"Listen carefully! The real failure is to forget about pioneering! And to stay away from challenging difficulties! There is no such thing as failure in this race! There are only adventurers! This Steel Ball Run will be an event like the world has never experienced before!" - Steven Steel
The year was 1890, and Alexander Graham Bell's telephone was already in more than 50,000 American homes.
The steam locomotive, which crossed the North American continent, reached a top speed of 75 mph and traveled at an average speed of 55 mph.
The National Professional Baseball League was founded in 1876, and its first champion was the Chicago White Stockings (today the Chicago Cubs).
But that's not important.
Set to begin at 10 a.m. on September 25 of that year at San Diego Beach on the Pacific Coast and end in New York City, it will be the first horse race to cross the entire North American border.
You are one of the many participants enlisted in the famous Steel Ball Run. As you wait with your horse for the race to begin, the atmosphere is electric. The area is packed, spectators eagerly watch from the sidelines, while the majority of those around you are fellow competitors, each prepared to stake everything on this legendary race.