Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-15 | Page 36 | Army Horses Will Run in Express Race

iniisES" WILL-ill Ifi-EXPRESS Ifi-EXPRESS RAGE Adjutant General Announces An-nounces That Mounts and Riders Will Be Entered En-tered From Three Posts AN FKANCISCO. Jury ia-The United State army haa accepted ,1 the Invitation of the committee In jj charge of the peny expreea race : from Bt' Joseph. Mo, to Ban Fran- dace te enter 10a horse and thirty men In tha race, according te a ! message from tha adjutant general ' of tha army, made -public today., ' I The man and horses will come I' from the Presidio of Monterey. Cal. II Cheyenne. Wyo.: Fort Riley, Kan-!eaa. Kan-!eaa. and Dee Molnee. Iowa. -I- It has been decided tentatively to 'start the race at Bt. Joseph at It a. m August II. The racers are due to leave the Kansas-Colorado Una September t at I p. m, the Colorado-Utah line at I a. m , September Sep-tember . the Utah-Nevada Una at t a-m. Beptember J and Ih vada-Callfornla Una at t p. m. September I. The atart of the raoe 'will Inaugurate a three-day celebration cele-bration In BU Joaeph and the finish fin-ish will atart three days' celebration celebra-tion In - Ban Francieoo. Points along the route are aleo preparing to celebrate. It la planned to bring back tha dress end atmoephere of the old pony expreea period In each celebration. A special train will go from California Cali-fornia points before the raoe and will follow the racers back. According Ac-cording to Ita tentative echedule. It will leave Bt. Joaeph with the racers rac-ers and will atop over at Baltna, Abilene. Elll and Hayea, Kanaaa, Beptember 1. It will remain la Denve September and . Cheyenne Chey-enne Beptember Beptember 4, Malt Lake City Beptember f and t. and will atop ever at Elko, Battle Mountain and Wlanemuooa, Nov-Beptember Nov-Beptember T. It will remain In Rene He timber I and Saoramento Beptember and will arrive in Ban Francieoo Beptember 10. The expreea race la to be between be-tween cowboy and army teama and will be commemorative of the life and work of Mark Twain. The special train la to be taken ever at Be. Joaeph by tha "Whlskerlno club" of Sacramento.