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Show BOY DOG DRIVER WINSBIG RACE EXPERIENCED DRIVERS OF TWO NATIONS ARE BEATEN BY 16 YEAR OLD LAD Lead Is Taken After First Lap And Is Maintained Until Finish; Fin-ish; Ashton Host to Thousands Ashton, Idaho. Olcott Zarn, 16 year old schoolboy, drove his way tc the American dog derby champion ship here, Friday, in a spectacular race against the west's best drivers and one famous team from Canada in the eighth renewal of the Idaho classic. Eight thousand people saw the game youngster triumph over former champions in a drive that set all predictions glimmering. Conceded only a faint chance for victory when the race began, Zarn demonstrated : his driving skill and the perfect training of his team when he took the lead at the end of the first lap, never to be headed, though he was hard pressed throughout. Warren Cordingsl-y jumped into second money with Smoky Gaston title winner a year ago, third, and Shorty Russick, driver of the Canadian Cana-dian team, crippled by the loss of its leader finished fourth. Tud Kent, a favorite in the betting, was forced to retire at the two-thirds distance when two of his dogs virtually collapsed. col-lapsed. Zarn drove under the flags at the finishing line with one of his dogs on the sled, completely exhausted. The boy's margin of victory was just 1 minute and 57 seconds. His time for the twenty-five mile course was 2 hours- 22 minutes and 40 seconds. Last night s snowfall had slowed the course so, that while the teams were the best dogs ever entered in the derby, Iasi. year's record of 2 hours and 9 minutes still stands. A day of brilliant sunshine greeted the biggest crowd ever gathered in this little Idaho city. Special trains from Salt Lake City and parties from Montana and various Idaho cities swelled the colorful throng that witnessed America's premier dog race. Shorty Russick, the Canadian Cana-dian voyageur, was first to start-With start-With his lead dog May-a-Can, incap-aciated, incap-aciated, his six hound huskies leaped leap-ed forwards at the word of command. Then, at five-minute intervals, the other teams set out while the crowds sent up their cheers for their favorites. favor-ites. Russick ran into trouble when he entered the city streets at the eim of the first lap. His team became unmanageable, frightened by the clamor of encouragement from the crowd. It took him five minutes to go through the half mile of the throng, ant at that finished only 10 minutes and 7 seconds behind trie winner. Now Olcott Zarn owns the town of Ashton. This- slightly built lad made his first race four years ago. For two years he was outside the money. Last year he placed third. With another year of his training his team has reached the marvelous pitch of strength and unison that won. Bashful, but smiling, the kid's hanlc.. part of the day was when he faced the official, who presented him his purse and the l.cyson-Poarsall derby trophy and the cup 'given by the Mnr'ran Picture company. Flank ed by his mother and father, .Mr. and Mrs. George Zarn, he faced the motion picture and still camera batteries bat-teries with an embarrassment that flooded his checks with color. |