The Nome daily nugget., 1916-04-12
DOG RACE
DEVELOPS
GREAT
INTEREST

At no time since the first rae
ing team sped over the Sweep
stakes route has a contest devel-
oped a greater interest than that
which is now in progress. In
spite of adverse trail Conditions
: the five entries are all making ex-
cellent time and the end OF the
first twenty four hours found
them well up to the speed marks
OF last year. At : so this morn
ing, both Aver ana Delzene, ON
arriving at Haven, were but thir-
ty two minutes behind the TWEEN
ty two hours mark set by Allan
in the 1915 race. The others, with
the exception of Kjegsted, were
also close up to the mark. Seppaia
arrived one mintue after the lead
IS at I 80 and two minutes later
Brown also landed. Brown and
Aver arrived at Council last night
at SAB with their dogs IN good
shape and everything fine. At
5:54 Seppela pulled in and eleven
minutes later Delzene also showed
up. kjegsted who had fallen
slightly behind in the furious
drive to Timber, did not appear
until 6:33. Aver stopped for eleven
minutes and again set his face
toward the north. Four minutes
later Seppala sped after the lead
er and was followed by Brown
one minute later. The stay of Del
zene was also short and three min
utes afJr arrival he was again
on the long trail. Between Coun-
Gil and Boston, Aver gained TWEEN
ty minutes on his nearest oppon-
ents, Seppala and Delzene. The
time OF Aver up to this point was
two hours and nine minutes faster
than that OF Allan in the race of
1915. Aver arrived at 8:2r and
twenty minutes later Seppala and
Delzene also appeared. Brown
followed four minutes afterward
but Kjegsted did not get through
until an hour later, arriving there
at GAS.
The running time of the FIVE
teams up to this point, Io4 miles
from the starting point was as
idllo Is: Aver II:2I, Seppala
II:4I Delzene II:4I, Brown,
HAS, kjegsted I2:45. Aver,
Brown ana Delzene rested out
the other two continued on. After
stop over OF SIX and quarter
hours Brown again struck out at
3 a. m. Aver waited but little
longer, hitting the trail at 3:24.
Nineteen minutes later Delzene
started. With dogs refreshed by
their rest the Instance between
boston and IRISH hlver, SIX miles
or SO was quickly covered. Brown
arrived at 3 so, I8 hours nifty MIN
uteS out from Nome. Five min
utes after Brown passed, Seppala
who had rested there for slightly
over six hours again struck out.
Aver passed the station at d 100
and Delzene at 4:I6, Kjedsted
who had also rested at this point,
departed after the leaders at d 40
Although the leaders had depart
ed from Fish kiver at separated
intervals they arrived at Haven
40 miles from Nome within three
minutes of each other. Aver and
Delzene by hard drive had over
come the start of Brown and land
ed at 1872 a. m, ~ :32 minutes
out from Nome. One minute
later Seppala appeared and two
minutes later Brown arrived. De-
spite the unfavorable trail con-
ditions all four were within thirty
hVe minutes OF the best time last
year.
The going had been hard and
Aver, Brown and Delzene stopped
for periods ranging from forty
minutes to over an hour, but Sep
pala passed on after a stop of ten
minutes. Brown started again at
sly and was followed by Aver at
$40 and Delzene at $50. Kjed-
sted arrived after the others had
left, at o:oI. Aver and Brown
both speeded up and arrived in
Gold Run, thirty six miles farther
on, at $50, one minute behind
Seppala who had driven straight
through. Delzene arrived eleven
minutes later. One hour and