Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
BY WILLIAM Nj. LAAS.

YHEN COmdr. Byrd emDarkS
n for the Antarctic this Sum
NV mer some rs of Scotty AL
| lans malamuteS will go
with him Though his air
plane may carry him over the South
Pole, on the dogs depend the movement
| of supplies and the establishment of
| flying bases. And there is probably no
better Judge of Arctic sledge dogs In the
world than Scotty Allan.
! This wiry little Scotchman, now 81
years old, has been called the King of
| the Arctic Trails" Ever since he joined
the great gold rush to Nome, Alaska. in
| 1897 dogs have been his hobby. He
| started dog racing in Alaska in 1907 by
organizing the Nome Kennel Club. With
| ialmur StefanSSon QUILTED his eXplor-
Ing expedition of 1914 with rnalamutes
of Scotty Alan's choosing, and during
440 dogs to the aid of the Alpine Chas-
seurs Of the French army.
Over the grueling 420-mile course Of
the All-Alaska Sweepstakes, Scotty AL
Ian established his reputation as a
handler of the half-wild Eskimo dogs
In eight races his teams never once
failed to finish I'm the money" VIM
ming three times, running second three
times and third twice.
Scotty--whose real name. by the way
is Allan A. Allan-has evolved four
maxins of animal training: Kindness,
patience, flrmness and appreciation
for a dog will never learn unless his
teacher is kind and the drivers whip
should be merely symbol of authority,
like the policeman'S club. When a
puppy does finally learn to answer a
command, his efforts should be reward
ed and he will remember the appreci-
alton,
The dog trainer must have great
store of patience, for each animal is too
good judge of human nature to re-
Spect a man with violent temper,
However trying the dogs slowness in
learning may be. he should not be
beaten unless he thoroughly Under-
stands the reason. But the trainer must
see that the dog obeys command, once
given, lest he become chronic rebel
One OF Allan's prize huskies, q dog
called Fisher, once ran away from his
camp on the trail. Scotty strapped on
his snowshoeS. took days supply of
food and set out on Fishers trail. Hours
later he caught sight of the dog. which
bounded away into the woods. But in
time Fishers frisky trot had become a
walk, for every time he turned around
he saw his nemesis, who called him con-
stantly. Finally the whimpering dog
was crawling along with his tall be-
tween his legs, the driver plodding re-
lentlessly after him, but a hundred
yards behind. When Fisher stopped
Scotty sat down on rock and opened
his lunch The crestfallen dog crawled
to him on It's belly. expecting we'll
deserved beating, but instead he was
given share of the lunch and followed
his master obediently back to camp.
But dogs individually are never the
same They are social animals. and
1t Is only when many are together, as
in the packs of their primitive state,
that one may gain some knowledge of
their peculiarities. Dogs trained alone
from puppyhood are hard to put to
harness, but when broken in collec-
lively they work together with perfect
harmony. One member Of the team
that shows qualities of leadership
much the same as leader of men
becomes the boss and assumes the front
position
The leader is the most important
dog In the team, and usually the best
It is up to him to recognize the COM