Show Ii t t tM t M Mecham's ec h ams p Pony ony i E Ex Express Tf Wins Vins Race to Ogden VI Wednesday edn sail f Spike U team m l of ot Pony I I Express riders won the mall delivery de- de I de-I de 1 I livery mer race which featured Ogden's Ogden's Og Og- dens den's celebration Wednesday evening eve eve- evening I ning The Morgan County and Henefer Hender ri riders lers entered th the area in lh Ogden 10 minutes ahead of ot I the group ro from Dot Box Elder County Coun Coun- ty tf I Th The relay from Coalville covered cover covered ed td the distance In one hour and I In 4 minutes and minutes and would have haVo done better except for fot uncontrolled heavy traffic on Harrison Avenue Avenue Ave Ave- nU nue I J J Maurice Boyden of Coalville I handed blinded the mall bag to Edison I Stephens sl and it passed through b any hands be before foro Sam Hopkin Hopkin- oj rode Into the arena and handed the pay roll roil to old timers old timers of the I railroad Industry I These timers old made their entry entry entry en en- try in a huge huge prairie schooner drawn by four of Glen Thurstons Thurston's big Clydesdales It was wae an I save sive array and drew great applause applause applause ap ap- ap- ap from the crowd Each rider covered ered a halt half mile mUe and most of or the horses were loaded load load- ed ad into trailers trailer pulled ahead and ridden two or three more laps The horses were able to run on the shoulders of the highway un- un til they reached ranched Harrison Avenue patrolmen Patrolmen Ted London and Mason Hill and Sheriff Porter Carter cleared traffic for the riders Two Legs Leg Broken l The event was accomplished without mishap but there was a tragedy in a previous trial run I from Porterville A beautiful purebred pure pure- I bred Arabian stallion stamon owned and ridden by Wes Gransden collapsed ed and broke both front legs I The animal was destroyed destroy d I Taking part in n the ride were Edison Stephens Blaine Moore Owen Ferry Ted Foster Ralph CrItte Crittenden den Darrell Johnson Sheldon Sheldon Shel Shel- don 1 Spike Mecham Alma Toone Harold pill Bill Hurst George Thackeray Bill Thack Thack- I I I t 1 eray Sherm Toone bean Dean fi Loel Loci Clark t Also Royal Clark Ardel Ardal SC Stephens Step p. p hens Kent Williams Claude Rich Ins Ed Rose Mike Bridges Wayne Grant brant Rich mob Bob Dob mckeon Glen McMillan n Dale ThUrston Larry Jensen Steve smith Rex Pace Pac Ray flay Whit aker Short Whittier Scott Peterson Peter Peterson son Stan Follett Sam Hopkin Mao Mac Noyes Paul Brower Harvey Mecham Woodrow Giles Leo Rollins Wes Wee Gransden Bob Dob Bill BIU Dickson and Paul Hancock |