Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-04
(By ALASKA JOE.)

AS | was saying yesterday they was
a great race in Alaska l remember in
the good old days, and the two teams
what was doing the racing was gem
orally thot to be about equal, but one
team was all huskies and the other was
these here newfangled Roosian wolf
hounds
They was heaps of fellers what
thought that the new dogs was the
best-Just because they was new Amt
you ever noticed how people will gem
orally take to something new what
they knows nothing about Just because
1t is new?
/ spects its because they think that
1t shows they know more than the
other Teller But times they gets
fooled-and that don't apply only TO
dogs neither. People is the same way
about men too. They think that be-
cause man has a falt that they
knows about, the other Teller aint got
that falt because they don't know about
il. But sometimes he has a worse one
they aint discovered.
Dogs is just the same, and I says
that when you know that some dogs is
good you don't want to believe the
other one is better till you've tried
them out.
For the same reasons me and Tear
away Tom we puts a couple Of good
big pokes up on the huskies, and haY-
ing shown our good faith by giving
Old Silver IlSe-the barkeep-the
pol<es; and having shown our good
sense by making the other fellers do
, likewise, we naturally took kinda in
terest in the dogs. and watched pretty
careful that no one took no libertys
with them only the owner.
! Sometimes a man has to be on the
watchout that the man his money is
on gets the right kinda perfection.
} Well the day of the race came and
the ground was good and hard and we
knew the time was goin ter be unusual
good, and half Alasky turned out fer
the start. And let me tell you they was
some betting on this race. none of that
there hole in the ground stuff l was
telling you about yesterday. No Stree
The real golden kale was put up.
Just before the race started / went
over to look the other team over, and
l must say they was a nice looking
team taking any way. They was tall.
long dogs with good feet and legs and
looked to have fine lung power, but it
seemed ter me they was a little weak
over the kidneys.
was going to walk back to my own
team, when one of them growled at the
other, and as ! turned ] noticed that
one of the dogs on the off side had a
split in his ear.
didn't think much of it at the time,
Just thinking that they would make
wicked scrappors, but was glad about
it afterwards.
! When we heard the teams was
acoming back we went out to meet
them. and sure enough here comes the
Roosian dogs in sight. but nowhere
was the huskies. and / says to Tear
away Tom we've lost the pokes
Well sir | was kinda surprised that
the huskies was so far behind, and me
and Tear away went out with some
dogs to meet him. but before doing so
l looked at the Roosian dogs ter see
how was their feet after the trip, and
then l noticed that the dog with the
slit ear wasn't there.
tells Tear away Tom about 1t, and
we goes back ter Silver Ike and tells
him not to put up the Kale till we tells
him ter.
Well stree. we got it dead to rites on
him. and the rules bein that the same
team must come back as goes out, the
Judge decides In our favor. and that
driver never was allowed to race no
more, not but what he had lots of
scuses and lots of pals ter make the
ones he had forgot about.
Now this here election is just the
same, and take my tip. and watch the
other Teller a little, and don't spend too
much time on the men yer know.
Somel times q race IS so close that q
split ear makes a lot Of difference. and
you would sure be sore II the other fell
Ter put one over at the last mint by