
pated in carrying the message to Fred
erick. Each one was posted along the
route 70 Frederick, and as he received
the message at the relay point, hurried
of at top speed to deliver IT to his relief
at the end of a mile. The journey to
Frederick was completed about O'Clock
Boy scouts of Frederick, under the
direction of Harry Zeigler. director OF
the Y. NJ. c. A. there, and Paul Taylor,
physical director. received the message
and started it off toward Emmittsburg.
a distance of twenty-eight miles. Bar
ring accidents the message should have
arrived there about o'clock.
The message will be carried day and
night. The distance to Chicago is rs
miles. The message is due in Chicago
Saturday at noon. This allows ninety
eight and a half hours for the journey.
An average of a mile in six minutes
will require only seventy-eight hours for
the delivery of the message in Chicago
and il is expected that many OF the
scouts will slightly better this record.
The greatest distance any one lad will
carry the message will be one mile In
some of the larger cities the distance
each boy will run has been cut down to
as low as an eighth of a mile. 1t is ex-
pected that the message will have
changed hands more than a thousand
times before it reaches Mayor Harrison.
Mayor VIII Open II.
The message is sealed and will be
opened by Mayor Harrison before the
assembled multitude at the Olympic
games in Grant Park on Saturday. The
message contains an expression OF ap-
proval of athletics in general and the
American games in particular.
The first official news of the relay was
flashed to Chicago as Scout Reed left
the White House porch 1t contained a
brief statement to the effect that every
thing had started according to program
and was directed to the officials of the
games. Messages will be sent from every
point along the route.
Among those present with the Presi-
dent when the message was delivered
were Colin H. Livingston. president of
the National Boy Scout Council; Ernest
Thompson Seton, chief scout; John B.
Web, chief scout executive: E. S. Mar
tin. scout commissioner for the Dis
trict; DR.. P. ]. H. Farrell, director of
the Olympic games at Chicago and
chairman of the relay race committee;
Congressman Fred A. Britten, of ILL
'nois, in charge of local arrangements
for his State: Mrs. Britten, and a num-
Der of members of the Cabinet and
other government officials. Numerous
Bcoutmasters also were present
Boys Who Took Part.
The orficial hist OF washington boy
scouts who participated IN the relay to
Frederick, Nd, is as follows:
Norman Kaleski, Clarence Kerstein,
Lalier Tapponnier. William Knealy. Al
bert Kerstein, Harry Friedenberg, Ger
aid Swan. Albert Almand, Joseph Gold
stein, Kenneth Rogers, Raymond Hurdle,
Italo Botazzi, Arthur Baur, Emery Nay
Tor, Edward Duke, George Kraft, Ray
mond Baur, Hamilton Dougherty, John
Petrie, Noble Simpson. Rodney bennett.
Homer Greenfield. Dillon Roberts, Don
aid Chisholm, Otto Spiess Phillip Nc
Keuney, Kenneth Harries, John Kline,
Charles Nef. John Maher, Lloyd Gosorn,