Cross Breeds

During its heyday mushing was also a popular sport during the

Summary: During its heyday mushing was also a popular sport during the winter when mining towns shut down The first major competition was the tremendously popular 1908 AAS which was started by Allan Scotty Alexander Allan and ran 408 miles 657 km from Nome to and back The event introduced the first to Alaska in 1910 where they quickly became the favored racing dog replacing the and mongrels bred from imported and other large breeds like and In 1914 the Norwegian immigrant first appeared and went on to win the race in 1915 1916 and 1917 before the race was discontinued in 1918 during

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