Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-16

thar ! had seen grow up during the
previous Year ut Nome around the
kennels 81 the captain. Their cxper-
ionce previous b. this trip consisted
Of being permitted To follow tho team
during two ~ three six-milo practice
drives n waH curious for the nrst
fcw days fo watch thoir antics. but Ia
IL short timo. they learned to mush
With the procession. and seemingly
we're equal 90 amy dogs iu the team ~
WAS amusing 90 see how they baked
al entering the nrst timber We came
Co. They did not know what the
trceF were and were afraid Of them.
but the older dogs pulled them in to
tho entering trnl and soon tho smell
OF the rabbits and other animals ia
the timber brought o. them the call
OF the Wild the same ne the other
dogs Also when we came 10 tho FIRST
glare 81 ice on the yukon. tho cups
braccd themselves and protested
against entering on 81. no doubt think
ing II was water, but the leader jim
looked az them IN disgust aud pulled
them onto &c by main force. and In r
moment later their scare was over
and they went along the same ns the
rest The captain was forced Co pcr-
NIT the pups 10 remain loose az the
roadhouse kennels. because they
would keep everybody awake by their
bowling. " confined The mail-dog
! teams had a hard time this winter
over this trail because Of the lack Of
snow ana their heavy loads.
A foot OF snow having fallen az
Nome aud for consic srahlo dis
lance east OF it by the goth OF JAM
unry We managed To- get started on
that date Hundreds OF people came
ont % see us start, cold though 10 was.
and Wo were the objects OF many
kodak pictures Unfortunately, my
own kodak and one / borrowed from
the soldier boys on the way both
proved 10 be out Of order, and hence
/ am without pictures OF the great
trip. Both kodaks were put out of
commission by the sled capsizing,
which Il ala dozens of times during
the trip. During the trip we started
very early each morning, often before
| a. m. 80 Rs 10 get TO the end Of our
days journey at some reasonablo hour
| w. the evening, the captain needing
( tho time TO cook food for ano care
tor and doctor his dogs The captain
IL one OF the most humane 'mush-
ors' ] ever knew. and u was "a COM
/ fort 10 be with man who used 50
little profanity and took such splen-
did care Of the animals. His wife,
| who is as much Of "mushprcss' as
! he is "mushor' had put aerOng the
stores n surgical ana mcdiCnii- chest,
containing ali things required for
/ man aud beast In the medical or sur
gical line. When the weather beaten
hard ice Ia places as well az the sand
/ filled snow In others wore the hoof-
| pads Of the dogs to- rawncss, the cap
| tain promptly put moccasins on their
/ feet. and when they tore each other
I In nRhts which they often did, he
/ would sit up away into the night 20
/ hathe the wound in warm water, put
| ointment on a. and on several Oc-
/ cas- ons. sewcd the wound with needle
and thread he had for that purpose.
Al times, just for the exercise OF iL,
I would get out and run at hrat for
a mile or two. but later, sometimes as
much as ten or more miles. while the
captain rode but as q general thing
the trails were 30 good. that We botn
rode. and even this weight with our
baggage was not too much for the
dogs, who would trot SO fast on these
good trails that neither Of US could
keep up on foot. However os Cap
tain Peter was the "musher' ana a
veteran al IL. and I was the PASSENGER
paying the fare, he ala most OF the
running behind and talked eontin-
! ualIy to his dogs. which, by the Way
they seemed to like. The captain
would sometimes run as much as
twenty miles on "a dog-trot Dehind the
sled, when IL Was as cold as 20 de-
gress below zero. or 62 degrees OF
| frost. never dld know why the
scientists began 10 measure cold q
second time nj zero, because zero Is
Itself 90 degrees Of frost and zero
weather is about as mistrably cold
as the average man wants 10 eNpef-
fence. ON several occasions, "a the
beginning OF the trip. J bought food
for the dogs out Of my own pocket
lust TO get the chance 60 feed u %
them and get acquainted with the anil
mails Al times ] took pait Ia urging
them on for hours al time ana they
seemed a. delight in the melody OF
a poika / used go whistle for them,
which seemed % harmonic With their
iireiess wolf,trot In way that pleas
ed them. when I would stop whist
ling they would stop trotung, ana
wlsifuliy glance around, as II asking
me 20 continue. Il was interesting nt
times 60 see how pair of the dosr
would get vexod at each other ana
get into such a vicious nght that the
captain would have 90 separate them
with the Vigorous suasion Of hls black
snake whip, and time ana again. ne
had 90 change the teams 30 AZ 20 get
the dogs that were vexed "a cach
other separated. until they forgot
about the enmity That they held for
each other. No matter how dogs ~
team may neht, whenever they
meet another dog team, they arc All
friends. end promptly attack the OPP
posing team az body, and the strange
doGs DO likewise az 90 them. IN
thiekly settled sections of The coun-
Try teams will pass each other az
tunes without fnhling, but when one
team meeta another out on a lone
trail it usually means that the one