The Iditarod race started out as a sort of memorial to the historic journey by dogsled; without any outside assistance, no radios, no crowds awaiting the arrival at check points, no meals awaiting the mushers. Just men and their dogs. . Now it has become  a revenue generator for hotels, restaurants and flying services   where  the race winner  is second to the amount of publicity sponsors receive.  Maybe it time to rethink what the race is all about.