Show TRUDE'S FOUR FOUR- FOUR DOG TEAM WINS YELLOWSTONE RACE Annual Classic Proves Eve Even n More Exciting Than the Great Event of Last Yea r Geo George ge Eddington of the Harriman Ranch Is Second Tim Van VanSickle VanSickle Sickle Third Special News Service Ashton Ida March arch 3 W. V. W. W M. M Trude with his four four-do four dog team from the Shot Gun Valley ranch flashed over the tape a winner win win- ner ncr in the second annual Yellowstone Ashton-Yellowstone race dog-race classic yesterday yes yes- before the largest large t crowd which ever assembled at Ashton George Eddington with a team from the Harriman ranch was second Tim Van Sickles Sickle's does dOKS finished third The weather r was all 11 that could havo been desired and the road conditions were ideal The course couro selected extended west from Ashton for several miles then south to tho the Salt Yellowstone Lake Yellowstone hl highway high high- hway h- h way vau and amI alon along alons the highway back ack to ton making about a n. twelve mile race There were ere five entrants to face the starter The winner drove t two o pointers a Llewellyn Liewellyn setter etter and a shepherd Ills his load lead do dog was severely Injured just before the tho race rac BO so he was forc forced d to make the drive with four foUl Trudo placed his lead dog do on the Ilia line at 1130 a. a m. m and amid great tension of the crowd awaited the tho starters starter's Word When this was Riven Iven his black l-black leader tood on his hind le legs lees 8 and simply leaped through the air for ono of the grandest grandes starts ever witnessed at this great bleat sport Trude stood in front of his team until the leader away and then ho he his sleigh as It 11 whipped past him lie He mado made tho the course In 2 hours 37 minutes and 44 H seconds George Eddington who finished second drove tho the most beautiful team in III the thc race Ho had five thoroughbreds U At the starting point each one of his dogs doss hung hun In the collar and on their haunches hounch 8 like so man many images l 1 finished hed the therace therace race In 2 hours 42 minutes and 23 3 sec sec- ands hut but 5 minutes and 39 19 seconds be be- be hind the winner I The Tho Ashton team composed of a n. mixture mixture mix mix- ture of shepherds and driven b by Tin Tim van Sickle was third covering the thc courso course In 2 hour hourI I 42 12 minutes and 30 10 seconds Harry Kent abI ably handled h x a team from rom tho Utida Gun club and took fourth place in 2 hours c 4 IQ 19 ii e behind Van Sl Sickle k Kent used tied ih three e pointers point point- t ers era and two setters a part pirt of the team which won the rn race e last year rear The 1917 event wa waa run over a course which was wag wasa waga a trifle over twenty miles mUes long IonS George Bakers Baker's team m which came In last wa was composed of five dogs doS two airedale aire- aire dales dale and three shepherds They were sturdy lookers but fell short somewhat In coolness They seemed new at the game and worried because of the crowd The Tho rules for the race raco were made as I few as s possible The starts were made fifteen minutes apart and the teams were placed by lot lot teams to consist of three to seven dogs The same do dogs s to finish In race as ng started all dogs to be either cither worked to sleigh or hauled on same to completion of race sleighs to bo be no less than five feet in length or fourteen Inches In width When a driver was overtaken by a team he had to keep eIther cither to the extreme right or left leCt side of tho the road and in no way wa interfere with Ith passing team or driver When a team up camo-up ame up and remained within twenty five feet of the team in tho the lead and h held ld behind behin the lead head team teun for a distance of or orona one ona hu hundred dred yards ads nd the team In lead had to stop and let the team pas pass The bo boy dog doS race furnished the most amusement to the crowd There were twelve entrants and though they all made lOA a vcr very good 00 1 start Uirt they had harl not gone more than a n few feet when the boys boys' pet being overtaken immediately took Issue with the do dog gaining on hun him and in less than a s second there were boys dogs dOhS and sleighs In a Finally one ono little master pull pulled ell his do dog from the fray ray with the aid of his sleigh and harness dragged him up the course cours a ways was and then started for tho the goal The boy boys boys' race was run In three laps I of or loo flO yards each all boys being being- given a aPriZ apriz The ski race raco and other oilier outdoor sports I were wera run between the thc laps lap of the big race which kept the crowd highly enter enter- tamed Every Ever one ono In attendance which included people from Salt Lake Lale Pocatello Idaho Falls sun and Rexburg and towns on the Idaho Falls branch voted the affair one of the most en enjoyable th they have badIn had bad hadIn In a lon lonc time and will look forward to the third race next year ear |