"You can tell the boys along the road that I'm tryin' for time.

Have you got a fast hoss to start with ?" "Got a red mare that ain't much for runnin' cattle, but she's greased lightnin' for a short bust." "Then get her out.

Saddle her up, and be on your way.

Here's my stake--I'll keep back one twenty for accidents.

First gimme a list of the places you'll stop for the relays." He produced an old envelope and a stub of soft pencil with which he jotted down Gary Peters' directions.
"And every second," said Buck Daniels in parting, "that you can cut off your own time will be a second cut off'n mine.