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 zephyr from a hurricane," said the Alaskan.

"Yes, I know," said Dick, "but still I would like to try."

But Dick had not disclosed his whole plan which he had dreamed of all the way back to civilization. It was to build up a great dog team with old Silversheene as lead dog and train them for the Alaskan sweepstake.

Thus it happened that Silversheene and his master spent the months of September and October scouring Alaska for the most likely dogs that money could buy for that Henderson dog team. Probably the most celebrated strain of sled dogs ever bred are those raised by Scotty Ellis, the king of dog mushers, and the very best of all these were the descendants of Baldy of Nome, the most celebrated of all sled dogs. Not only were Baldy's descendants great racing dogs, but they also made good in war to a surprising degree. When the World War broke out Scotty Ellis went to France with