The Seward gateway., 1921-01-21
became a marvel of speed

became 6 WHTVel VI 0PSS
 Allan is the worlds greatsst au- thority on racing md slsd dess. "Ths dogs are the most intuitve creatures alive, .. he ssys. sTtssy talss tho &spo- sition and feeling of their driver That is why I never let my dogs know I am tired At the end of the day when my heart has been nigh breaking with xear,ness, 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 efforts to improve the breed, Nome dogs have become fa- nous. Explorers depend upon him to select and train them for perilous ex- petitions into the arctic and antarctic egions. The record of the Nome dogs n France during the war is.a matter ,f history. Four hundred of these dumb knights of the trail won the Croix De Guerre for transporting am- munition under fire.
 The story of Scotty Allan would not be complete without mentioning the ,eader who brought the racing teams
 n to victory so many times, that sup IT dog, Baldy of Nome, famed in rhyme and story for the last ten years. Up there they don't expect any lead
 F to stand up under the heart break
 ng struggles over that four hundred
 lile course. In the northern road houses o'winter nights, when the ad- venturers gather about the roaring
 ..r-tight stove while their shoe-pacs
 nd parkas dry out for the next days
 'avel, the talk will sooner or later drift round to Scotty Allan and his pal, Baldy, and many and wonderful Ire tfe tales they tell of this heroic pair. Ba'oy was too old to go to the var zone with his master in the ser :ir. t tho flag but in the service flag .,rcsen-ed to the old dog there are twenty eight stars, one for every son le sent. Raldy did his part by appear ing at lectures and raising money for he Red Cross. On state occasions he wears the cross presented to his sons by France.
 A seat in the Alaska 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 8 stalwart son are at. tending the university. With the whole hearted hospitality of the trail he en- .ertains hosts of friends from the roth. So many little Indian, Eskimo, and half-breed namesakes are scatter ed throughout Alaska that after the last census the number caused him not a little embarrassment.
 e: 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 thatch of hair as white as the snow on his own lov- ed mountains. "But there's nothing to fight down here. I long for blizzard on .e in 8 while. If only a heavy sea would storm in here and tear up this beach bitw He shrugged his power t'll .nuscled shoulders, the only mark lbout kim of the fighter, and his blue eyes, full of dreams, fell affeotionate. y on cid Baldy lying at his feet dim eyes raised ever and anon to his mas ;c,'s face, a deaf old ear lifted to catch perhaps the call of the trail. One thought of caged eagles.
 FLORANCE WnL0UGHBY
 ID. F. Lisson . San Erancisco noininO