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It Takes A Leader

  • February 27, 2012
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One of the best lead dogs Iditarod musher Jeff King ever had was also one of the best bargains of his mushing career. In exchange for 100 pounds of outdated hamburger, the then-struggling young musher acquired Hickory, a feisty brown puppy whose best friend was a cat and who learned how to run while balancing himself on the gangline like a tightrope walker.”Hickory was one of my favorite and most spectacular leaders that I could steer like a car around obstacles,” said King from his home in Denali National Park, where he has run dogs for nearly 35 years.Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/02/27/2340492/it-takesa-leader.html

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