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150 Foot Racers Face The Great Desert Test
Victorville Calif March 7 AP The great American desert tests a new type of trail blazer as more than 150 foot racers from C Pyles transcontinental gold rush enter the fourth lap a 37 mile stretch from Victorville to Barstow The field dwindled with several failing on the Bloomington Victorville leg Nestor Ericksen led in total time but Nicholas Quanawahu held the best elapsed time to date Arthur Newton the London entrant ranked third yesterday and fifth overall while 63 year old Charles Hart finished the stage in ten hours one minute and 30 seconds The race offers 48500 in prizes in Yankee Stadium for the winners but many racers have dropped from the grueling course including Finnish star Wilite Kolehmainen due to a strained tendon
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Victorville
Calif
Great American Desert
C. Pyle
Mojave Desert
Barstow
Los Angeles
Yankee Stadium
New York
Cajon Pass
Bloomington
Altheceh
Nestor Ericksen
New York City
Oraibi
Ariz
Nicholas Quanawahu
Quamawahu
Ericksen
Arthur Newton
London
Charles ‘Hart
Southampton
England
Wilite Kolehmainen