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Seppala And The j
Siberian Huskie
(As told to G. F. Freudenberg
By Leonhard Seppala
One day in May. 1947
(Part IP
During the winter of 1914-1915,
Seppala put his team and himself
'through rigorous training, and
awaited the next Sweepstakes
with big hopes. He knew that the
man to beat would be the redoubt
’ able “Scotty” Allen, then at the
| height of his reputation. Allen had
a team of long-legged huskies, and
the reputation of being a “driver.”
To the many who judged the races
by length of leg, Sepp and his Si
berians must have appeared a bad
bpt. The Siberians were the short
est in leg of any team entered,
and Sepp was one o fthe shortest
men in Nome. (In fact, he was so
pleased when he ran across a
“shorty” that he topped, that it
was his custom to buy a drink for
the smaller man!) However, peo
ple were soon to discover that
length of leg was not the most es
sential quality in a racer.
This year Sepp had made sev
eral trips over the Sweepstakes
course to familiarize himself, and
his leader “Suggen,” with the ter
rain. “Suggen” was the first of a
series of great leaders of Seppala’s
teams. A great leader is essential
for a great team, for there are
many times when both man and
'team must rely upon his sense of
direction and initiative for their
safety. “Suggen” was named after
one of the dog team leaders with
Hansen’s expedition in the
“Fram,” and the name itself comes
from Norweigian or German, and
means to search out; truly an apt
name for a leader.
The race started, the teams be
ing spaced at one minute intervals
to avoid confusion at the start.
Sepp had decided to concentrate
on Allen, and if possible to keep
always ahead of him. This in
volved careful judgment in order
not to exhaust his team or himself
in the early stages of the race. He
so managed it that he was able to
stop for the night for the rest pe
riod always a little further ahead
of Allen. Once he found his team
falling back in the soft snow, but
lie remedied this by removing the
steel runners from the sled at his
second rest stop at Gold Run.
The last rest stop found Sepp
still ahead at Council City, while
Scotty was forced to stop for the
night some miles behind at Bak
er’s Cabin on Boston Creek. In an
attempt to overtake Sepp, Scotty
made a very early start the next
morning, but got tangled up in
some timber and only reached
Council City, as Sepp was starting
out with his fresh and rested team. !
When Sepp heard of Scotty com- j
ing in behind him, he started his i
team at once and poured on the (
pace. His lead was never really in j
danger, but he could hardly be
lieve it himself, as he approached
the finish line with no signs of
Scotty showing up in the rear. As !
usual all Nome had turned out to I
greet the winner, and lined the
main street of the town on the
way to the finish line. It was a
proud moment indeed for him as
he drove his team through the
cheering crowds to his first vic
tory. ,
The years 1916 and 1917 brought i
further victories, and they were!
accomplished with such ease and j
authority, it was generally admit- '
ted that there were no teams that j
could give Sepp’s Siberians a j
fight. In 1916, he made a long side ,
trip to Ruby, on the Yukon, 450 ;
miles away, to compete with the
best teams of that section in the
Ruby Derby. His team lowered
the record for the course of 58
miles by eight minutes in a con
vincing win that spread his fame
still further in Alaska. But after
1917, the Nome Sweepstakes were
discontinued. The boom times in
Nome were pretty well finished,
and the lack of competition for
Seppala was a discourfaging fac
tor. So, for a time, Seppala gave
his attention to the breeding of
dogs, and commercial freight and
passenger carrying.
Primarily, Seppala was interest
ed in breeding the dogs up to a
slightly larger overall size, with
out diminishing the qualities of
alertness, grace, and lightness of
foot that gave them their superi
ority as racers. As the breed were
intended for work dogs, color was
not of primary interest. The orig
inal colors ran the gamut from
black and dark grey to light grey
and white. Recently he has taken
some pains to breed his dogs to a
very light grey, and almost or
complete white, and it is these col
ors that set off the beauty of these
dogs to best advantage.
(To be continued'
SAYS FARMERS NEED HELP
SHREWSBURY, England, (£>)—
J. K. Knowles, general secretary
of the National Farmers Union. I
said in a speech here British farm- 1
ers can reach in 1952 their targe* j
of 150 per cent of their prewar;
output if they get enough help'
from the government.
He said they need new capital
investment, more labor and a big- '
ger allocation of animal food
stuffs.
ANCHORAGE FUR RENDEZVOUS
. February 15 to 28, 1949
ALASKA CHAMPIONSHIP DOG RACES, FEB. 25, 26, 27
Prizes: 1st - $700
2nd - $350 3rd • $200 4th - $100
5th • $75 6th • $50 7th • $25
Inlcrscholastic Basketball Championships—Feb. 15-19
QUEEN CONTEST I^AFFLE
Prizes: 1st—1-Door Plymouth Sedan
2nd—Bcndix Comh. Radio and Record Player
3rd—“Frigidaire” Refrigerator, 7 cu. ft.
4th—Model 70 Rifle w/scope, 270 caliber
5th—Smith Corona Portable Typewriter
$200 to seller of winning ticket on 1st Prize
Bonanza Days, Parade of Industry, Style Show
Trappers and Miners Ball
SPECIAL RATES ON ALASKA RAILROAD FOR THIS EVENT
Senate Joint
Memorial No. 4
In The Senate By Senator Lvng
Senate Joint Memorial No. 4
In the Legislature of the Territory
of Alaska
Nineteenth Session
To the President of the United
States, the Secretary of the Inte
rior, the Congress and the Dele
gate from Alaska:
Your memorialist, the Legisla
ture of the Territory of Alaska, in
Nineteenth Regular Session as
sembled, respectfully submits:
WHEREAS, gold mining, as the
second largest industry in Alaska
which produced approximately
twenty-five million dollars in each
year prior to the war, was closed
down during the war upon order
of the War Production Board;
and,
WHEREAS, national defense
contractors have absorbed the
bulk of available labor in Alaska
at such high rates of pay that the
mine operators cannot success
fully compete in the labor market;
and,
WHEREAS, high cost of equip
ment and other operating expens
es contribute to the difficulty of
putting gold mining in Alaska
back into production; and.
WHEREAS, the sum and sub
stance of all of the factors above
mentioned is that the gold miner
ils caught between high produc
tion costs and existing ceiling on
the price of gold which blocks re
establishment of said industry as
a principal economic asset of
Alaska; and,
WHEREAS, the Territory is go
ing to need a fully reconstructed
mining industry to fall back upon
when the national defense con
struction program has come to an
end;
UOW THEREFORE, your mo
moralist, the Legislature the
Territory of Alaska in nineteenth
regular session assembled, re
spectfully submits that it would
not only be to the inte est of the
Territory of Alaska to provide an
incentive for the return of full
scale mining operations, but to
the interest of the Federal Gov
ernment in looking ahead with an
eve to sustaining the Territory as
a strong buffer state, and that
provision of a bonus of $15.00 per j
ounce on all gold mined in Alaska
would be an adequate and well
advised measure.
AND YOUR MEMORALIST
WILL EVER PRAY.
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Senate Joint
Memorial No. 7
In the Senate By Sen. Anders*
Senate Joint Memorial No. 7
In the Legislature of
The Territory of Alaska
Nineteenth Session
To the President and Congress i
the United States, the Departmei
o fthe Interior, the Department *
the Army, the Alaska Road Con
mission and the Delegate froi i
Alaska:
Your memoiralist, the Legisl.
ture of the Territory of Alaska, 1
Nineteenth Regular Session ai
sembled, respectfully submits:
WHEREAS, the City of Nome :
the trading center and hub of n;
tional defense in Northwester .
Alaska, is seriously handicappe !
for lack of a road connection wit
the rest of Alaska; and,
WHEREAS, the strategic in
portance of the Second D:vis;o
of Alaska, of which Nome is heac
quarters, was attested during the
war by locatio nof a route for a
road between the railbelt nea
Fairbanks and Teller, Alaska; ant ,
WHEREAS. 80 miles of road o'm
the Fairbanks end between Fab
banks and Livengood is alread/
established with 50 additional
miles between Livengood an
Rampart, on the Yukon, partly
constructed; and,
WHEREAS, the narrow channc1
of the Yukon at Rampart enable
crossing said river at that point,
and,
WHEREAS, 75 miles of road i;
already completed on the other
end between Nome and Council,
leaving a dis'ance of approxim
ately 700 miles yet to be covered
between Rampart and Council;
and.
WHEREAS. establishment of
said section of road is important
not only from a military stand
point but to implement develop
men and utilization of valuable
mineral and other resources m
the area which it would traver e
as well as complete an over-all
highway system for Alaska, and
to provide the missing link be
tween Nome and the rest of the
Territory;
NOW THEREFORE, your me
morialist, the Legislature of th*
Territory of Alaska, respectful]'
urges that surveys necessary !>■
establishment of a road between
Rampart and Council be instituted
next summer wit ha view to con
struction as soon as possible.
AND YOUR MEMORIALIST
WILL EVER PRAY.
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