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Show oo BIRD DOGS WIN OTOIHLASSIC Cover Twentv five Mile Route in Record Time: Gaston's Team Finished Second i Special I i.p.it' b. I ASHToN. Ida.. Feb. Si. Henry j ' Tud" Kent's team of thoroiiRhbred 1 dogs romped home a winner In the j annus Ashton Dog classic, staged I here vesterdav afternoon Kent -I charjres nvircil the distance of approximately ap-proximately B6 miles in 2 hours 1 mln- ute and forty-eight seconds. The former for-mer record was lowered 31' minutes by the winners, due to the remarkable spoed shown. Kent's animals aro all bird dogs, except one. which Is a Belglnn police dog. They have been trained to perfection per-fection and were easy winners In the contest todav, which was witnessed by thous.-v.nds. C. (J. (Jaston. mall driv er of Henry's Laxc, won recond place In the fast time of hours 16 minutes arid L'2 seconds, sec-onds, while George Kdington's team finished third In 2 hour 20 minutes and ij second. The other teams finished as follows. fol-lows. Warren ("ordtngley, fourth. 2 hours 21 minutes and 31 seconds. John Reber. fifth. 2 hours 24 minutes min-utes and 8 seeonds; Olcot Zarn and Frank Smuln. sixth. 2 hours 39 minuter min-uter and 35 seconds. Charles Causoy, seventh, 2 hour 51 minutes and 0 seconds. sec-onds. Hoy and dog races, girl and dog i races, ski events and muny other I sports furnished amusement for the I spectators. |