The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-10
TEAMS AVERAGE 50 MILES A DAY INST. PAUL TO WINNIPEG RACE---
 LOUIS HILL HAS DOG CRAZE

, St. Paul. But the five miles were
 crucial going. For the entire distance 1 ing from two feet to four feet in
 depth. It was a road that had not l trail. No one had been over it for two l weeks.
 Although slackened in their pace, the four trappers never fal.ered in ] the face of the snow. They forged ahead at a marvellous pace. News
 paper men could not maintain the
 pace. Spectators did not try. Stopping but a moment for breath
 at New Brighton. they made the egh. miles to Como park at six miles an hour.
 ] Despite their exertions of the day, l they were in good condition after 1 short rest.
 TAKE TIME FOR PLEASURE. 1 During the trip the four trappers
 enjoyed themselves immensely. They 1 talked to clerks. frted with wa,l- resses and explained .he race ,'a;ld- fly.
 Any dance here .ontght?" was the
 first question asked at Alexandria,
 They attended movies in the evening and resembed men of leisure instead
 of racers.
 The great difference between Hart
 man and the trappers was that of
 dogs. Hartman entered the race with 1 too few days notice % get his own pack His leader was chewed up : shortly after the start. A dog team
 without a leader is like an automo-
 bile without S steering gear. But Hartman stuck.
 AFooT EVERY INCH OF WAY When his competitors were riding nlle after mile on their toboggans or carioles. Hartman was running every step of the way. Not once from Win nipeg to St. Paul did Hartman pace
 his weight on the dogs. He did not dare to do so.
 i The four dogs remaining after the 1 leader was gone were small. weak, intellectual animals as far as racing
 was concerned. Without them Hart ! man could have finished two days ago. Throughout the race Hartman kep. the most imperturbable humor. His mind was focused on the race and St. Paul. But not once did he swear. although women forced pies. cakes and other daint1es on him.
 KEEPS DoUGHNuTS FROM DOGS. Il just knew you would want these." mother.y woman at Sauk Center said. giving him plate of doughnuts. Hartman thanked her and after she left gave them away with the injunction, Don't let the dogs cat them."
 "Out of the way please Please don't make me talk" and Please don: bother me-" were his fayorite expressions when importuned by leading citizens, well meaning wom- en and inquisitive men.
 BOYS EXHAUSTED BY RUN.
 The two boys from Sauk Center l woh accompanied Hartman to St. Paul deserved great credit. Frances Gallagher, who ended his work at Fridley. was exhausted and had to be carried from the train when he
 reached the Twin Cities. He and Earl Norgen, IS and 19 years old, i ran more than fifty miles each with ] Hartman since 1:30 ?. m. Thursday.
 They ran night and day.
 Although worn out the boys were
 Hartman and their aid came at a
 time when Hartman momentarily was expected to drop from exhaustion.
 The boys will be the heroes of Sauk
 Center for months to come. Interest in the race along the route
 was absorbing. War with Germany
 received no attention, Every person was intent on the race and Hart
 mans standing. No one was immune from the fever.
 A reporter stopped at a farm house
 near Coon Creek. A woman abou.
 70 years old came to the door. Be-
 fore the reporter could ask to use l the telephone, she askd, How soon will Fred Hartman be here?"