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On this day Russell, Majors and Waddell were sending out the first riders of the famous Pony Express.
在這一天，拉塞爾、梅杰斯和瓦德爾派出了第一批著名的“快馬郵遞”的騎手。
Up to that time the mails between the east and west coasts of our country were months on the way.
到那時為止，美國東西海岸之間的郵件已經在路上數月了。
It had become important that the time should be made shorter.
縮短時間變得很重要。
Russell, Majors and Waddell had agreed to carry the mails west from St. Joseph.
拉塞爾、梅杰斯和瓦德爾已經同意把這些郵件從圣約瑟夫送到西部。
Hundreds of fleet horses were purchased and distributed in strong corrals placed every ten or fifteen miles along the trail to California, each corral in charge of two or three men.
他們購買了數百匹快馬，并將其分裝在結實的畜欄里，這些畜欄每隔10或15英里分布在通往加利福尼亞的小徑，每兩到三個人負責一個畜欄。
From among the most skillful plainsmen, scouts, and Indian fighters riders had been chosen for these animals.
為這些馬兒從最熟練的便衣、偵察兵和印第安戰士中選出了騎手。
Each man was given a stretch of the road about sixty miles long.
每位起手都有一段大約六十英里長的路。
Receiving the mail pouch, containing no more than ten pounds of letters, each rider was expected to gallop away to the next relay station and then turn it over to the next rider.
每位騎手收到郵袋（包括不超過10磅的信件）后，都應跑到下一個中繼站，然后把郵袋交給下一個騎手。
At each corral he passed, the rider leaped from his horse, pouch in hand, sprang upon the back of another horse already saddled and in waiting, and was off as bard as he could go.
每經過一個畜欄，騎士就從馬上跳下來，手里拿著兜袋，跳到另一匹已經備好了鞍的馬背上，用力快跑。
There was no time for more than "Hello" and "Good-by," or perhaps a brief warning that the Indians were coming;
沒有時間說“你好”或“再見”，也許只來得及說一下印第安人的簡短警告；
the regular schedule of nine days between St. Joseph and the western coast had to be kept.
圣約瑟夫和西海岸之間九天的正常行程必須遵守。
Night and day, rain or shine, the mails must go through as nearly on time as possible.
無論白天還是黑夜，無論晴雨，郵件都必須盡可能準時送達。
The half-dozen men who had gathered with Majors in his office on this day were there to find out which of them should have the honor of carrying the first pouch of mail on the first relay to the West.
那天和梅杰斯一起聚集在他的辦公室里的那六個人，是來看看他們中誰有資格給西方運送第一批郵件。
Majors set his hat upon the table upside down.
梅杰斯把帽子倒放在桌子上。
