Show I Twenty Teams Enter AS DOS Dog Classic Keen Competition On Slate Three Champs In 1927 Feature By Ry JACK J BRISTOL ASHTON A Idaho Feb 19 Sp t-a t cial- cial Can an Tad Kent tie to grand old man of ot this city city's f- f i f American dog derby cours I como come back This gho ghost t which many followers of ot the tho great trail tra classic believed had been laid aft art afta e ea i-a i a string of ot defeats follow 1 long lIt lIst of ot wins Is stall stalk lag Ing abroad again ol It sprang Into being afresh when Kent won the dog race at McCall McCalI With Bill Bin Trude Trudee win at lit Banff Chalked up to hili credit Inter interest t In the derby erby which starts on Tuc day day afternoon has hils been brought to toa toa toa a sharp fou focus on these two It to he a battle between en II a n champion aed an ex champion both O 0 whom havo ha one ono win to thili- thili tl credit Trude beat teat a II lot of at Canadian dog teams but last lut year par when hn Canadian teams were entered al Ashton nearly every AmerIcan beat bent son of ot them and all American drivers beat heat one of 01 them And young Warren Brown of McCall reCall beat heat all of ot them II 1 also heat bent Kent nt This year ear Kent beat youn young young Brown Drown Brown at McCall and also defeat defeat- cd a good field of ot American drivers ers era rs CT n So that puta a new and hIghl interesting highl-interesting Interesting face faco on the situatIon ItIs ILIs Kent and Trude and It IL Is being freely predicted that these gentlemen are destined for first and second place placa In the bat bat- bat battle tie Lie of o the trail on Tuesday Dope Dope- assert that whichever of them loses losos first will win second and nd the town Is divided Into two ramps amps But Dut there aro are other camps I camps all told and one ot of the of these Is that of ot young Drown Brown the year old lad who finished s second cond last year year- ear Browns Brown's sleigh I Is the model from which all raCing have been copied as It weighs a matter of ot little more than 10 pounds The Tho light sleigh com cons I bine combined with the bo boys boy's light weight are held by many followers of ot the th dog dOl racing sport to give him hint a theoretical ad advantage tago of at two mor dogs dos though the actual number I In his team Is the same as the tho 18 other teams Records for entries arc are An all AnI smashed this year with 20 starters signed ur up four tour more than In 1926 I Some Somo old faces will be missing from tho trail notably the handsome map for tor many years ears a favorite and In 1923 the champion Smoky has quit the dog racing business forever and will witness this years year's contest from the sidelines and sidelines and the start ot of the 1028 1928 race is only lays days away o The question is 13 how long longis longI I Is as applied to a dog deg race LY LTD LYD IS ABSENT Lyd Hutchinson wilt willbe be another outstanding absentee but but another girl SIrs Mrs Dean An- An Anerson An derson An-derson derson erson of o Roy Idaho has been entered In the tho race In Lyd's She has a very good team goof team goodenough enough h so the chamber of ot com coin commerce commerce merce of American Falls entered her in the race and picks her to sin In She may upset all the dope and do it It Anything can happen In a dog race There never were so many dogs In Ashton and the white moon moon- moonlit moonlit lilt lit silence of ot the fore thas has bas been transformed Into th known well known ringing welkin welkin-oni- welkin barking welkin is the word There are finely conditioned racing dogs k kenneled In In Ashton Thor Thor- are at least many plain pooches ambling about When Then ono one racing dog barks th other racing dogs answer hIm with a 0 right good will The churus Is taken up by the mated mated number of Just lust plain dogs What they are barking harking about is II a canine secret as s yet e unrevealed Natives of ot are ot of the tho opinIon opinion opinion ion that It is a a belated acquisition by the dogs 0 o Edison's theory that sleep Is not necessary and that hat they are making a concerted attempt to aid Ashton's residents In proving It It Long training runs rune run by teams over the tho course of ot the tha 6 lerby save resulted In an exceptionally good trail This fact tact coupled with the time necessary to start the 20 race 20 teams two minutes apart will require 40 minutes minutes-as minutes as assures aures the fastest action the tho spec spec- spectators of the event have been af at afforded forded It is almost a a certainty that the first team to get away have made the first lap In less than 40 minutes consequently It will come tearing through town past starting point just lust In Sn time timeto timeto timeto to muddle things up In beautiful fashion It will also afford the spectacle of two or more teams t a I racing down the street neck and matter matten neck or stopping to fight the tho mat mat- ter ten out rather than run It out I There will be thrills and sensation sensation sensation-al al action enough to satisfy the tho most blase I forthe And Ashton Itself Is Ye rt ready redy dy for the swarm of ot humanity that al ai always ways goes to the dog race e The flags and bunting are aflutter the tho restaurant and hotel larders hardens are aro crammed to overflowing railroads have o arranged for special train service and the town Is 13 all pre pre- pre pared pored prepared to go completely to the tho dogs davIn and give f o them their day In Its great annual annaM winter spot SPOtt event |