Show VV VV UJ VV UJ VV VV VV VV VV VV p VV VV 00 o oo oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 oo 00 Nelson Auerbach-Nelson A To Meet In Ogden Mit Mil Battle Crack Teams Entered 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Expect Record Crowd Canadian Canadian Team Will Be Handicapped in Big Cla Classic sic Smoky Gaston Will Defend Title in 1924 Event Complete Program Listed ar fir EYRE EntE POS PO I ASHTON Idaho Feb Fb 16 1 z 1 tran ran ran- tic and frequently ro fox efforts on the part port or o would be esger cager to get sat a line lino on the perform perform- performance performances performances ance ances of or teams In final trainInG for forthe the tho American dot dog derby seem to 10 bJ b tolled foiled with ith Ith cleverness on the part of or sledge drivers driers era all ot of o add adds to tha th tension as ac plot after plot on the part of or stopwatch circumvented b by holders I Is ii stops toJ on unfrequented portions or of orthe oth the trill rat un unannounced detours and unfinished lOOP loops There Is just one thing thine th-it th they all in n n end and that a s the fact that the Iho International contest boo be- boot be between teen tween t een me teams team ot or two countrIes Is due du to bo be 0 tho ho trail batie atle vet HI et seen soen In a contest Aside tro front from that partisan partisan- partisanship ship runs rune run high and dh divided laed Ith lent Kent Gaston Olcott Z-irn Z and the Montreal n 1 Inter sports aporta team the general fa for the big bic mone but ith SO several ceoral up support as dark lark horses Although the Is e ice al atm m snow now conditions condition i-c- i S re-S e- e gi jn n tood the exception ot of o a Ott it section along alone starting line throuGh town ton 10 n which has hao been UI up b by traffic Out the trail leport conditio conditions perfect and faster fosler than the V ash ash ash- ashIngton ashington Ington a birthday tull cla ic has yet I sc C In 11 pe pat past t contestS contes and nth cold nights free freezing n e eOr Or thing seem ilpo for another Il bicak s of the orl orid 1 s irati rail record 1 toi foL the distance I lUG UIG QUI OUI STIO 0 Can Can a 30 n stran stranger e C even esen cn such It a skilled driver drier as Miss Hutchison do Llo V with It ith II the tho h ii iK tIt 11 lid 1 eLI Ing or of huskies from rom the Hudson Hay Bay In the short training tune time afforded That a 8 a pre prevalent alent lues hues hues- tion among amonI spectators rs of the tho last das da's of ot training and Intel cst in iii that phase or of o the true Canadian fort effort to lift the th has been blen heightened by the th l t tt t that the tue Canuel Canuck champions champion understand nothIng but Cree Indian and Rus Rus- Russian sian Miss MIs HutchIson o oa as captain or of orthe the Canadian e n mm and Itus- Itus Hus hick bick and Bacon as trainers have been seen frequently heads to- to together together to together gether in council of lr ar Indicating progress although no or- or of official tidal announcemEnt nt li is been beon made from the training camp ot or hat I is t Is-t I r i Idl becoming the Iho Mater Isten 1 I 1 t Shorty train train- or of o the Montreal winter sports team team seem seems to 10 be a man o of steel and In lit his caribou pirka and anol moc oC mc- mc moccasins regular trAll attire up In Inthe inthe Inthe the country under the tb Arctic cli etc cle from which he comes Is la alreadY those thos gath- gath th- th a notable figure guro among 6 cuing linc for tor or the trail trall classic The Canadian team will be b handicapped It if I tir tue abo aboe above e zero sero meather eather continues as In addition t to the tropical condi condi- conditions conditions conditions after being used to tempera tempera- temperatures temperatures temperatures tures do down don n to Lit U below the th string Is working at an altitude attitude some feet Ceet t higher than then it In thelt nattO e region around Le Lc Pa Pas And are th thy y lid 1 Judge for The diet or of o the th international contenders Is raw meat and nd eggs The rhe almost startling contrast be- be bet betseen be between t tween een the northern and anol southern sledge outfits Is la gh gling Ing the defend defend- defendIng defending ing drivers erB an entirely new slant ot of dog doe sledge racing as It is done up by the Arctic circle The whole set Bt ot of harnesses for se seen ceen en dogs ot of the Canadian team weighs less than one ot of o the American rIgs and the sledge handled with Ith riding tor for the driver Is a r vela ll j cn to those tho who aho ho are aro us using Ins Ins- the flit fIt Tw-ine Tw ng sleds In vogue here The rue Morgan Production company or of L Lbs MS s Angeles is In Ashton to rum film ruma filma filma a eto y In which the famous derbIe Is Ie on ot Of the th high bleh points point Fred 1 R Morgan prominent producer had bad lead tead and heard so much about the celebrated snow now trail p event nt that he h wrote the scenario around it which Is In the course courso of ot production here herein herIn in It the th drivers teams teams the crowd Ashton itself and the high scenic point ot of o the surroundIng region 1111 play prominent parts With the Morgan company are ar James P F Hogan director Miss Ila ha Anon Ancon Tom Gallen Harry Ticho TIghe and ond Curran the In-the In the th leading with aith William Daniel Daniels the camera and Frank property man All are ar prominent acre screen en folk tolk A conference of ot derby officials with operating and traffic officials ot of the Union Pacific was aas as held hero b tonIght to forecast It Ir possible the probable attendance with a a to handling the expected gathering i Ith a certainty ot of o a II greatly In- In In Increased creased opinion I predictions of 60 50 per cent and aad an pre louo with aith Ith the latter r C S Special train trains and special Hill aill be rUI by the th to care for tor all corners comers V D itOW Illustrating the thC caliber it Ir the I 1824 1124 contest Is la thC of or Smoky Gaston Amer Amer- American AmerIcan American ican champ In his hl hi efforts to hold bold boldI I the th coveted cov ll title When he be won the honors last year had six elx dogs no no alternates In this ear ears contest Gaston hu has a string of or 17 tact raol dOlls dogs from which to make hi his final election und and he h Is la backed by Sam Barn A Trude prominent Ash Ash- Ashton Ashton ton Ash ton man mn In his defense of ot the American honors honor A Urine string made nad up ip after aCter Gaston a 0 championship championship champion- champion ship six Ix lx I la le picked will Lo be b entered Ith aith Howard Saucy Bailey as M driver Olcott the con con- contender con contender tender In the th lace although a 1 set set- vet veteran ron ran of throe three of oC the th big contests 1 is as a n II contender SUre ur ot of o II a high place In the th money by the I who aho ho have hav been boon watching the like clock performance ot or hi his superb string of ot blacks black The Th kid aith the th alt aJl JI I 1 seat ve of oC ago age a and e- e t hu ha developed Into a MC uc I ind md d to 10 tea few Kent champ ex-champ woo has hascen eon cen planning his tor for a a I solid year will use Identically the 1 some same team as a In tho last derby lie he h sas i His HI team a trifle Oung last T e Is said ald to have hav rounded out into what his hi backers claim I la is an anI I e organ Kent 5 happy worn norn orn while hUe slowing the first workout of or the tho th Canadian champ champa bears bear out the th general the the- theor theory the theory or ory that he h has lias somethIng sure hidden under his famous two gal gal- gallon galIon lon al-lon lon Ion hat and that anyone anyon nosing In ahead of or him will kno know that they have base been In the th race rac ot of o a century |