The Cordova daily times., 1916-12-02
MANY DOG RACES BE HELD NOME
 THIS WINTER

'" Iot ol money already do mated, Nome will have more dog races this winter than during any other sea. son in the history of Boring sea. says the Seattle Times. The All-Alaska sweepstakes race, the great sporting classic of the north, will not receive individual attention for premiership honors this year, for new contest. the dog race marathon. has been in augurated, according to Charles San ford, former editor of the Nome Mug get, who is in Seattle to spend the winter.
 John Borden, Chicago millionaire. who started north on a sporting expe- dition last summer that ended when the power schooner Great Bear piled up on St Matthew island in Boring sea, was the creator of the Marathon for dogs Borden reached Nome after wet and chilly experience in the surf of St. Matthew island and became in terested in dog racing. He sent to Chicago for the handsomest silver cup that the silversmiths of that city could furnish, and donated it for a race over a Marathon course. The trophy weighs more than sixty pounds without the pedestal
 Course 26 Miles 300 Yards.
 The Nome Kennel Club with Bor- den's assistance. laid out the rules under which the trophy must be com peted for. The course will be twenty six miles and three hundred yards. The event is to be run under the most favorable climatic conditions, it be- ing the desire of both the club and the donor of the trophy to learn ex- ectly how fast team of dogs can GOV CT this distance The big cup must be won three times by the same team owner but each winter will be given smaller silver cup. It is likely that the Marathon race will be held few days before Christmas, but the date is dependent on the weather
 Eight teams were in training for the event when Sanford left the north. Perry Riley, Russ Downing, Grant Jackson, Fay Delzene, Charley Ross. John Erikson and Billy Webb were getting their animals in shape for the test
 Only five teams will compete in the All-Alaska Sweepstakes race, from Nome to Candle Creek, and return, distance of 412 miles, and the con test is likely to simmer down to bat tie between malamutes with pointed ears and malamutes of the lOp-eared variety. Leonard Seppala has ac- quired all the pointed ear Siberian dogs in the country and Fay Delzene has monopoly on the best lop-eared dogs Seppala and Delzene each has won a victory in this great event.
 Crossed Breed Animals to Run.
 Perry Riley is training team of Missouri bird hounds, crossed with malamute, which may upset the gen said to be very fast but there is a asid to be very fast, but there is a question as to their having the staying qualities as needed in a gruelling race of 412 miles.
 The Ladies Amateur Race this year promises to bring out considerable ri valry. George Bokum, a Chicago sportsman and who accompanied Bor- den to Nome, donated a beautiful bronze and silver vase for this event, and already the women dog fanciers of Nome are arranging to borrow d few dogs from the crack racing teams. There will be about eight other races during the winter,
 Sanford says there will be more prospecting in Nome this winter than ever before, but he has never seen the time when miners wouldn't take a few days off to watch dog race, no matter how much gold they were gathering from deep in the earth at the time When a dog race starts all other activities are suspended.
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