A couple of dogs died during the race, which should send a message about how to treat these dogs:
Mackey lost a key lead dog early. He failed to pay careful enough attention to a crack in the foot of ole Larry, and another key lead dog ended up with an infected foot that made it difficult for him to soldier on. And from the time Mackey took the lead at Ruby on the Yukon River just past halfway almost to within sight of the finish line at Nome, he had the 16-dog freight train of four-time champ Jeff King chomping at his heels.
Mackey needs to use some sense and worry less about winning the thing.
His father won the race in a photo finish and is retired.
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An airman who died in a 1942 Sierra Nevada plane crash has been identified.
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