Northwest History. Alaska. Dogs, Dog Races & Mushers.
Alaska Dog Race On Home Stretch. ALASKA DOG RACE ON HOME STRETCH NOME, Alaska, April 9. (/P)—Drivers in a northland epic, the Nome-Golovin dog race, were to fight their arduous way over a wintry trail from Golovin back to Nome today in quest of a $1000 prize and the honor of winning. With the influe...
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1931
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| Online Access: | http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90499 |
| Summary: | Alaska Dog Race On Home Stretch. ALASKA DOG RACE ON HOME STRETCH NOME, Alaska, April 9. (/P)—Drivers in a northland epic, the Nome-Golovin dog race, were to fight their arduous way over a wintry trail from Golovin back to Nome today in quest of a $1000 prize and the honor of winning. With the influenza epidemic cutting the entry list down to seven teams, the race got under way yesterday morning The race, 158 miles in length, is one of the events in the all-Alaska chamnionship series. |
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