it is made known that he had lost his job months earlier, and had been looking for a job during the days ever since. it covers approximately  of high desert range land. 23,000 sheep were removed from the area. prior to the race some people had doubted whether she would stay the full race distance after her poor running in the 1859 national. the series propelled him to stardom. if the number of teams in a round was an odd number, a team would receive a bye to the next round. 