The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-24
P0NEY EXPRESS TO
MAKE LONG RIDE


Arrangements are. being made in
Winnemucca today, by Jno. s.
Bryan of Hollister, Calf, and Geo.
Millerick Of Sonoma, Calf, repre-
sentings the San Francisco Cham
ber of Commerce, for participation
by local men in a pony express
relay race against time to occur be-
tween August 81 and September 9
Of this year, in what IL held out as
a revival of the early '60s when
pony express men carried messages
from the then frontier town Of St.
Joseph, Missouri, to the Pacific
coast. The plan for the pony ex-
press race is part of the Northern
California Forward" movement,
with this particular phase conceived
by ex-senator Phelan Of California
and being carried out under the
lieutenancy Of Chas. w. Fay, for
mer postmaster Of San Francisco,
being sponsored by the San Fran
cisco Chamber Of Commerce.
State and community pride is
being saroused to secure success for
the enterprise by q prize to be won
by the state in which riders make
the fastest time, the idea being to
determine If present-day riders can
beat the time Of the pioneers who
carried Lincoln's message from st.
Joe to the coast in seven days and
II hours. Representing Nevada will
be a state committee composed Of
J. Sheehan Of this city, George
Wingfield and w. H. Moffat Of
Reno, and ex-senator Henderson Of
Elko. A local committee consist
ing of Steve Burns, Oscar Rein
hart, Don Cooper and S. G. Lamb
has also been named. The state
committee will have charge Of the
event in a general way, while the
local committee will see to it thai
horses and riders are provided and
the message carried between Battle
Mountain and Lovelock.
The great race will be started
in st. Joseph, Missouri, with a big
carnival celebration on August 81
with relay riders carrying message
to the coast. Similar celebrations
will be staged at various points
along the route Of travel, including
Winnemucca, a special train sent
out by the Whiskerino Club oi
Sacramento to follow along TIM
route of the riders to assure sue.
cess to the celebrations, carrying
music and having q program thai
will put the project s"over" without
fail.
To beat the time Of the riders o'
1860 it will be necessary that al
average time of ten miles an hou
be maintained throughout the racing
period, and it may be that the arm,
will put q relay team in the field t,
race against the Cowboy" rider
who are expected to take the role
Of pony express riders. In this dis
trict the local committee viii hav,
to furnish horses and riders to cove
approximately 120 miles. The rae,
will be started, by the way, b,
President Harding, either in per
son or by electrical connection a
Washington whereby a touch O.
the Presidents finger to a bell but
ton will convey the starting sigma
to the Missouri city.
The race will be concluded il
San Francisco on September 9, Cali
fornia's 18th anniversary of Admis
sion Day, when the Golden Stat
was admitted to statehood.
monster celebration at San Fran
cisco in honor Of the recurrence O
Admission Day will be held whicl
will draw thousands from man,
other states who will probably leav
large sums with the coast merch
ants, which celebration you may b
sure, viii be well advertised b,
the express riders.
However, more mover to yvu
San Francisco its time you wer
waking up.