TEAMS AVERAGE 50 MILES A DAY {
IN ST. PAUL TO WINNIPEG RACE—
LOUIS HILL HAS DOG CRAZE
The longest dog derby ever staged
vwis completed at St. I’aul on Febru
ary 3 when Albert Campbell, a
1 rencli-Canadian completed the dis
tance of Olti miles In exactly ten days
to the hour. Twenty-five thousand
people were at the finishing point and
gave the winner a great ovation.
The feature of the grueling contest
was the supreme effort to win of Fred
nuriman, the only American in the
race. Louis Hill, son of the late .1. J.
Hill offered Hartman one thousand
dollars if he would finish and he did.
it was mighty heavy going all the
way through, still, us here in Alaska
will sure have to smile when we read
about the extraordinary bursts of
speed referred to where the teams
actually made twelve miles in two and
a half hours.
However we greet St. I’aul into tin
arena of dogdom and if they make
it worth our while we will send them
teams that will make that journey In
half the time.
The following Is Irom the St. i’nu1
Dispatch:
c.con lor making the Hid Hiver
. .. . uui carnival derby a real race, |
_,e..u oi -i cross-country pleasure
lor four Hudson bay trappers,
ociongs to Fred Hartman.
.so one who followed the live men
through the ardous last four days of
their trip could have any other view.
Albert amt Gabriel Campbell, Joe
Metcalf and Hill Grayson did not
want to hurry and if Hartman had
not kept pushing them the race might
have lasted unt'il next week.
t
Hut persistently, tirelessly, Hart
man hung on with the tenacity of a
shadow.
BAFFLED BY WARY RIVALS
Until yesterday morning at Elk
Hiver, Hartman had a chance, al
though a slim one, to slip in ahead.
If he had obtained a two-hour lend
out from Elk Itiver while the others
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slept, the victory might have been |
his. ,
But the paid watchers of the four,
who at last realized that in Hartman
they had a genuine competitor spoiled
Hartman's designs. Thirty minutes
after lie had stolen out into the night ^
the first of the others followed
LEAD IS SOON LOST.
Although Hartman left Klk River
half an hour in advance, lie reached
Anoka, twelve miles away, an hour
[behind the others. That was the
final blow. From then on it was a
auestlon of whether he could finish,
not whether lie would win.
From 3 A. M. yesterday until Al- j
bert Campbell passed the line at1
Como park at 1:44 P. M., the four ^
trappers showed what they really I
could do if they desired. A flush of'
their great speed possibilities was
seen. They made the twelve miles
from Klk River to Anoka in two ami j
a half hours.
CEASE TO WORRY OVER FINISH.
During Ihe breakfast at Anoka,
their last meal before the finish, they
laughed and chatted as congenially
as ever and plainly showed entire 1
lack of worry over the race.
Leaving Anoka at 7:30 A. M„ they j
never stopped until the finish, twcn- j
ty-tluee miles away. They made the
distance In six hours, averaging four
miles an hour through roads lm- (
passable to horses. They deserve
great credit for the speed made under
difficult conditions. The pity was they
showed no speed before.
From Anoka to Fridley they follow ,
ed the Interurhan tracks and made
good time. They took turns breaking 1
trail.
HARD GOING FOR FIVE MILES
From Fridley to Now Brighton is
five miles. The official score cards of
the race gave twelve miles erroneously
and this led to a belief that the men
would be much later than they were in |
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Featuring, Francis X Bushman and
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6REAT MILITARY FEATURE
5 ACTS 240 SCENES
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St. Paul. P»ut the live miles were
crucial going. For the entire distance
the men plowed through snow rang
ing from two feet to four feet in
depth. It wus a road that had not a
trail. No one had been over it for two
weeks.
Although slackened in their pace,
the four trappers never faltered in
the face of the snow. They forged
ahead at a marvelous pace. News
paper men could not maintain the
pace. Spectators did not try.
Stopping but a moment for breath
at Now Brighton, they made the
eight miles to Como park at six miles
an hour.
Despite their exertions of the day,
they were in good condition aftoi a
short rest.
TAKE TIME FOR PLEASURE.
During the trip the four trappers
enjoyed themselves immensely. They
talked to clerks, flirted with wait
resses and explained the lace om.i
i!.v.
"Any dance here tonight'.'” was the
first question asked at Alexandria.
They attended movies in the evening
and resembled men of leisure instead
of racers.
The great difference between Hart
man and the trappers was that of
dogs. Hartman entered the race with
too few days notice to got his own
team. Jle picked up a nondescript
pack. His leader was chewed up
shortly after the start. A dog team
without a leader is like an automo
bile without a steering gear. But
Hartman stuck.
AFOOT EVERY INCH OF WAY
When his competitors were riding!
mile after mile on their tobogguns 01 ]
curioles, Hartman wits running ever}
step of the way. Not once from Win
nipeg to St. Paul did Hartman p’uce
his weight on the dogs. He did not
dure to do so.
The four dogs remaining after the
leader was gone were small, weak,
ineffectual animals as far as racing
was concerned. Without them Hart
man could have finished two days ago.
Throughout the race Hartman kept
the most imperturbable humor. His
mind was focused on the race and
Wt. Paul. But not once did he swear,
although women forced pies, cakes
and other dainties on him.
KEEPS DOUGHNUTS FROM DOGS.
"1 just knew you would want
these,” a motherly woman at Sauk
Center said, giving him a plate of
doughnuts. Hartman thanked her
and after she left gave them away
with the injunction, "Don’t let the
dogs cat them."
•"Out of the way, please," “Please
don’t make me talk,” and "Please
don’t bother me,” were his favorite
expressions when importuned by
leading citizens, well meaning wom
en and inquisitive mo:i.
BOYS EXHAUSTED BY RUN.
The two boys from Sauk Center
woh accompanied Hartman to St.
Puul deserved great credit. Frances
Gallagher, who ended his work at
Fridley, was exhausted and had to
be carried from the train when he
reached the Twin Cities. He and
Earl Not*gcn, 18 and 19 years old,
ran more than fifty miles each with
Hartman since 1:30 p. m. Thursday.
They ran night and day.
A’though worn out the boys wore
happy last night. They had aided
llartmau and their aid came at a
tirno when Hartman momentarily was
expiected to drop from 'exhaustion.
The boys will be the heroes of Sauk
Center for months to come.
Interest in the race along the route
was absorbing. War with Germany
received no attention. Every person
was latent on the race and Hart
man’s standing. No one was Immune
from the fever.
A reporter stopped at a farm house
near Coon Creek. A woman about
70 years old came to the door. Be
fore the reporter could ask to use
the telephone, she askd, "How soon
will Fred Hartman be here?”
Train dispatchers along the route
worked overtime. So did telephone
centrals. Telephones buzzed continu
ously with inquiries of “Where are
the dogs'.'” At towns passed by the
racers in the middle of the night,
the entire population inevitably was
up and waiting. The racers reached
Anoka at 7:311 p. in., but hundreds
sat up ail night.
HANSON DESERVES CREDIT.
In addition to the live who finish
ed, credit should be given to Ifyur
them Hanson, the Icelander who quit
at Alexander because of an injured
knee. It was an actual injury and
Hanson was- forced out. He had
planned to /continue the race next
day but the* condition of his left log
made it impossible.
For more, than SOU miles lie had led
in the race from Winnipeg with a
lead averaging eighteen miles, lie- -
peatedly he could have pulled away /
hut desire to assist Ounnur Tomasson j
and Alike Kelly, companion fishermen, | j
held him back until the opportunity 1 j
was gone. Hanson already is plan j 4
ning for next year’s race. j 4
HARTMAN TO VAUDEVILLE. J
it is probable that Hartman will M
go into vaudeville for a few weeks, 4
hut if lie does his act will be ar- j
ranged under the supervision of lands J
W. Hill and the contract inspected by 4
the same man. There will lie ao easy 4
money for promoters. j
The act contemplated would in- J
elude all endless, moving lloortng on 4
j *d
which Hallman could drive his dogs 1
on the stage while motion pictures
of him in the derby could be shown !
111 f tie background . The cal nival as f
sanation obtained a large amount of 1
movie film showing Hartman in ao 4
lion and this would be available for 4
the act. j
Hartman is clever, keep and bright. A
He would prefer one of the larger 4
vaudeville circuits and so would his ]
managers. J
. .AVEKAUK FIFTY MILKS A DAY.. <
The derby started at noon Janu- ,
ary 24 at Winnipeg and ended at St. M
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Paul, 610 miles away, exaet’y fen days (4
later. The men averaged lift> miles 4
a day, 01 slightly less than fiye miles j
an lioui for the distance. IJ
No statistics were kept of the iiiiin- *
her of hours the men actually had on
the road. ^
From information already on hand, 1
1
the race next year should draw sulfi- ,
cient entries to necessitate a prelim- j
inary with the best tyventy running 1
to St. Paul. The twenty should in- ■
elude representatives of as many ,
factions as possible to obviate a re- '
occurrence of this year's trouble.
The four Hudson Bay trappers in ,
their running did not exceed the mile- |
age ordinarily maintained by them on • |
hunting expeditions. In traveling 1,000 , 1
miles they should go from forty lo • 1
. J
fifty milts a day.
“The race next year should be mads I
•4
in much less time," Wi'liam Kilpatrick, ,
official checker, said. "Afore actual
competition is needed.”
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