THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1925

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OG mushers in Northern Mani- tobe are out on the tral every day grooming their

teams for the eighth annual 200- mile non-stop dog: derby, which is

being held on February 38rd, 1925. ;

Although the race is still some time away, more than 100 dogs are being given their daily stint of trail work in preparation for the grind. Several new teams, com- posed of young, well-bred wolf- hound huskies are being trained and this introduction of new blood is expected to lead to a new and startling pace being set in the 1925 contest-

Upper photograph shows C. B. Morgan’s team, In the centre is Shorty Russick, with his 1924 winners, time of 23 hours 62 minutes. The lower photograph shows a 8 for the two-day freight race, which is an added feature of the 1925 derby.

This year the teams will race

liover a new course, the Herb Lake

gold camps having been set as the turning point, The starting point will-be at the Hudson Bay Railway bridge over the ‘Saskatchewan River, and the teams will follow a poute which is served with tele- phone communication so that fre- quent progress reports will he available.

A five-dog team freight race has been added to the programme this year to provide a new feature. In this sleighs will be required to

carry a load of 100 pounds and the

winners in the 1923 derby, with W. Grayson driving. | which finished the 200-mile non-stop run in the record leigh loaded with 100 pounds weight, ready

team will race 80 miles cach day for two days. The object of this | freighting dogs.

The Cernival Queen contest is already attracting much "interest

is to promote the breeding of good |

with entries having been made from several western cities and towns. - The queen and members of her court are the young ladies who secure the highest number of votes ond these have all their ex- penses paid to and from the derby, and are also guests of honor dur- ing the entire week that the car-

nival is held,

PAT O’HOOLEY

BY L. H. HOLDEN

(Copyrighted, 1925, by J. H. Holden, Cereal, Alta.).

ON PROPHETS

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wes “I?m no a-tority on th’ Bible,’ Mmsaid Pat O’Hooley, leaning a m brawny arm on the fence and Msurveying his neighbors, Kelley Memgand Donovan, “but, if I’m not Mae mistaken, ut sez that ia th’ Last fe Days there shall be prophets an’ 2 prophets; an’ all of thim—if not a liars—mizhty poor guessers! Fer B instance, take this weather dope wan reada in th’ nooserapers. Is there anythin’ more discouragin’ @toa man wid a mortgage on th’ @farm an’ all his creditors chasin’ Bhim loike a bunch of coyotes after ma lame rooster? ‘¢ "Two mure years of drought,’ igez th’? Weather Man, ‘an’ th’ last hall be worse an’ more of ut! 925 will trv min’s souls—an’ 1926 will break ’em.’ Whin a ‘man belaves this stuff (an’ lots ‘of ’em do) be wits t? runnin’ round ia circles loike an old set- ‘tin’ hint an’, by gorrie, if ut kapes jon comin’, he'll soon be eluckin’! a: ‘As far as I’m personally con- Micerned, I’ve nd faith in ut—I Malidon’t aven belave me own pro- Miphesies, But I’ve a head on me Mlshoulders, an’ that’s more than I Mican say fer some! Jist th’ same,

Mea\T gits fed up on th’ stuff, so th’

This is Pat

ither day I starts out as a com- mittee of wan t’ interview Mr. Weather Man, an’ ’twas a purty interestin’ exparience at that! I finds the gint down in New York, an’ he’s livin’ in a tin hut at th’ top of a thousand-fut tow- er. He uses an ilictric ilivator t’ git up t’ his shop, an’ iverything is as classy as ye plaze. I sinds up me name through a spakein’ tube, an’ the great man is very glad t’? welcome me. Whin I

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koinds of charts, globes, tilis- enpes, machines an’ instruments lyin’ about, an’ the gint is !ollin’ on an iligint sofy, smokin’ Turk- ish cigarettes an’ playin’ wid a grane-eyed cab. ‘*'‘Weleome to me humble home, Mr. O’Hoolev,’ sezhe. ‘Tis pleased Iam, Have aseatan’ a smoke while we discuss shop, fer|| lam informed ye are somethin’ of a prophet in yer own country.’

‘*'m all of that,’ sez I ‘I ean look farther into th’ future than most of ’em; buta prophet has no credit in his own town— I can’t borrie a two-bit piece! They’re not contint wid home-| brew prognostigations, an’ are continually sendin’ away fer their dope. Bad cess t’ th’ lot of ’em! *T would have been better if they had listened t’ me in the laat foive or six years instead of ate- in’ out of your hand,’ sez IL.

“ ‘Well, I’m thinkin’ ye are awfully wrong, Mr. O’Hooley,’ sez he. ‘A prophet has to be born. Did ye know that?’

“* ‘Yes,’ sez I, ‘an’ so does a hod-carrier—or a pig. There’s no difference as Tean see, Would, ye moind tellin’ me where ye git ver a-tority fer sayin’ fwhat ye do? Wan vear ye foretell drought an’ hot winds an’ sandstorms an’ grasshoppers an’ chinch bugs an’ sawflies an’ fieas—an’ in spite of ut we pull off a bumper crop! Th’ next season ye come up smilin’

walks int’ his shack there’s all

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