Show A SILVER MANS RIDE woodward to start for son san francisco on ft FL donkey mounted on A a donkey it pitcher woodward a stalls today from tile the hotel Barthol bartholde dl broadway and twenty third street tor for san franc francisco co it if bryan had been elected president woodward would have been in possession of sonio some of 0 the money of 0 benjamin lillard a publisher in the downing building on fulton street this city instead stead of trav traveling ding to the golden gate on the back ot a patient bent but undersized steed woodward and lellard were passengers on one ot if the atlantic filters elnera just before election Lil willards lards confidence in the result led him to bet woodward money agal against list a donkey ride ilde to san francl francisco co that mckinley would be elected the terms of the bet on woodwards side ride are not as freaky as it would at fart appear when it is 15 known that sir mr woodward makes I 1 0 tl a specialty of going long dis distances tamee 9 0 on n t the it e backs or of donkeys in fact b lie c ha has traveled over much of europe I 1 in a abi this WILY way when the election decided that woodward should cross the continent on donkey baek back the day after thanksgiving was fixed upon tor for the start to be made there are two conditions in the bet the observance nonobservance non of which would cost sir mr woodward and KM respectively the first is 19 that he ahall go to san by way of canton 0 0 and visit maj mckenley tho the s second cond stipulates that a visit be paid mr bryan at his nebraska home woodward mill reach one hundred and twenty fifth street this city some unit time this afternoon when he will put up at tile the hotel 1 minot at the corner of eighth avenue for the night tomorrow night flight he will III sleep at yonkers and will continue ills his journey on sunday morning via albany and tho the northern I 1 circuit to canton and chicago tile the donkey rider expects to make about twenty miles a day at which rate it will take lake him from seven to eight months to cover the distance to san francisco he will use the s same am e donkey the entire trip StOll Ping oll each night light in whatever city billage or hamlet ho he may chance chanco to bo bi in mr lillard when seen at ills his onlee in tho the downing building by EL a commercial advertiser reporter today said sald that the terms term of the wager between him and I 1 mr dr woodward Won dward were otere originally intended to be kept secret mr LIT lard refused to state what his part of the wager wa was ile he said that according 0 to O the bet mr woodward oo 00 a r d w was a s to 0 t take ake no expense money mig amr aith him bugl except that which he might t make a k e th through r 0 1 the balo 0 o of photographs on the way new york commercial advertiser november ath |