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Show I KENT WINS AMERICAN DOG DERBY FOR SECOND TIME 1 I HEAVY COURSE MAKES FAST TIME IMPOSSIBLE; RECORD CROWD WITNESSES CLASSIC j Miss Lydia Hutchison Finished Grind in Exhausted Ex-hausted Condition; Olcott Zarn Wins Applause Ap-plause for His Pluck; Governor Davis Is Starter i Special Dispatch.) ASHTON, Idaho, Feb 23 'Tud'' Kent, American champion, suc-f suc-f cessfully defended his title, in the American dog derbj liert Wednesday against a fiM of eight contenders including one woman Miss Ilntfhisuii l nt ()vcr'(l the 25-mile course in 2 houri and 35 minutes, 2 3 minutes slower than the record established for the j course by Kent last year William Kooch was second to cross the finish line in 2 hours and 4-" minutes with George Pilcher third in J hours 49 minutes. Olcott Zarn. M-year-old youth cd a. the- officl.il starter for the ra'e- I crossed the finish line fourth. Young Zarn drove a racing team over the course and was Riven a roaring ova-lion ova-lion each time lie passed through the town. (.1IU, FINISHES. Miss Lydia Hutchison, the 20-year-old girl contender fbi (he derbj honors, hon-ors, drove the entire 25 miles of th-course th-course and finished in a state of exhaustion. ex-haustion. She was placed under the care of a physician Immediately after af-ter her arrival from the race course. She made the first lap 20 mlnutea he-hind he-hind Kent. Being unable to run along the side of the team in the deep snow she was forced to ride the entire miles. Friends of ItVu Hutchison were completing their efforts In raising a purse for her today for hei efforts In the derby. This purse Is being liberally lib-erally contributed to by residents of. Ashton. as well as hundreds of visitors. vis-itors. She is the first woman driver eor to attempt one of the dog classics. clas-sics. Governor W. D. Davis of Idaho act- land came down from Boiso to get the teams and drivers off in speeily I style in the first big event in the 'Yellowstone park Golden anniversary vear and to present the silver cup. emblematic of the American cham- plonshlp, to the winner. Lieut. Governor Gov-ernor Moore of St. Anthony was also a spectator at the classic Kent displayed riirc generalship during the entire race. Although he took off ten minutes behind Sprague ho crossed the finish line first on the first lap. He passed Sprague and A. B. Carter and made the eight and one-third miles in 4 5 minutes flat, which is regarded as remarkable remarka-ble Considering the faot that Kent had to break ihe trail for the other! 'drivers his performance is all the : more noteworthy. I L. Q, Gill, an overnight entry, vis forced out of the race early, due to j an injury to one of his dog. More than 5000 visitors from various va-rious sections of the country attended I the classic. |