Show FERRIS IVORY WINS ng DOG ILICE the following clipping was taken from the idaho state journal and relates to a dog derby held at lava hot springs idaho in which young ferris ivory son ot of mrs alta 11 II ivory and the tha late T at ivory won first prize the surprising thing about the race was that ferris was contesting against fox hounds and he won the race with the pet dog he took twilit him from fillmore the citizens of 0 lava hot springs turned out en masse saturday afternoon to the first annual dog derby held here although the temperature of the air was none too warm old sol did his best to make the weather agreeable the heavy snow which tell fell during the two days previous retarded progress in some of the events but all in all everyone considered saturday a big day the most interesting event of the day was the dog races there were eight entries in this event each dog pulled a driver on a hand sleigh tor for a distance ot of three quarters of 0 a mile the wainer in this event was 7 year old ferris ivory with his caille which made the course in three minutes and forty seconds the dog pulled young ivory by means of a collar to which the boy held with one hand cougar a russian wolfhound hound took one second longer to complete the course the winners were given their choice ot of the following prizes A dog harness from the evans coal and lumber company a watch and fob from the lava pharmacy 10 pounds of 0 sugar from the tha portneuf Port neut neuf market a harmonica from the sweet and one dollar each from andrew alno and gregor |