Northwest History. Alaska. Dogs, Dog Races & Mushers.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1937
• Subjects: Eskimos; dog derby; Nome; Alaska; Albert Johnson; White Mountain; Cape Nome; Fred Topkok; Igloo; annual fair; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Pacific; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90559

Two Eskimos Leading In Nome's Dog Derby. TWO ESKIMOS LEADING IN NOME'S DOG DERBY Nome, Alaska, April 1—(/P)—Mushing at an approximate 13-mile-an-hour clip despite a biting north wind, Albert Johnson, an Eskimo driver from White Mountain, won the first 26-mile lap to Cape Nome and return today in an hour and 56 minutes. In second place was Fred Topkok, an Eskimo from Igloo, who was timed in an hour, 58 minutes, four seconds. They led the 11 dog derby teams competing for $600 in cash prizes in one of the principal features of Nome's third annual fair, dedicated to exploitation of northwestern Alaska products.