The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-31
kIREDALE DOG MAKES A GAME
 FIGHT TO LIVE
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 This is story Of an Airedala and a gentleman. | shows tho stuff ol which the Airelale family is made. A dog of that breed ueycr gives ID, never even falters. but carried oa i'll the list and-finally eaes dowa will the fighting spirit unpermost 3ut Jack did not 20 down.
 Jack is the property ot Tom Lersten, a trapper Nho lives out fhe Charcoal Point road. He is onis q puppy, less than tWo years old. the son of sam q thoroughbred The old man, sam has lons since ceased fmasing on his own. going alield enly when his master saes to look at his trap line. But jack the lid, has not yet been weaael from his boyhood iaquisitiveness and often goes out to explore the country back of Mahonoy heights
 On Sunday, January [, Jack in. dueed nelghbor's dog to accompany him on ono of his excursions of dis. covery. They roamed the woods in the mountains back Of the city untH Jack stepped in trap The neigh bor's dog.'not being al Airedale and "a gentleman, went home. leaving his ipal fast in the jaws of the trap.
 That was on Sunday. the Eth. Mr. Lersten. who knows and lovas his dogs, tells his version of Jacks mig hap and subsequent trials as follows:
 "There is no doubt that Jack was caught in the trap at least five miles from the city. IL vas No. H. New. house trap. set by another trapper for marten. lt caught tho loft fore foot of the dog. making fast 10 three toes There is no way in the world in which he could have broken the chain as nc did. without grasping it in his teeth and jerking it apart. This l believe ae d.d as soon as he discovered his predlcamcnt
 "On Friday, the lath. learned that trapDcr had reported that I wolf had becn caught in one of his traps and carried f away. I knew right away that t was my Jack in- stead Of wolf. and vent to tha hills immediately Nlth Sam, to find him. We put in tha day, during which Sam ran ahead of me all th time, evidently understanding fully. the object of our trip. and kaeping, up constant barking. We saw noI signs of the missing dog, however. and whea night cane returned t9I the city, coming down oyer the tram way into town. instead of gO..lg in the direct direction Of my home.
 There can be 10 doubt that Jakk had been dragging tho trap since fhe| Sth, being compelled to stop frnqnent- " 10 disentangle it from brush orI stones, with his teeth, for hard pull would have taken tho toes of his foot away in the jays of the trap. He must have picked mp his father scent on Saturday. and to show thal stuff of tho Airedaie, he followed this cold scent instead of making direct for home He met Lafe Hun ter on the tramway late Saturday afternoon, who carefully relieved him of the trap. and he hobbcd into lo"n. meeting me on the corner near the Reyila Hotel
 "le was only shadow of his for mer self when he hobbled up to me. having been l2 days without food. Il am swing him the best of care. which lie evidently appreciates. and | am in hopes that he will not lose the three toes from his foot. sev- eral or tho nights which he spent inI the woods wore yery cold. and the ends Of the toes caught in the trap wore frozen. but al Aircdale is his own best physician, and l have no doubt he treated his foot much bet. ter than l could haze done. were T with him"
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