BALDY OF NOME 



Kennel, and he was glad indeed when 

 "Scotty" decided hereafter to use stronger 

 teams in these events. Then they proudly 

 retrieved their defeat, and covered them- 

 selves with glory in the most hotly con- 

 tested races ever run in Alaska. Twice 

 again Baldy had taken them at headlong 

 speed out over the frozen waters of Ber- 

 ing Sea; across the trackless wastes of 

 drifted snow; through the pitiless storms 

 of driven sleet; skimming the glare ice of 

 lagoons; skirting the precipitous heights 

 of towering mountains, to the bleak shores 

 of the Arctic; and again twice he had 

 brought them safely back, Victors in this 

 Classic of the North. 



With the summer came Baldy's play 

 time. He had been invited with Irish 

 and Rover to visit at one of the Pioneer 

 Mining Company camps in the far hills; 

 and here, free to do what their wildest 

 fancies dictated, they swam, unmolested, 



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