The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-02-15
TO THE DOG RACES

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Next Thursday morning two
special trains will pass over the road
carrying people to the dog races al
Ashton, and Blackfoot people will
find it a convenient train schedule
The first special does not stop al
Blackfoot, but the second one does
at $40, and arrives at Ashton al
Ills. The races begin at l o'clock
and the. first special returning leaves
Ashton at 9 p. M and the other, re-
naming to accommodate the dane
| ers, will leave at l o'clock Friday
! morning, arriving at Blackfoot at
$50.
The fare for the round trip from
Blackfoot is 1923 for adults and
$2.12 for children. When one adds
the price of a couple of meals to the
railroad fare he knows what the
trip will cost him without any trim
mings. The distance from Black
foot to Ashton is TIA miles.
There will be boys and girls dog
races, ski races and ski jumping and
boxing match of twenty-six rounds
between Jess Stringham of Salt Lake
and Duke Potter of Ririe, Idaho,
Spug Myers referee, this match COM
mencing at O'Clock.
Leyson & Pearsall of Salt Lake
will give $4,000 in cash prizes and
loving cup, to the winners of the
races. .la t..-.a
Should Dress Warm
People who are doing inside work
and not accustomed to the snow and
cold excepting for short walks,
should remember to dress so they
can stand out in the cold for several
hours If necessary and not be suf-
fering from it. This will be suit
able occasion to put on what seems
too much clothes, especially in hose
and underwear, and heavy shoes.
These dog races are no place to be
particular about the looks of ones
attire. 1t is good place to be
dressed so warm that exposure to
deep snow and fierce winds for a few
hours. will not bring on colds and
pneumonia. Ashton is only a village
and the stores and all available
will not hold more than
mere fraction Of the crowds that wi |
swarm into the town from the sur
rounding country, and when the
three trainloads pour in from up and
down the line, it will pack the
streets along the race course away
out into the suburbs. Most of the
crowd will have to depend on their
own animal heat for the afternoon
and evening, with perhaps cup of
coffee and hot dog now and again.
10 ~ iobk = ,Iv,, h.1f
It is probable that it will be,cold and
windy with zero temperature. The
fellow who goes about with thin
shoes and low rubbers or the girl
who thinks it will be all right to
wear low shoes and only one pair of
heavy hose will probably come back
With cough developing. The folks
who have extra protection for feet
md ankles and wrists will probably
ind that it is just about right when
he day is done.
The Race Course
The dog races are held at that
line in the winter when there is
likely to be the best snow; when IT
s hard and slick and before the
pring thaws begin. The race course
s five miles around, and lies from
Main street south. The teams are
tarted on Main street, headed west,
md start at intervals of few min
ties apart, giving each one the mid
lie of the road. The course leads
vest, south, east, north and west
gain thru Main street, and by the
ime the last team is started, the
irst one may be in sight returning
rom the first lap, depending, Of
curse, on the number of entries. AS ;
ach team starts it is photographed
nd cheered and the dogs catch the.
pirit of the roOters and vanish in a {
vhirl of snow. AS they come around s
hru the street on each lap, they are i
heered again, and by the end of the |
ontest, at the fifth round, pande- t
nonium breaks loose and exhausted t
aces are carried away and cared for i
" their friends. Some of the gal i
ants are backing the woman racer, I
.ydia Hutchinson, and naturally she |
as the friendly sympathy of many /
eople. Last year when man
tarted from Yellowstone with his t
ogs, driving thru to Ashton to enter L
he races, and did not get thru, Miss S
hutchinson quit training her dogs, v
oaded her sled with grub and bed t
ing and started out on the trek of Y
early hundred miles trying to find v
he lost man and dogs. Others fol-
owed her example and continued the t
earch in binding storms until re- t
allied by messengers stating that he O
ad returned to Yellowstone, having r
)st one of his dogs in fight with e
lid animals in the Island Park p
orests. With his crippled team he O
mped back to Yellowstone and ]
tayed there, missing the races that E
ere put on at the fiftieth ami T
ersary of the discovery of the yell S
'wstone park. c
The winners of the 1922 races E
ere Ted Kent, first; William Kooch, il
,cond; George Pilcer, third. L
"Lyd' Hutchinson came in on S
bout the fourth place last year. but s.
was due to her team getting ex- r.
ted at the cheering and boiling the1 a
ack They knew the road, but in 81
lie excitement of the start, and the a
40 famine obnorc fbou forOof fbnp,- | II