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Show President Starts Pony Expres Washington. Stepping from his office of-fice in the White House to the telr-praph telr-praph room in the executive offices President Coolid-'e at 11 a. m. pressed press-ed a gold key and a signal w'as flashed flash-ed to St. Joseph. Mo. starting off ttis 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. .T'e;ih to San Francis'o, pot away promptly at 10 o'clock Friday to the shot of a cannon. |