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Show RACES WILL RECALL PONY EXPRESS DAYS Horsemen Propose to Ride From Pacific to Atlantic, Society Interested. Society women of the eastern states and of California are said to be plan ,mng entrance n a transcontinental horse race from San Francisco to New York uet su nmer for prizes offered by the Panama Pacific exposition E O Weber pathf pder for the coast-to coast races will be the f rst to start the season Qf trans continental eques tnan h kes when he w 11 race a cele brated Mexican horseman to New York leaving the b g exposition on February According to word rece ved hero jes terday from Weber arrangements have been comnleted for the first Tacn be tween h mself and the Mexican and ar rangements are now pending for the race among the society women A num ber of prominent women have applied for places in the race says Weber and it is probable that the competition will be held The f rst b g race of the year will be the one which will start February 20 Th s was originally intended for en trants from the several European and Asiat c countries but owing to the war the fore gn compet tors had to be with drawn leavincr only the Mexicans and the Amer cans to compete The Lincoln highway will be the route of the race, the f rst of its kind, to be held Since the days of pony exp ess and Indian fighting Salt Lake City "will be one of the main stopping points on the Tourney and both riders will be compelled to lay over here for twelve hours before renewing the r efforts Pr or to reach ng this city the compet iters will have traveled through Call forn a and Neyada rrom here they w 11 go up into Elk Mountain Wyo ming thence over to Denver through Omaha and east to the Atlantic coast Troph es and prizes offered the win ne of the b g event will be shown m Salt Lake a few days prior to the en trance of the compet tors into Z on |