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Show President Starts Pony Expres Washington, Stepping from his office of-fice in the White House to the telegraph tele-graph room in tlie executive offices, President Coolidge at 11 a. m. pressed press-ed a gold key and a signal was flashed flash-ed to St. Joseph.Mo. starting 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 o'clock Friday to the shot of a cannon. |