Show EARLY EALY THAW FAILS FALS TO AFFECT LONG DOG 6 DERBY COURSE 00 AT Eu UI j Starting Point Pt Is Oy Bad Spot St on long Lg Tri Irit Flavi Canadian T Team earn Gives International Flavo Annual Classic Kent Favorite v f Bv By Jack Bristol 1 ASHTON Idaho Feb 16 k S Sing ing the slightest alarm he American dog derby Jon Ion Wash Vas mile loop course of tile the classic experienced for the while the snow on the main street of town where tho the race starts and finishes Is slightly cut up luring during the warmer hours of the day tho the cold nights freeze It Into a solid pack Moro More snow enow and anti colder weather Is anticipated ed and 1 it if this materializes the record of two hours flat for til I twenty mile run will no doubt doub be lowered considerably I Followers of ot the derby state that there are more top notch teams In Ashton this year than in any previous previous pre pre- pre pre- one Heretofore It has been comparatively easy to pick teams that were likely to place but with the Canadian entry from Montreal l there ar are six teams on the trail now any anyone one of ot which are considered asgood as asgood good goon as last years year's winning on one ond Efforts on the part nat of ot the to clock any given V team are being frustrated u by equally U flam Ingenious e counters on the part of of drivers and who nobody knows really Prevalent tension over the International International international Inter inter- national angle anglo given this years year's race through Canadas Canada's entry will probably probably probably ably assure the fastest and most hard fought trail battle the AmerIcan American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean derby course has ever seen Picturesque In the extreme is Shorty here with the Canadian team when attired In his trail togs Shortys Shorty outfit consists consIsts con con- slats of a beaver parka with a large fur hood The hood hangs down his back as he runs with a a. number of ot bright colored ribbons flying from Its tip He lIe wears regular regular regu regu- lar br hiking trousers with heavy wool socks His IUs feet teet are re encased In Cree moccasins over which he wears rub rub- bers bera It has haB been facetiously re remarked remarked remarked re- re marked that Shorty is almost as wide as he Is high his chest and shoulders are the envy of any wrestler or prizefighter Kent four times holder of the championship title In the AmerIcan Amerlean American Amer Amer- ican lean dog derby is running identically Identically identically cally the same team he drove in last years year's race race when Smoky Gaston Gaston Gas- Gas Gaston ton who Is defending his title this year nosed Kent out by fourteen seconds This team Is captained by Bob Kents Kent's famous black leader Kent stated last year that his team was almost too young for the gruelling gruelling gruel gruel- ling hog grind of the race course but predicted better action from them this year Two drivers drivers drivers' who have formerly taken part in the race will not run this year These are Bill Kooch and Bill Trude Trude Is In Ashton with a team which he says sas Is too young to be entered but that he willbe will willbe be beback back in the lineup of starters In inRush 1925 I Rush two thirty pints extra by express So read an order sent out of df f Ash Ash- ton Hope soared high in the hear hearts s sat of at the thirsty It was sent to an oyster hole whole saler sales I Two minor casualties have marked this seasons season's training of dog dol teams Frightened by the unexpected popping popping pop pop- ping off oft of or the safety ty valve on a g Union Pacific f team a locomotive C swerved f from Warren Warrn rI the trail and dived through the plate glass window of an implement firm Smoky Gaston ran over a small boyon boyon boy boyon on the main street but the lad was unhurt Kent one of tho the favorItes favor favor- ites Iles in championship discussion and betting arrived with his hIs' dog team Thursday from St. St Anthony I How to raise British and American flags on the tho tall pole in I Ashton was a question for fora a time The flags will be flown on I separate halyards at the same height with the stars and stripes to the right There Is a marked contrast b be between bo- bo tween the harness worn by the Canadian Canadian Can tan adian and American teams The Theatter latter atter wear wear leather harness and pull the sled with a a. light chain The Canadian harness Is made of wide cotton webbing and the sled Is pulled with a rope Slim sUrri Young and the team he lie will drive for the town of Shell Shelley y Ida are expected to arrive In Ashton early next week Just a day or two before tho the race Weather conditions are affecting the Canadian entry Accustomed to running running- In temperatures varying from zero to thirty below these theae dogs are almost actually suffering from the heat although rapidly becoming acclimated Moccasins worn by the Canadian dog team are attracting much Interest in interest In- In terest among among- followers of dog teams here The moccasins protect the feet from sharp ice on the trail No American team has worn them thus far Reading of ot the tho American dog derby Fred R. R Morgan of Morgan Production company of at Los Angeles wrote a motion picture story centering cen ceo around the race the town and the country lIe He has come to Ashton to film the picture pic plc- ture before and during the race itself It Itself it- it self Included In his staff are James P. P Hogan director Miss Ila ha Anson son Tom Gallery Gallen Harry TIghe a and aid d William Curran all prominent o oh the silver sheet and William Daniels camera man and Frank In charge of ot properties I Food gd for r racing c dog teams ea s Is pro pre hr I pa pared with h some care American rf teams are being fed dog beard a a. mixture of ot cracklings an and graham flour tour baked by a local concern and cooked horse meat Th The Canadian team is fed raw beef and eggs Residents Resident of West Yest est Yellowstone gateway of Yellowstone National park are aro anxious to have the Yellowstone Pacific park parle Union line opened up by rotary snow plow oral eral days earlier this year sev sev- to enable enable en- en able them to attend attend- the race The matter has been taken under advisement ad advisement ad- ad by a joint meeting of traffic fie fic and operating r I hP department nt vials of t the road but oUt oUt- no conclusion Conclusion has been announced Bloos narrowly i v. v spilled when han the Canadian being team on I a practice rUn encountered on a herd I or of hogs hogson I on the trail and j for started I I some fresh po POk Th Thy y we 3 weather is not note r re rc e over trail conditions f fold il ii lington's l birthday The I is in the fastest conditi n e nt mt of new world records record's I stopped before any casualties I occurred however howe 4 There are m more international nallon l co eo at Ashton than entry of the team from the or Shorty their trainer a Russian who talks Cree Indi Ind to Canadian dogs dog several of have Irish names one of his tt le is called Murphy 1 h y One of the b points 0 C co mont meat among those gathering watch final training training- for the therace race seems to center around question of ot whEt whether her an any strIng strang and especially a girl skilled and 4 driver though she is laSt got get next to such a team as it Montreal Winter Sports the short time afforded d before attl race The le fact t that the team only orders Jargon of ot Cree Cre Indian and Russ BUSS has heightened the comment members of ot the Canadian exp captained by hv Miss 1 seem to be sawing wood andi Ing log no official announcements Howard Salley a R. new man on Ji trails of ot the American snow elas clas Is an entry with a fast team In inv int l lears years yearns ears race Saucy Salley Is In As Ash rounding g out the training of oil dogs There is a very great eat differ between the ten foot Canadian I with its brake brale and handles as 5 as high sides over oer the shorts short American sled Even with gre grea size the Canadian sled Is 13 venal and m many Pl plans of lt Its construct em J 1 have e been n drawn by Amii who plan to have e sl sin t to sleds built for o their el ow own |