Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-23
dog DRIVERS
HERE THURSDAY
Official Report From St.
Paul Indicates Better
Time Than Expected.

st. Paul, Jan. 23.-Three distinct
sections of the northland will be rep
resented In the Red river-St. Paul
carnival derby. which starts at noon
tomorrow In Winnipeg and will finish
IN 81. raul early next week, while
the outdoor sports carnival Is at its
height.
Rivalry between the districts is
keen, and particular interest is taken
IN the derby's outcome by the LePas
dog team fans because of the chal-
lenges that have been hurled at them
from the fishing camps along the
srores or Lake Winnipeg. The fisher
men. whose entries in last years Hud-
sons Bay sweepstakes were defeated
by two LePas drivers, Albert Camp
bell and John Hayes, are out to win
the race to st. Paul, and the Hudson's
Bay district Is determined to retain
IT'S iaureis. Both Hayes and Camp
peii VIII nave their teams in the der
en- to drive the Hayes entry.
Meanwhile, John Clark, who halls
from Norway, House, the Hudson Bay
company's trading post on the most
nortner!y arm of Lake Winnipeg, is
the dark horse in the 522-mile grind,
but he is foeman worthy Of the
steel OF the best drivers from LePas
or Lake Winnipeg The entries from
the !age region represent Riverton,
Gimh' T. NJ b. Big Island and selkirk. LePas
IS IN the Hudson's Bay district and
Clark is the sole representative of
the frozen barrens that extend north
from Lake Winnipeg to the Arctic
circle.
Clark will be handicapped because
the team he drives are not his own
dogs. When he heard of the ceroy
plans he was in Winnipeg on a visit
unable to return to Norway House
IN tlme to get his own team of hus-
kles, ne arranged to drive some ami
mails from LePas. Though he is un
acquainted with these dogs he is ex
pected to give good account Of him
self, for his record Of running eighty
miles a day behind his sledge stamps
him as a veteran Of the snowy trail
and driver whose endurance can
not be questioned.
Unless severe storms intervene, the
dogs will negotiate nearly 100 miles
day during the progress of the der
by. Leaving Winnipeg at noon to-
morrow. the leaders probably will pass
through Grand Forks late Thursday
or early Friday.
Here Thursday.
Heavy snow or inclement weather
may delay the trains, but Grand
FORKS people will be appraised of
their coming by means Of bulletins
from towns further to the north along
the derby course.
Carnival crowds. headed by King
Boreas and his retinue Of queens, will
welcome the winners at Como park,
where the finish line will be located
near the east end OF Lake Como.
Sweeping into the home stretch at
New Brighton, fifteen miles from St.
Paul, the dog trains will have abso-
lutte. right-of-way along the country
roads to the edge of Como park,
where they will swing into the wind
ing roadways and make directly for
the lake.
The last 800 yards of the race yill
be over the frozen surface of the
lake. and the speeding dogs will be
urged to their Utmost endeavors by
the cheers oft carnival ,celebrators.
The mortimer. ahd their teams will
camp in Rice park, in the center of
st. Paul's business district, through
out the week, and daily races on the
state fair ground track will be a
feature of the carnival program