Show Annual Endurance Contest Plans for man vs horse marathon progressing h Although ove- two months yf plans for the second vs sponsored by the Boys Booster Club of are nearing the state So announced BLynn president of this f According to sponsors of entries have secured when the Chamber Commerce voted to sponsor Wesley and his horse of Neola to the tune of Basin Post American Legion of will sponsor a New York City Ed o as one of the runners at a price of The Oil through the local Merlin will supply all gas and oil for the police and first aid to be used Three runners and three horsemen will begin the race slated to begin at a.m. at the Brigham Young Monument in Salt Lake City on July It will follow Highway 91 to then up Provo Canyon to Heber City and east over Highway 40 to Roosevelt where race is expected to end July 23 or Three men on foot will race three on Three Participants Runners will be three professional marathon foot N. holder of several world records for cross-country Edo member of the New York City police force and champion cross-country and marathon Roy professional distance Contestants were chosen from 36 applications received from the United Canada arid Horsemen selected for the race are Duchesne who will ride a cross range Willis West who will ride a cold-blood range The third entry will be Stewart who will sent the Tooele Bit and Spur Club and will ride a quarter-horse-thoroughbred has participated in the annual Pony Express Albert runner from St Y a student at the who competed as an amateur runner in last year's has withdrawn his application in race to preserve his amateur standing brought about because of the a entry of professional To Arrive July 22 The three runners are expected to arrive in Roosevelt on July They will be driven to Salt Lake City along the route they are expected to but will have no opportunity to running the Information regarding the type of altitudes and other data has been forwarded each and they have started training under conditions closely approximating the marathon race Runners anticipate no difficulty because of the foot altitude the course Whitlock The race will be a continuous run from start to finish with no rest periods for either men or said Predict Race Runners predict they can traverse the course in approximately 30 Last year's run by amateur contestants in took approximately riders and runners were severely by cold and snow over foot mountain passes and were forced to take frequent rest The race is being timed so the finish in Roosevelt will coincide with the city's annual Pioneer Days Whitlock |