Show TilE THE PONY PONT EXPRESS S Continued from first page pagel for this service and the combined com com- blued weight of the equipment was thirteen pounds Firearms were reduced reduced reduced re re- re to the minimum and as a rule only revolvers were carried i The ne entire route was wu divided Into I stages which were from nine to fifteen fifteen teen feen miles mUes apart Each rider was presumed presumed presumed pre pre- pre pre- to to cover three stages riding three animals in succession and coy cov covering ering about three thirty and arid one- one third miles mUes Changes in stages were made from time to time some riders and horses covering o ering longer distances than others due to differences in topography to to- climate and danger along the thc route At either eUhel end of the line the ration of the Pony Express was made a gala gald affair St. St Joseph Mis- Mis of departure J John olm A. A Fre Frey the thc first of John A. A Frey rey the first eastern Pony Express rider left St. St Joseph at 00 p. p in April 3 1860 receiving receiving re reo re- re a send off by t thousands of people his departure was announced through the tha firing of a cannon He Tie made a spectacular ride to Seneca a |