The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-03-08
DOG DERBY
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Continued from last issue)
Clara Colwell is a strip of cir
from one of the farms near town
said to be fifteen years old, but doe
not look it, and she seemed embar
raised by the crowds and the distinc
ton it gave her to wear a big mum
Der on her back and be known t.
everybody as one of the racers. She
acted all day as if she wished sht
could slip away and get out of it
When she started her team they tried
to get out thru the lines, and she had
to get off the sled and drag one dog
after another back into place as he
tried to get thru the crowd when
they should have been running down
! the racetrack. When she came
around after the first lap, they did
the same way, and tried to lie down
and quit. When she got them to
understand that they had to go again
they cantered away quite cheerfully
altho it was plain that they were
tired and had expected to lay off.
Mr.. Trude unhitched his leader as
him run a rod or so ahead of the
overtake him, this being a trick
which the driver and the leader
played on the rest of the team. When
he came in from the first lap, Trude
had called the leader back to his side
at the sled and put his arm thru the
harness and dog and man travelled
along like two people with arms
locked in jolly comradeship, both
smiling and enjoying it. Trude did
not try to finish the race, but merely
entered to help make the event
success.
Each outfit cost several hundred
dollars, the sled and harness repre-
senting an expenditure of about $3.50
and the dogs about S25 to SIS each.
To prepare for the races requires a
long period of training, and it
costs considerable money to keep a
dog team thru the year and give it |
the necessary training and protection
leading up to the derby.
The winner of the largest purse
probably does not receive enough to
make it really profitable to him, and
the winners of the smaller purses, of
do a great deal of work for
nothing excepting the sport and the
good it does their community.
Smoky CASTOR lives at Yellow
stone. "Tud' Kent operates the
Buffalo Inn on Warm river during
he tourist season, and tourists who
cad of the dog derby like to stop at
lis inn when they visit the Yellow
tone park. They want to meet him
md see his dogs and visit around
With the great sport who has twice
Won the trophy in the national derby.
II this way Mr.. Kent has chance
o get returns from his activities !
n the dog derby
"Lyd" Hutchinson lives on a farm {
bout mile from Ashton, and her l
ores will not yield any more by rea- t
on of her national fame won in the
aces. She keeps up her investment 6
l the outfit and does the work for l
lie joy of doing it and for the good e
does her town and her valley The
og derby helps to draw tourist trade r
lru Ashton and the Snake river Y
alley. a
The race track INCLUDES Main Il
rect and some country roads south n
I'd east of town. 1t is eight and a t
Iird miles around it and the IL C
Ills for three laps, or trips of p
twenty-five miles total No admis-
on is charged at the races, and the Ct
pense has to be made up by the II
cal business men. They have no l.
ance to get money back unless it is o.
the increased tourist trade in d.
MINER, and there are indications W
at it helps some. More people stop pl
Ashton in summer because of m
lat they have read about the races. kl
lie
One person does not see every al
ng; one reporter does not see all
ere is to report. The Boise States
n sent girl to the derby, and her FIR
we're published under an
, heading, Boise Girl Goes to the kr
gs,' and here it is: hi
By G. w. H. a.,
ASHTON. --Twilight-wo wonderful da
Ors on the Teton peaks and re- ral
ted on the town. It's just a town tot
ike any town of 1900 or so. But
mobbed-overfiowin with an
pie, regular Main street people. Do
~ friend came to meet me in low the
k dress, coat open, silk stockings, .
h heeled pumps, when l had ex- Kie
ted woolens and boots. But the hlo
ther was mild-much like Boise TO
ther, in spite Of the snow which gre
in some places two feet deep. Ter
lied into huge bobsled pulled &c 90 -
two great, gray horses. Slid I I,d
ingly thru the town, turned an u
Ter or two and we were home. ~
hing backwoodsy about the ~ ~
se, it would have been perfectly W
yer in any city; but one notices
cats and dogs. There were two
and two dogs where / stopped. sta