The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26
WAR DOGS FROM
FAR-OFF ALASKA
FOR THE FRENCH
"SCotty" Allan, Famous Driver,
Supplies Consignment for
Dispatch Service.
"MUTS" BRING GOOD PRICE
Fine.Looking, Alert Animals, Some
Weighing as Much as 80 or 80
Pounds-One Of Them Was a
Contender In Last Sweep
Stakes.

/ Winnipeg. Mana slight little
man, with a small, lean frame, keen
features and iron gray hair, stood IN
/ the door of a box car at the stock
| yards He wore yellow overalls and a
coat to match Little feet. encased in
square-toed, custom-made shoes, pro
truded from beneath his trousers. In
tendant, and yet he is renowned
throughout America, for this was A.
A. C'Scotty") Allan. the world S great
est dog driver
With Lieutenant Haas of the French
army, be was passing through Win
nipeg with 400 malamutes from
Nome. Alaska, to be used in France
this winter for dispatch service and
the transportation of supplies and
ammunition to the firing line A
-top was made here to rest the dogs.
and they were unloaded into the stock
yards with a guard from the Seventy.
ninth CCameron) Highlanders to
watch over them.
Thrice out of eight times Scot
~" Allan has won the All-Alaska
sweepstakes, the greatest long-dis.
tance dog race in the world-408 miles
from Nome to Candel and return. In
three instances he was second and
twice he was third.
Il have been in every race yet held,
he said, and have not run out of
the money yet.
In the first race which he won the
stake was $1,000, but last year the
stake had dwindled, because of the
pinch from the war. to $3,750 Scot
tvs" best time in the event has been
76 hours. while the record of "A hours
was made over better trails.
Genial Little scotchman.
Geniality and sociability seemed
bred in this vigorous little Scotchman.
and he is as active as a boy despite
his forty.eight years. The kilties on
guard had not been on the ground
an hour before they were fast friends,
and they pressed upon him an invita-.
tion to the dance at the armories.
"Ye en- dance the Hielan fling an
hoet for all yere worth said one red.
faced youth with tho thick burr of
the Highlands in his voice, fer ye ken
we have the pipes and yen hae a
braw time"
u hae nae doot O. it," said Scotty.
and he gave his solemn promise to
be on hand. He said he loved the
dance.
Three cars are used to transport the
dogs, and each car is divided into a
series of compartments so that each
animal is separated from his neigh
bors There has not been a dog lost
since they started In one car is kept
the supplies, consisting of three and
one-half tons of sun-dried salmon
caught at Kotzebue on the Arctic
ocean. Here, too, were stored eight of
the long sleds, some of them of the
toboggan type, which have been made
famous by many authors in the tales
Of the North There were also $50
sets of harness, together with several
Eskimo "parkas, or reindeer and
squirrel skin coats with a hood that
fits snugly over the head in stormy
weather. In addition there were sev
eral pairs of "mukluks,' or high-wa
terproof boots, made Of sealskin tops
with the hair exposed. and soles made
from tough sea lion hides.
Price From $50 to $50.
"Scotty' said that he had with him
several of the dogs that took part in
the All-Alaska stakes He had refused
$500 for two of these just before he
left Nome Many OF the malamutes
were purchased he said for as high AZ
$40 and $50 but on an average the
price paid was about $50 The 0ni
mails, he said, were coming through in
fine shape At first they had been ;ed /
on one fish DAY, hut as they were !
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