The Nome nugget., 1921-04-02

the fierce north winds, laden with fine particles of snow sweeps oyer .!,e ice of lakes and rivers. Nowhere else does the world know such course 1 It was over this four hundred and l twelve mile course that Allan drove the dogs he had bred for the purpose and brought them in winner seven times in eight years. Gold mines wrre waeered on those races. purses of ten thousand dollars went to .be winning teams and thousands of dollars were paid for single racing dog. It is recorded that twelve hundred dollars was paid for McMillan of the Broken Tuslcs, a racer of temperament. who after the purchase developed a fero- cious disposition and refused to travel. The disappointed owner gave him to Allan under whose spell McMillan bec;ume a marvel of speed.
 Allan is the worlds greatest au- thority on racing and sled dogs. The dogs are the most intuitive creatures alive" he says. They take the dispo- sition and feeling of the driver. That is why I never let my dogs know am tired. At then end of the day when my hear- has been nigf, breaking with wearineas. I sing to the little chaps. and whistle, so they always reach the end of the trail with their tails up and waving.''
 Through Allan's effor-s to improve the breed, Nome dogs ave become fa- nous. Explorers depend upon him to select and train them for perilous ex- petitions into the Arctic and Anarctic regions. The record of the Nome dogs in France during the war is a matter of history. Four hundred of these dumb knights of the trail won the CroiS De Guerre for transporting am- munition under fire
 Thes tory of Scotty Allan would not be complete without mentioning the leader who brought the racing teams m to victory so many times. that sup CT dog. Baldy of Nome. famed in rhyhne and story for the last ten years. up there they don't expect any leader to sctand up under the heart breaking struggles over that four hundred mile course. In the northern roadhouses owlnter nights. when the adventurers ga bher about the roaring air tight stove while their shoe and parkas dry out for the next days travel. the talk will sooner or later drift round to Scotty Allan and his pal. Baldy, and many and wonderful are the tales they tell of this heroic pair. Baldy was too old to go to the war zone with his mas ter in the service of the flag but in the service flag presented to the old dog there are twenty eight stars. one for every son he sent. Raldy did his part bu: appeared at lectures and raising money for the Red Cross On state occasions he wears the cross presented to his sons by France.
 "A seat in the / laska Legislature, a successful business and some inven- tions pertaining to sleds and Arctic travel. are minor incidents in Allan's picturesque career. He has new home now in Berkley. California where his daughters and stalwart son are attend ing the university. With the whole hearted hospitality of the trail he en- tertains hosts of friends from the north. So many little Indian. Eskimo, and half breed namesalces are scattered throughout Alaska that after the last census then ,1mber caused him not a little embarrassment.
 "I suppose I ought to settle down men do at my age he said. in answer to a question. A wisful look came into his poets face, clean-cut and young looking under a heavy tha.ch of hair as white as snow on his nwn loved mountains. But there's nothing to fight down here. I long for blizzard