IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1189 
Commending Lance Mackey on winning a record 4th straight Iditarod Trail 
Sled Dog Race. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2010 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Commending Lance Mackey on winning a record 4th straight 
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. 
Whereas Lance Mackey was born and raised in Alaska and 
currently resides in Fairbanks, Alaska; 
Whereas Lance Mackey comes from a long line of successful 
mushers, including his father Dick and his brother Rick, 
each of whom has won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race; 
Whereas Lance Mackey is married to his high school sweet-
heart Tonya, who is also a musher, and has three chil-
dren: Amanda, Brittney, and Cain and one new grand-
child, born on the seventh day of the nine-plus-day 
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race; 
Whereas Lance Mackey and his family run the Comeback 
Kennel in Fairbanks, Alaska; 
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Whereas Lance Mackey was diagnosed with throat cancer in 
2001, took a year off from sled-dog racing to recover 
from the disease, and is now cancer-free; 
Whereas the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which has been 
called the ‘‘Last Great Race on Earth’’, is a grueling 
1,150-mile sled dog race across Alaska’s jagged mountain 
ranges, frozen rivers, dense forests, and windswept tun-
dra; 
Whereas running the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is a year- 
long commitment to training and caring for one’s sled 
dogs; 
Whereas the Yukon Quest is an equally grueling 1,000-mile 
sled dog race from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Whitehorse, 
Yukon; 
Whereas Lance Mackey is the only 4-time consecutive 
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion, the only 4-time 
Yukon Quest Race Champion and the only man to win 
both the Yukon Quest and Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Races 
in the same year, which he did in both 2007 and 2008; 
Whereas Lance Mackey, guided by his two lead dogs ‘‘Maple’’ 
and ‘‘Rev’’, mushed his team of Alaskan Huskies along 
the path of the 38th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from 
its start in Anchorage to the finish line in Nome in just 
8 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 9 seconds; 
Whereas both ‘‘Maple’’ and ‘‘Rev’’ exemplify all the essential 
qualities for good lead dogs, including intelligence, initia-
tive, common sense, and the ability to find a trail in bad 
conditions; 
Whereas Lance Mackey, who despite retiring ‘‘Larry’’, the 
lead dog with whom Mackey won his first three Iditarod 
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Trail Sled Dog Races, was still able to convincingly win 
his 4th consecutive Iditarod; 
Whereas the Iditarod Trail, a National Historic Trail, is 
staffed by thousands of volunteers who monitor and as-
sist all competitors; and 
Whereas each checkpoint along the Iditarod Trail has coordi-
nators, health care professionals, and licensed veterinar-
ians who carefully monitor the health and safety of all 
dogs and mushers: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends Lance Mackey on his record- 
breaking 4th consecutive Iditarod victory during the 
2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race; 
(2) applauds each and every musher who was 
courageous enough to compete in the 2010 Iditarod 
Trail Sled Dog Race; and 
(3) expresses appreciation to all volunteers and 
staff who help make this great Alaskan race possible 
each and every year. 
Æ 
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