State Championship
Sled Dog Race Is One
Of Big 3 Alaska Events
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in Kenai. beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday. Each entry in the race
will be given two free tickets for
the dinner, one each for the driver
and handler. Other tickets are on
sale by members of the Kenai
Soldotna Sports Committee at $4
each. Colleen Murdoch, Soldotna’s
successful candidate for queen
honors in the recent Anchor Point
Snow Festival; Miss Carole Olsen.
Soldotna’s candidate for Miss Al
aska, and other queen candidates
from the area and from the An
chorage Fur Rendezvous are to be
special guests.
The races are expected to draw
leading mushers from all over Al
aska and at least one entry from
Outside. Dr. Roland Lombard of
Weyland. Mass., was first holder
of the perpetual trophy present
ed by Wright Truck and Tractor
Co. to the winner in last year’s
first annual Alaska State Cham
pionship Sled Dog Races. He is
back in Alaska seeking more
honors and hopes to add his name
to that trophy for the second
time.
The trophy will be retired if
■won by any musher for three
years and will become his perman
ent possession.
Many Attractions
The Soldotna Theatre has by
special arrangement brought in
Walt Disney’s “White Wilder
ness”, also a Donald Duck car
toon which will be shown on Wed
nesday. Feb. 27, prior to the races
as a benefit to funds being rais
ed for the $2500 dog race purse.
Entire proceeds of the show
will go to the fund. Cost of the
film, facilities and expense of op
eration also being assumed by the
theatre. The theatre managers,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cardwell, and
all of their employees are also
donating their time on that night.
Show time is at 7:30 p.m. and
tickets at regular prices of $1
for adults and 50 for children.
Special shows to be shown dur
ing the dog race weekend will be
“The Girl Can’t Help It,” star
ring Jane Mansfield and numer
ous rock and roll artists on Sat
urday. Sunday’s show will be
Walt Disney’s “Pollyanna” with a
multi-star cast. Regular show
time, prices and schedule will pre
vail. Saturday and Sunday shows
Kart Races
Scheduled
March 2-3
Kart races definitely will be
held at Soldotna on March 2-3,
the -weekend featuring the second
annual Alaska State Champion
ship Dog Races, it was announced
Monday by Bill Gibbs of the lo
cal karting group, the Soldotna
Moose Goosers.
Tentative plans are for the
races to be held either on the ball
diamond adjacent to Parkers in
Ridgeway or on lots adjoining the
B and C Auto Electric. In addi
tion to the regular races in light
weight and heavy weight classifi
cation, also scheduled are a Pow
der Puff race for women drivers
and a race for children.
A similar racing performance
last year sparked interest in the
dog-race and drew racing enthu
siasts from all over the state.
There were 33 entries, many of
them from Anchorage.
Many of the local karters have
been in Anchorage this week par
ticipating in races there on Tues
day through Thursday in connec
tion with Anchorage Fur Rendez
vous events. They are expected
to return this weekend.
The coming races at Soldotna
are expected to be even more en
thusiastically received this year
than they were last March. They
will be timed to interest the
crowds prior to and after the dog
racing events and will be held in
a, downtown area conveniently lo
cated for spectators. '
are special attractions for the
weekend but proceeds do not go
into the dog race fund as does
the Wednesday entertainment.
The niusher making the best
time in the first day’s race will be
awarded a special trophy that
night at a public dance being
sponsored by Soldotna area Re
publicans in the Soldotna Elks
Club building.
Many other attractions are
planned for the two-day dog race
weekend. Kart races, sponsored
by the Soldotna Kart Club (also
known as the Soldotna Moose
Goosers) are expected to be a big
drawing card at Soldotna both
days.
At Kenai, the fourth annual
Kenai Peninsula Arts and C rafts
Show will be open in the Kenai
High School gymnasium from 10
a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and
from Noon to 6 p.m. on March 0.
An openhouse is planned all
day Saturday at the Village Shop
ping Center with participating
businesses being Soldotna Drugs,
Woodford’s Men’s Wear, Mar
vene's Dress Shop. M.K. Realty,
Colonial Room and Village Inn
Lounge.
A tea for women and a style
show is being jointly sponsored
by the Colonial Room and Mar
vene's Dress Shop and will begin
at 3:30 p.m. or immediately fol
lowing the races on Saturday.
Door prizes will also be awarded.
The Village Inn Lounge will have
a free smorgasbord also after
the races.
The Rig Cafe in Kenai is offer
ing free coffee, doughnuts and
sandwiches to mushers and racing
officials on both days of the rac
es. A similar offer has been made
by the Colonial Room in Soldot
na.
Parkers in Ridgeway also will
be giving free coffee to mushers
and racing officials.
Bud and Bert Bennington, now
visiting Outside, have promised
to return in time to re-open Riv
erside House in time for a free
smorgasbord and big party on
March 2 after the first day’s
races.
Food concession booths will be
located near both ends of the
trail. The booth in Kenai, featur
ing chili, hot dogs and coffee,
will be operated as a benefit to
the Kenai Community Clinic
building fund.
At Soldotna, the concession
stand will be operated as a bene
fit to the newly formed Cub
Scouts, organized under sponsor
ship of the Soldotna Parent
Teacher Assoc.
For those who may become
chilled, warmth and relaxation
may be obtained by a stop at the
log cabin of the Kenai Tourist
Center where a fire will be kept
going both days.
Keep Hands Off
All Dog Teams!
Clayton Patronivich of Rig
Lake lost his team after starting
the first heat of the Alaska State
Championship Sled Dog Races be
tween Kenai and Soldotna last
year and was disqualified.
The reason for disqualification
was that some helpful (?) onlook
er, not knowing the rules govern
ing such races, caught ,the team.
Onlookers at this year’s two
day event on March 2-3 are warn
ed to “Keep hands off” of any of
the teams entered in the races,
even if the driver should stumble,
fall or otherwise lose control of
his dogs. There is a possibility
that the dogs might stop and the
driver eaten up with them to re
sume his race—if some bystand
er does not disqualify him by
touching the team.
Approximately 50 million
pounds of king crab, valued at
about $4 million, were caught in
Alaska in 1962.
Please do not take flash pic
tures of dog teams along th^ trail
during races on March 2 and 3.
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