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 hour for sleep, but others were off as soon as they had eaten.

Yukon Harry and Buck Wellington were among those who did not stop to rest but took the trail as soon as they had eaten.

Frenchie's Big Hudson Bay dogs limped in an hour behind the leaders and were so footsore and done up that he abandoned the race. But the other teams still held on with bulldog determination.

So on they rushed across the frozen waste while the arctic sun crept up over the eastern horizon and mounted into the blue sky. This day the men ran more than they had the day before, to save the teams.

Every time Dick saw Scotty Ellis leap from his sled he followed suit and ran by the gee pole until the older man again took the sled.

Every muscle in Dick's body was now aching and he sat upon the sled and rubbed the kinks from his calves each time after the long run. But as the day wore on he found that he was getting his second wind.