SPUNK, LEADER OF THE DOG TEAM.
The mainspring of this story is found in those dog sled races which have become an outstanding event of our northern New England season of winter sports.
Spunk—strong, masterful, intelligent that he was—won his place in the heart of his master and as leader of the dog team through weeks and months of training. He acquired his name because he refused to whimper when broken limbs had to be set and he justified his name when on the ice fields of Mount Washington he refused to yield an inch when yielding would mean certain death and destruction to all. And when the winning team of the great Derby of dog racing “mushed in” with Spunk in the lead, he verified all the confidence that his master had in him when he christened him “Spunk.”