Miscellaneous newspaper articles about Fremont County
February 17, 1921
Reno Evening Gazette, Reno Nevada
10-YEAR-OLD GIRL'S COLLIES IN BIG RACE
Salt Lake City, Feb. 16-Warren Cordingley of Marysville,
Idaho, will drive a team of five shepherd dogs in the Ashton, Idaho, dog race
February 22, according to word received here. The dogs are owned by Helen
Colwell, ten years old, who expected run them herself but owing to tender age
was not allowed to enter.
February 23, 1924
Reno Evening Gazette, Reno Nevada
SIXTEEN YEAR OLD BOY IS WINNER OF AMERICAN DOG DERBY IN IDAHO
Youngster Triumphs Over Veterans in Twenty-five Mile Race, Coming in First
though He Had One Exhausted Dog in Sled.
Ashton, Idaho, Feb. 23-Youth was served with a vengeance
yesterday when sixteen year old Olcott Zarn, "the kid," outfought and
outmaneuvered seven veterans of the snow trails and won the twenty five mile
American dog derby in two hours, twenty-two minutes and forty seconds.
He dashed in one minute and fifty seconds ahead of Warren
Cordingloy, who was second, and ten minutes ahead of the redoubtable "Shorty"
Russick, Canadian knight of the trail, who performed the almost impossible and
brought his leaderless string into fourth place.
"Smokey" Gaston, last year's champion, took third.
"Tud" Kent, four times winner of the race and favorite this
year, dropped out at the start of the third and last lap on account of two
almost exhausted dogs.
"The kid" finished with an exhausted dog in his sled. The
records for the course is two hours and nine minutes.
February 23, 1927
Reno Evening Gazette, Reno Nevada
Earl Kimball, Cascade, Idaho, mail man, won the eleventh annual American dog derby yesterday at Ashton, Idaho, making the twenty five miles in one hour and fifty seven minutes. He drove a team of Irish setters.
February 23, 1928
Reno Evening Gazette, Reno Nevada
Ashton, Idaho-Tud Kent won the annual Ashton dog derby against a field of seventeen starters, covering a twenty-five mile route in two hours, thirteen minutes and thirty seven seconds. Roy Peterson of St. Anthony, Idaho, was second with an elapsed time of two hours, thirteen minutes, fifty-five seconds.
March 7, 1928
The Helena Independent, Helena Montana
By
winning the American Dog Derby at Ashton, Idaho, Tud Kent of Big Springs, Idaho,
gained permanent possession of the derby trophy Kent has won the derby six
times, two previous victories being scored on the trophy, which is won
permanently by three victories.
©Shauna Williams