The Nome daily nugget., 1916-04-15
COMPLETE STORY OF
9Th, SWEEPSTAKES
DOG. !. RAGE
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was within sight of the finish
Scarcely had the news been post
ed before the eager crowd were
hurrying to the east anxious to
catch the first sight of the new
hero of the northern trail. Slow
ly the minutes passed to the wait
ing throng along the road and
crowded in solid ranks before the
grand stand. Ten, twenty minutes
passed and then loud and hoarse
rang the first welcome from the
lighting station announcing in
tones that reverberated from tn
hills that new king was coming
TO receive his crown.
Four minutes later accompan-
led by running shouting. crowd
of excited humanity and with
countless welcomings arising, he
crossed the line-winner by hours
over his nearest opponent, Del
zene. Every dog was in harness
and with tails erect they received
the plaudits OF the crowd and the
endearments of the fair sex as
proudly as the hero receives the
adulation of his followers. Fou
hundred miles had passed be-
tween their flying feet, the frost
had bit and the blizzard stung
their hours OF rest had been scam
and the miles had been each on,
longer than the other, but as the,
stood among the throng few
would have guessed that they haf
been farther than Cape Nome
And Seppala. he was tired, oil
course, but there was no sign OF
fatigue in his bronzed counte.
nance or in the blue Morse eyes
that shone with a CLINT of pride
as he received the plaudits and
congratulations showered upon
him from every side.
Delzene, winner of second place
arrived at 7:I4:55, completing the
long difficult journey in 81 hours,
II minutes, S. seconds. His dogs
were in good shape, with the ex-
ception of two which were car
ried in the sled, Delzene run a
noble race and his failure to keep
up with the leader to whom he
had chung with remarkable ten
acity may be attributed to bad
luck. Almost all the way to
Candle and back to Timber he
was within a few minutes of the
leader but at the latter point the
second dog gave out and he fell
behind rapidly because of the
extra weight. Aver, who had
led the mushers over a long part
OF course, arrived at 9 81, 81 hours
Fl minutes, q seconds out
OF Nome. He too had run into
hard luck and was compelled to
labor under the burden of an in
Jured dog which was carried
the major portion OF the
entire distance to Candle and re-
Both Delzene and Aver
were welcomed by the crowd with
zest equal to that accorded to
the n:'rner for all recognized that
they were heroes too, although
they did not win. Kjegsted, the
giant Norseman, failed to finish
and only reached. Council about
the time that Seppala was remov-
ng the stains of travel after the
finish. He too is said to have had
very bad luck and was forced to
bear the brunt of the big storm
near Candle. -
Following is the average speed
maintained by each of the winners
Tor the entire journey during the
hours of travel:
Seppala ....7.2o2 miles per hour
Delzene ....7.o53 miles per hour
Aver ......7.628 miles per hour
According to the records of the
Kennel Club, the time made by
both Seppala and Delzene on the
return journey from Council is
well inside of the best previous
record. The time consumed by
Seppala was 81 hours, So minutes
o5 seconds. Delzene's time for the
distance was az hours NJ minutes