The Billy the Kid Tombstone Race will be held on the second Saturday in June at at 6:00 p.m. at the Fort Sumner High School
Football Field. The famous race has gained national recognition and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, People Magazine,
and the Today Show. The tombstone, which marks Billy the Kid’s grave at Fort Sumner, has almost as much history as the famous
outlaw himself. The stone has been stolen three times since placement by a historical society in the 1940's, and once spent 27
years under a boxcar in Texas following a theft. After its most recent disappearance, the tombstone’s recovery in California was
shown on national television. The race is the World’s Richest Tombstone Race, with $4,800 in cash prizes, 1st place in the Open
Division paying $2,500. It is run over a simple, but grueling, 25 yard course. In the open division, two hurdles (4 and 5 feet) must
be scaled while carrying an 80 pound stone during two laps of the four lap race. In the women’s division and the over age 35
division, contestants carry a 20 pound stone and women only have a step at the 5 foot barrier.

Enter by 5:30 p.m. on race day, and the entry fee is $20. All contestants must be on the field by that time.
Great cash prizes for winners. Tee shirts for race survivors
For more information call 575-355-7705