Here is a plan of a track. If possible, the dogs should run so that the sun shall 

 not be in their faces. 



The dogs run in colors, strips of narrow ribbon being tied around their necks. 

 These are of red, white, blue, yellow, green and black. On the race card the shade 

 of the dog's racing color is noted in the preliminary heats. In the semi-final and final 

 heatg the back or scratch dog wears the red collar, the next the white, the next the 

 blue, and so on. If the red dog is first over the winning line, where the judge stands, 

 the judge raises a red flag. Whatever color wins so is a flag of the same color held 

 aloft by the official whose ruling is final. Each "runner-up" must be behind the over 

 or trig mark before his dog crosses the winning line. If dogs start when the cap is 

 fired, but there is no powder explosion, it is no start. But if all dogs go fairly away, 

 it is a start. Dead heats must be run off excepting in the final, where owners may agree 

 to divide. If a dog is disqualified, the: second dog takes his place in the records. No 

 live bait allowed with the runner-up, and all dogs are subject to inspection by the 

 officials. It is recommended that only whippets of 25 pounds or under be raced. The 

 bigger dogs are often given to savaging or "slapping," and appear ungainly among a 

 lot of small dogs. The back dog in every heat must run the whole of the 200 yards, or 

 whatever smaller course is used. 



STARTS FOR DOGS AND BITCHES OF DIFFERENT WEIGHTS IN 200 YARDS HANDICAP. 

 When a dog wins at a handicap he must be penalized according to the judgment 

 of the handicapper. The following handicap would put each dog or bitch on equal 

 terms, providing all the dogs were exactly of the same calibre or of equal racing 

 powers barring their weights : 



Wt. of Dog 

 or Bitch 

 Lbs. 



16.. 



Wt. of Dog 



or Bitch 



Lbs. 



28 ......... 



27 ......... 



26 ......... 



25 ......... 



Start for Start for 

 Dogs, Yd. Bitches, Yd. 



Start for Start for 

 Dogs, Yd. Bitches, Yd. 



23 

 22 

 21 

 20 

 19 

 18 

 17.. 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 



v 



11 



16 



13 



15.... 

 14.... 

 13.... 

 12.... 

 11.... 

 10. . . . 



9.... 



8.... 



7.... 



6.... 



5.. 



m 



H IA 



35 

 39 

 43 

 47 



52 

 58 



17 



20 



23^ 



26i/ 2 



30 



34 



38 



43 



48 



54 



A dog covering 200 yards in 12 seconds gallops at the rate of 16 yards 24 inches a 

 second ; in 13 seconds, 15 yards 14 inches, and in 14 seconds, 14 yards 10 1-3 inches. 



The Sled Dogs of Alaska 



Between the laborer who earns his daily bread by the sweat of his brow, and the 

 spoiled favorite of fortune who neither toils nor spins, there is not more difference than 

 between the workers of the North the Sled Dogs of Alaska and the pampered, fur- 

 coated, jewel-hung dogs "in society"; dogs who have their silk-lined baskets, their 

 gold-mounted toilet articles, and the exclusive services of a personal attendant. But 

 "Dogs is Dogs," and the unhappy accident of birth that gives to such a dog the humiliat- 

 ing experience of having his teeth brushed by a maid, or a massage of cold cream after 

 a bath in a silver-plated tub, should not be held against him for he may still retain 

 some of his admirable, lovable canine qualities through the human veneer. 



A dog's intelligence and his faithful, affectionate nature are his chief assets in his 

 association with man; and if he preserves these in spite of his artificial surroundings as 

 a mere toy, his development along those lines is almost unlimited when he becomes a 

 co-worker with his master, and a devoted comrade through adversity and peril. 



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