Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-11-20 | Page 7 | New York Y. M. C. A. Boys in Novel Race to White House

NEW JY Y M. M C. C A. A I BOYS IN NOVEL RACE RAC TO WHITE NIT HOUSE One Thousand Youngsters Carrying Message to the President NEW EW YORK Nov 20 More Moro than 1000 boy runners will ill Jl take part put in the tho Y M. M to C. C A. A rela relay raco race to Washington ton which will rill start from this city at 3 o o'clock this afternoon Bearing a a. silver tube containing a 3 message to President Pre Roosevelt the first youn youngster ster whisk away from froth the international branch of the Iho Y M. M to C. C A. A in Twenty Twenty- elb eighth th street He will bo be quickly relieved re rc re- re however the distance for each relay being limited to yards In Inthis Inthis this way fast time timo will w-iJ be bo made an antho and the tho number of participants greatly in in- creased In the race raco to Chica Chicago o last summer each runner covered more moro than half a a. mile mUe- The boy who was selected t to make mako tho start tart has lias a patriotic sounding rounding name peculiarly appropriate for fr the ho occasion He lie is George Washington Wilson of ofHie the Hie Washington ton Heights Y X M. I. I C. C A. A Whether his selection was as a a. coincidence dence deuce or the result of a n. decision of tho the committee on arrangements was not made known As there thero will t bo be no running throughout through through- out the night which is a departure from the tho rules of the race to Chicago th tb the tube will not reach Washington until un tin- tim til late Saturday It is due in Baltimore Balti more mora at 7 p. p pi Saturday four hours bours from Washington ton according to the schedule