| Summary: | Veteran Musher Comes In First: Wins Second Heat Of Alaskan Derby Despite Loss Of One Dog. VETERAN MUSHER COMES IN FIRST Wins Second Heat of Alaskan Derby Despite Loss of One Dog. FAIRBANKS. Alaska, March 13. (/P)—Hastily removing an injured dog from the hrrness and giving him a free ride in the sled, a veteran Alaskan musher, Bergman Kokrines, drove a team of nine Malemutes over the 16-mile ice carnival race course here today to win the second of three heats in the far north's famed dog derby. Kokrines' time was 1:12.21, compared with Bob Buzby's winning time yesterday of 1:12.45. The course record, set in 1931, is 1:11. Record-Breaker Second. Johnny Allen's team of 10 crossbred Malemute-Irish setter wolves, which set a world record last year for the 90-mile Chena river course, placed second in 1:12.18. Ed Mayo's eight dogs raced the course in 1:17.22 for third. Buzby's team of 10 Siberian huskies placed fourth in 1:18.19. Standings of the leaders, with combined totals for the two heats: Kokrines, 32 miles in 2:25.38; Allen, 32 miles in 2:27.4; Buzby, 32 miles in 2:31.4; Mayo, 32 miles in 2:32.35. Women Far Behind. The feminine touch in the dog derby turned out to be just a "touch," sourdoughs said, when two women mushers placed eighth and Glaring sunlight and a temperature of 10 degrees above zero hampered the racing. Two teams dropped out of the race because of ragged ice. Sourdoughs pointed jout that Malemutes could race better over a ragged course than huskies. The musher with the best time for the three heats wins a $1000 prize. The last heat will be run tomorrow, shortly after daybreak because of better snow conditions.
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