ADMA hosted the first of two races at Chena Lakes as a benefit for The

By Lynn Orbison

Shelter Fund, a nonprofit organization which supports the work of the FNSB

Animal Shelter.

A glorious day of fun was had by all. The race marshal posted the second

fastest time in the 10-dog class. (Hey, you wanna report the results, you

make up the lead!) But actually, I do believe that is unprecidented...in a

real race I would have probably had to DQ myself! But then, a lot of what

when on today was rather unique. Thanks to all for playing.

There were nine entries in the 4-dog class, 13 entries in the 6-dog class

and five entries in the 10-dog class. (Two of them double sledding.)

The Europeans discovered why one should never train from the Public Parking

Lot at Chena Lakes, but rather train from the holding area as every one of

Christian's teams, and Wolfs, and a few others, ran straight across the

start chute in an attempt to climb into the truck where the PA system was

set up...some time lost by all of them but our spectators and volunteers

learned to become more of a human wall to guide the teams to stay on the

trail. We moved the finish line to the crest of the hill for the 10-dog,

and shall keep it there tomorrow for all classes.

To make the tabs fit right I use the following abbreviations:

OFT = Official Finish Time

Pup = puppy division points

Mat = matched sets points

TE = time estimate points

S = shelter points

AARP = AARP division points

B = Bonus Points (for playing well with others)

L = Lead Dog Challenge points