Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-02-25
||'R'EA[ DOGS Of WAR
scotty Allan Took 1903 From
Alaska to France.
Gives interesting Description o. Trip
20 war Trenches With His "Hus.
kies"-says French Soldiers
n, Like Them. -,

worlds champion driver of Eskimo
racing dogs, whose thrilling exploits
in the famous 400mile winter races
over the frozen wilds of Alaska have
,peen feature OF life in the Northland
for years, arrived I'm Montreal from
France and is on. his, way to California.
where his family are spending the win,
ter, two Of his daughters being in col
lege at Berkeley.
"Scotty" has capped all his former
exploits by conveying to the firing Inns
400 OF his famous malamutes from
Alaska and Labrador without losing
dog.
Although / won't be there this
spring." he said, ".and although have
taken some Of the best racing dogs in
Alaska to the fighting front in France,
the dog races in Alaska will go on just
the same, for there are more dogs
whore these that took across the At
lantic came from.
III went back home to Nome now
would have to take chance on get.
ting dog team to take me about thir.
teen hundred miles" rE
Mr.. Allan is in the hardware bust.
ness in Nome. a
II sold only ~ Of my own dogs to
the French government" he said, "and
bought the remainder, making hun,
dred and eight dogs in all, from the
Eskimos. aT
These were loaded on special cars
and guarded by soldiers all the way
till we came to Quebec Here our
pack was increased to four hundred
and forty by consignment of other
Eskimo dogs from the Lake St. John
region and from Clark City, Labrador
till we sailed on the steamer Pomera
nian with four hundred and forty OF
them. 5-...
"On the way from Nome to Quebec
I fed the Alaskan dogs on salmon
their natural food, but afterward we
cooked food for all Of them and had
four and half tons of dog biscuits
made up specially for them to keep
them from getting hungry on their
way across. s....a
''Sleighs and harness were brought
from Alaska for the 1OS dogs, but the
equipment for the other 300 was all
made in Quebec before the expedition
started.
Il had five men with me in addition
to Kenneth Mart to take care Of them,
and although the weather was bad at
times, when the waves rolled over the
deck and broke some of the kennels,
We did not lose single one.
1.-THE French were delighted with tho
dogs, and l was entertained by all the
big people in Paris, while the Comte
Leon Tinseau, one of the greatest lit.
terateurs in France and member Of
the Legion Of Honor, wrote long ar
ticle about them fer the paper, the
Flambeau. ,.,@ #t#a
Kenneth Mart, Mr.. Allans compan'
ion. stayed in France to join an Ameri.
can ambulance. ar
Asked how many races he won with
his wonderful dogs, Mr.. Allan said that
he won three firsts, three seconds and
two thirds of the big races, but that
in the others his teams were always
I'm the money" r.
Asked how much money was bet
and won and lost in these races; he
declined to go into any estimates, but
stated that in 1909. when the race was
over he had won $4,000 and two sill.
yer cups. His friends upon that occa-
sion gave him gold watch, suitably
Inscribed. which he still wears.
The approximate value of the pack
Of dogs that went to France may be
estimated from the fact that 500
apiece was offered for those that came
from Alaska. at#