Show president starts pony espres washington stepping from his of flee fice in III the hite house to the tele graph room in the executive offices I 1 resident coolidge at 11 31 a in press ed a gold ley key and a signal was flash ed to st joseph mo starting oft off the old pony express on a muddy track and under heavy clouds following showers during the night and early morning robert lee shepperd who will ride the first lap in a widely heralded pony express race from st joseph to san francisco got away promptly at 10 0 clock friday to the shot of a cannon |