Word: seppala
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...protest against U. S. speed-skating rules by Japanese, Norwegians, Finns and Swedes, and counter protests by U. S. skaters when they were compelled to recon-test preliminary heats, Irving Jaffee won the 10,000-meter race. Young Emile St. Goddard, of Le Pas. Manitoba, out-mushed old Leonard Seppala and eleven other drivers in the exhibition 25-mi. dog sled race. Point standing of the Olympic hockey teams after each had played three of its eight games was: Canada, 6; U. S., 4; Germany, 2; Poland...
...Whitney Collection was 0. B. Oilman's Idahurst Lofty, considered the best cocker spaniel in America. Nearby stands Bernice of White Isle, a near perfect bloodhound and Togo, Alas kan sled dog. Togo is the only non-champion admitted. He won fame sledging serum with Leonhard Seppala to diphtheria infected Nome (TIME, Feb. 9, 1925). Mrs. Kaare Nansen, the onetime Mrs. Edward P. Ricker, dog racer of Poland Springs, Me. gave Togo to the museum...
...important factor in territorial expansion. Now tractors are taking their place, so the government sanctions dog-team races for another reason? because it is great sport and attracts visitors. The course was 90 miles long, and the teams covered it in three days, 30 miles a day. Leonard Seppala, the man who took the serum to Nome (TIME, Feb. 9, 1925) was in it, but Emile St. Goddard of The Pas, Manitoba, finished in 1 hr. 2 min. winning the $1,000 prize for Ottawa's first dog derby. All week there were parades by snowshoe clubs, dances...