- Title: U.S.A.: NORTHEAST DOG SLED CHAMPIONSHIPS IN VERMONT.
- Date: 22nd January 1975
- Summary: 1. CU Sled dogs in their kennels 0.08 2. SV PAN Dog pulls child on sled 0.15 3. SV PAN Child pulled by three-dog team 0.22 4. SV Another three-dog team racing in Junior Class 0.30 5. SV Seven dogs pulling adult 0.40 6. SV PAN Another adult team racing 0.50 7. LV PAN Man sledding with three-dogs 1.01 8. SV Other adults racing (2 shots) 1.07 TRANSCRIPT: DAVID NOLAN: "The parking lot at a dog-sled championship looks more like a disorganised canine circus but somehow racers from all over New England and Canada seemed to know when to pull the right dog out of his mobile cane, hitch him up and enter the correct race. Juniors -- sixteen and under -- are limited to one and five dog teams. It's a break-in stage where kids sound like a pro quarterback calling signals. And it's a class where they, and not the dogs, exercise control. That situation reverses in the Senior competition. Higher classes depend on bigger teams. Their spirit is fierce as they wait for the meet to begin. Mixed-bred teams are common. Not everyone has the pure-bred Siberian husky that whisked Sergeant Preston across the North American tundra in pursuit of criminals for the Royal Canadian Mounties. Seniors track an eight-mile course, starting a long run through a spacious Vermont field, over a hill and through the woods. The strategy is purely physical, running with the dogs who follow the trail instinctively ... and usually run tirelessly -- although there's no guarantee that the dogs will finish in front of the sled." Initials BB/1838 EW/MR/BB/1852 SPORT: DOG SLED RACING TELERECORDING This film is serviced with a commentary by reporter David Nolan. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: VERMONT, U.S.A.
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- Country: USA
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