FIVE MILE RACE
At 2 p.m with mercury about 22
below. Six entries were recorded.
Sagoonik winning first prize in 56 min
2 sec. and Carl coming in for second
prize in 26 min. 4 sec. In every in
stance both men and deer
returned i:- good shape and
l^Jj} ready for more stunts. But
]'( this Hosed 'be field sports
' and tests for the day. At 3
Called in which nearly all took a
part.
DISCUSSIONS
At 7 P M. the deleg ites met at the
hall and discussed questions pertain
ing to the reindeer industry until 8
P. M when an interesting program
was rendered.
TUESDAY
With mercury 12 below’, fair,and
■Clear. The usual morning round up
«t nine oHock was followed l>y t’ e
lassoing of wild hulls at looclock the
results given m the foregoir.e.
FIVE MILE SNOW SHOE RACE
There were eleve i e .tries.
At the proper signal the eleven husky
herders shot over the line and across
the tundra at a s nart pace.
But misforttu e which often hovers
near came to one of the boys.
A string broke, broke while he wrs
hi sight, and >roke while he was in
hearing of the jolly spectitors who
rent the morning air with shouts of
merriment. It helped the fellows who
were clipping along with o mis-haps
but to the poor fellow doing his best
to adjust the balky snow shoe, it was
different, it irdly before we had
time to warm at pi tying tag or by
wrestling. The cry arose “they are
coming.” Who w\as the one in the
lead.’' no one knew Soon a sivu.id
appe ired and then a third and still
more began showing up 0:1 the
horizon. O.i they came. Shouting
began, some leaped in the air. Not
a few were excited as Isaiah came
tearing down the trail and swept over
the starting line in 45 min 25 sec.
Carl came second just r min. and 50
sec. behind Soon all were in and
every one happy and good nature 1.
L \DIES SNOW SHOE RACE
This interesting event was called
at i P, M, Distance 440 yds. Six
entries. At a given signal they shot
over the live and lor a moment it
looked as thoall wo;:M win first prize.
1> it the ten ia: s'10 Hi ig of the men
was too much. In their heads each
co itestant planned to win, but the
grave mistake was that they had not
g >tte 1 the co lse .t of their feet also,
fo • o le after 1 lothe.* thes ow shoe?
e r’envo; ed to nose ilse.f under the
snow which brought to ti e earth a
racer. But not all l'e 1. Soon the turn
was made and back four of the sin
came Mabel, t! e you gest of all
came gracefully ba k and sped over
the li..e in 2 min and four sec.
Followed by Olga in 3 min.
HUF MILE SNOW SHOE RACE
LEADING DEER
At 1.30 A. M. six deer and sin
lmsky men standing by his liar: ess
e a.id hitclie l deer e -gerly awaite 1
a sign u from S tpt Johnson it came
a.id like a Hash the ri'e was on
U .fortunately some of the deer did
not at once enter into the spirit of ti e
rue rerhaps they could see :c
particular use in trailing alo: g after
the owner, so at first some of tlieift
seemed to enjoy being pulled alone