The Cordova daily times., 1917-03-02
CORDOvA GREETS KING 0F D0G
 MUSHERS

ing his time with old friends he met here. He made the overland trip with dog team of six pups. with the prize winner. Baldy. in the lead. He is en route to Juneau, where he will attend the sessions of the territorial leKis- iature. and believes that the most i'm portant matter to be considered by that body is to make provision for the maintenance of the schools in incor- porated towns, . subject in which he is deeply interested. There are few better known men in Alaska than "Scotty" Allan, who enjoys the dis tinction of being the King of Dog Aushers, . title which he justly earn ed and is proud of. Having driven a team In eight of the All-Alaska Sweep take races, and was always in the money, he brought his faithful old leader. "Baldy." with him to Cordoya, and will take him outside for an in. definite rest. The rest of the team he sent bSck to Gulkana. where it will be picked up by John Rich Niles, manager of the Nome Mines Corpora. ton Company. who is in the states and expects to be In Cordova about March l5. on his return to Nome.
 Mr. Allan made the trip from Nome to Chitina in twenty-eight days, fin. cludins numerous stops along the way and . lay-over of several days at Fairbanks. Nate Coombe, another member of the legislature from Nome district. has also made the trip to the coast oy dog team, going from idftarod over the trail to Fairbanks, where hs arrived several days ago. He left Golovin on Jansary es, and "scotty' passed through there rebru. ary |, thus making by far the best time to the coast. coming via Chitina.
 In discsasiag Ais trip and o4Asr matters of interest. Ar. Ai,an said. TNE TAte OVERLAND.
 Whsa ! is1t Noms oa .1ahr.ary l. As wna1Aee w1as fiaa Al Noetsa ~ there was . heavy rain and practically no ssow. Ths rain turned iato sieet, which covsrsA the 'niggsr heads' and travelling became 90 difficult that even the reindeer couldn't hold their fee. Unakiakleet was covered with water. the sea having backed up to the mouth of tho river While crossing the Kal. tag portage. 1t started to snow and l had an average trail from there to Ruby. The snow fall continued until l reached Fort Gibbon, and most of the way I had to break trail through eighteen inches of fresh snow. From thers to Fairbanks 1t was easy going and the government road to Chitina is boulevard in comparison with the trails we traverse In the Nome coup. try This is my fifth trip across Alas. ka. and I really enjoyed 1t better than any of the others.
 REINDEER CARNIVAL.
 AS you no doubt remember there are thousands of reindeer in our sec ton of the territory and one of the great fetes of the winter season, at different stations. is the reindeer car nivsl, which lasts for . week. At Norton bay ran across hundreds of these fleet-footed animals. which were on their way to Shaktoluk for the big fair. and is attended by herders and residents for miles around. A rexu lar program of events is arranged, for which prizes are awarded. They in. clude lassooing. harnessing, driving and other feats.
 Dog races. however. continue to be the big attractions for the Nome sports. and half . dozen big ones are held during the winter. Since l left there the Marathon race has been run and q now record established for the 26 miles and 345 yards. The next event will be the Solomon derby. GOV ering . distance Of thirty miles, and should take place early this month, as well as the Borden race, given un. der the auspices of the Moose order This is also run to Solomon and usu. ally participated in by about three hundred dogs. The burden to be car ried on the siedses is lady passen- scrs. These. are all forerunners cf the All-Alaska Sweepstaks race. in
 which tho fastest and best teams in the country are entered. A distance of from 4O8 to 416 miles is traversed. according to the trail conditions, and the race takes place early in April. Nome has won fame through this con. test. and in the earlier days the cash
 prizes were exceedingly large. some years being as high as 3l5.O00, with
 several cups to compete for. This
 year tho purse will be 3s.so0, and .
 valuable trophy"
 Mir. Allan has participated in the
 past eight sweepstaks races and each
 time he was in the money. He wa,
 first In thres. second in three and
 third In two. "Baidy" was the leader
 of the team In all of them. snd ha,
 the distinction of Aaving won for hil
 ownsr $23.o00 in cash prises and ,