foto: Manfred Braun-Witschel, kennel Alka-Shan, 4 km after start on Polardistanc-05.
2 dogs are very interesting behind Harry/Kolyma and Togo.
The first, was a female named Dolly, who was imported from Siberien proberly in 1909, she is dam to three importent dogs:
Scotty:
Supposly the oldest was Scotty (a. 1912), he was leader for Seppala in hes three All Alaskan Sweepstakes in 1915, '16 and '17, wich Seppala all won. Scotty' sire is Basco (Basko) and Scotty gave one importent litter, were from Thor were yoused in breed, (dam un.). Thor was grand grand sire to Kolyma.
In December 1922 Scotty sired a Suggen daugther, this litter gave among others Jack Frost, '23, wich was behind Northern Light kennel, dam Vasta, after Suggen out of Nellie (Nelly) imp. from Anadyr. Siiberia, by Seppala.
Fritz:
Dolly was also dam to another fine leader, Fritz, born 1915, he was also drived by Seppala. In 1917 AAS, he was leader on Victor Anderson' team, who tok the second place after Seppala. Fritz's sire was Sepp and Fritz wass sire to Harry.
Togo:
The most famous of thise three dogs is Togo (1915 or 1916), He was Seppala' natural born leader. Togo' last long run was "The Serum Run" in 1925. He and Fritz were taken to New England, by Seppala, in 1927. The same year Rosie were sired by Togo and gave Kingeak and Ammorra. Togo was after Suggen.
The second importent dog was Ugruk, after Kaka out of Maya.
Suggen:
Suggen was a faithful leader for Seppala and Suggen gave an exelent top dog in Togo and also Vasta. Suggen was after Ugruk, a dog I only know about that he gave 2 importent dogs.
Shika:
Shika was also after Ugruk. Shika gave Harry, '15, who was after Fritz.
