Show Youth Noses Out Groom I For IFor Ashton Dog Honors Year Old Don Cordingly Cording Cording- ly Iy Wins Race by Only hy-Only Only One Second ASHTON Idaho Feb 23 fP A P-A A 17 year old driver who has his dogs in only three big races beat back the challenge of a list of veterans veter veter- ans aris ans and won the annual annual annual- p American dog t derby here yesterday yesterday yester ester t N day afternoon l a Y J The youth Don CordinglY of or Ash f 1 I ton thrilled the j crowd of as I he ric raced ahead of his hi string of or five ive Lie Llewellyn Liewellyn well yn and nd Irish setters for forthe or orthe the last yards ards With the dogs trail trail- tra l. l ing ng him to beat Delbert Deibert Groom of Rigby to the finish Stover line inc by one second Cordingly's time for or the mile 25 grind run in three laps around an eight and third one mile mlle track was 1 hour 58 minutes and 18 seconds nearly five minutes slower than the record of 1 hour 53 minutes and 32 seconds established here last year by Roy Stover of ot McCall Idaho Cordingly Cord Cord- finished second in the derby lost last year STOVER THIRD Stover driving a string which Included included in In- three new dogs came in third ahead of or Jack Oliver er of or Huntsville Utah Stovers Stover's time was anc and Olivers Oliver's 2 2036 Others finishers were Ted Geean Geelan Gee Gee- lan Ian an McCall fifth Harr Harry Whitehead Idaho Falls alls sixth Glen Rape Cascade Cascade Cas cade seventh Dean Hanni BI DIg Big Springs Idaho eighth Duane Kent Island Park Idaho ninth Ray Peterson Peterson Peter Peter- son St St. Anthony Idaho tenth George Henderson Guild Idaho eleventh and Kent Fuller Idaho twelfth Three drivers Charles Martin mr of Big Springs Ned Van Ameri can Falls FIlls and Jack Neil Nell Jackson Wyo dropped out The pacesetter Ray Peterson fell far br behind in the third lap as his dogs dots grew tired Bred n. n As Cordingly sprinted toward the finish line Ill luck overtook Groom within 75 yards of his goal oal when his lend lead do dog halted the team PROVES HELP Cordin Cordingly ly was as handicapped for the thelast thelast thelast last five miles of ot the first lap when he was forc forced d to haul one of his swing I dogs doS The dog was put back into the therace therace I Irace race and arid aided materially in leading thc the younger dogs docs to vIctor victory I The winner received as first prize Groom was awarded Stover Sto and Oliver 75 Ideal weather greeted erected the fifteen and the track was fast The drivers will take their teams to McCall McCall Mc Mc- Call Idaho for the two day event there this week end E. E R. R Alton of Ogden served as started for lor the |