B ALDY OF NOM E 



broken to harness, and discovered that 

 work was play to him. At that time he 

 was awkward and had not grown up to 

 his feet, but he was powerful and will- 

 ing; and when he and Queen, an incon- 

 gruous but congenial pair, won the first 

 race in Nome, driven by boys under eight 

 years of age, even George's father felt 

 that Spot might make his mark. 



Baldy remembered how "Scotty" had 

 laughed the morning of the children's 

 race, when "Scotty" and Dave who took 

 care of the dogs, and Matt who was a sort 

 of god-father to them all, were watching 

 George prepare his team for the contest. 

 The black setter, Queen, fierce at the 

 mere approach of any one else, had 

 cheerfully left a young family to pull the 

 sled for George; and Spot, overgrown 

 puppy that he was, had quite astonished 

 everyone by finishing the course of seven 

 miles in thirty-two minutes and thirty-six 



