Men $ Championship Event
Draws Outstanding Racers
By Colin Mick
Mushers from all over Alaska, as well as three mushers from
the "outside” will be competing this week in the North Ameri
can Open Dog Sled Championship Races for a total prize purse
of $10,500.
The 70 mile race will be broken into three heats; 20 mile
heats on Friday and Saturday, and a final 30 mile heat on Sunday
x/ie races wm megm each day
at 1 p.m. in Creamer’s Field.
Among the eager mushers will
be Dr. Roland Lombard from Way
land. Mass. Dr. Lombard, who will
be competing in his fifth North
American Championship Race, will
be trying to win back the cham
pionship title he once held.
Up for his third try at the cham
pionship will be Keith Bryar. whose
wife Jean just won the North Am
erican Women’s Championship. Bry
ar, from Laconia, N.H., drove up
over the highway, while his wife
flew up for the women’s race.
Competing for the first time in
the North American Open Race will
be Walter Briggs of New York.
Briggs, who arrived in Fairbanks
only yesterday, sent his dogs ahead
of him, and they have been here
with their handlers for over a week.
Among the Alaskans competing
for the Championship will be Beat
tus Moses from Allakaket (last
year’s winner). Jimmy Malemute
from Galena, Warner Vent and Bil
ly Williams from Huslia. Wilbur
Samson and Larry Westlake from
Noorvik, and Andy Jimmy and
Steve Losonsky from Fairbanks.
Among these are many winners
of other races this year.
Andy Jimmy won the Nenana
Races, WTilbur Samson won the
Kotzebue Races, and Billy Williams
will be driving the dogs of George
Attla, winner of the Anchorage
Fur Rendezvous Races.
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Following the final heat on Sun
; day, prizes, purses, and trophies
will be awarded at the Alaska Dog
i Mushers’ Association Trophy Ban
1 quet at 8 p.m. in the Elks Club.
In last week's Women’s North Am
erican Championship Races, Jean
Bryar came home the winner, be
coming the first woman from out
side Alaska ever to win.
Mrs. Bryar finished the three day,
34 mile race with an elapsed time
of 135.50, seven seconds ahead of
Rosie Losonsky of Fairbanks.
In third place was Janice Lun
gren, who won both the Friday and
Saturday heats and was leading in
total elapsed time up until the
third race. A heart-breaking tangle
at the end of the starting chute de
layed her several minutes while she
straightened out her team.
In fourth place was Ruth Berg
man, while Jerry Best took fifth.
CHECK STOLEN
On March 17, George Haritos of
the Northward Building informed
City Police that someone had tried
to cash his (Haritos’) State Unem
ployment check. Haritos said the
check had been probably been
stolen from the Lacey St. Hotel,
where he gets his mail. Another
resident of the Lacey St. Hotel.
George Rampy, also reported hav
ing, an unemployment check stolen.
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