European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I to Iii George Attla by Ward Sims associated press Here Are Hecks at Gray in the Jet Mack hair of his Indian and he cant Bend his right but the wiry Man sipping Coffee in a bundling against an outside tempera Lur i bundling against an outside temperature of 42 de Grees below la a in sled dog George at la at 44 is a the his dark eyes touch softly on a Bank of racing trophies atop a nearby t dont Ive won maybe Mure than anyone else in there might be one Guy who could compete with me for the number of races Roland Lombard of la the grand old Man o american bled dog Attalai it Yean m the raring Trail an ii in the two met press Kwi in he Macho not fur Kcal Feivou and the North Amer ican unum Ted at he has to the Deo drawn ill urea and North american four Lombard is two up of my Ioas a boy in on the Koyukuk River some 200 mites West of Attla suffered it settled in the right and As a last resort doctors fused the i dont think its had any effect on my not to my Way of Attla maybe i cant get off the sled and run with two but i can push with one and at la pushing with his stiff right his straining dogs stretched out ahead of the is a familiar sight on Ute sled dog Attla recalls his youth in trapping and looking Forward to the racing Back racing Wai the biggest thing to look Forward to to the it we a he Ihlenf id the Vil wed All listen to the my it was like the world to thai was wed probably talk about it Tor the rest of be at la keeps about 60 dogs on his Cabin grounds near it All comes Down to the Speed and endurance of the Man and his theres Little else you can North a town of goo some 14 Miles Southeast of fair Only 28 Are running the others Are puppies and Breeding they Are not the powerful malamutes of Calendar they Are Small and averaging about 45 Attla explains the big like 70 or to they  run they  carry that much weight for the they have to be smaller to take the distance and run As fast As they most of the big races Are run in three heats on Succes Sive the rendezvous is 75 Miles s Miles each the North american is 79 Miles 20 on each of the first two Days witha final heal of 30 Carl Winner of the 1977 North was limed in 2s2 minutes for the to an average Speed of Alula says his 28 running dogs Are a mixed Breed Village work dogs and i dont know what a hound there about the Only ones with the Speed who can be pushed beyond the Point of being a like the is not fast like the Irish their minds Arent Strong enough to be Able to give you a Good racing according to has to be gaited hers got to be jumping he always keeps his line whether Hes hitting the ground or coming off the its something you cant teach who usually runs 14 or 16 dogs la a race after you get past it they lose us rhythm of run Ning together Sayi Lead dogs nuke the most dogs cant take the pressure of being chased As hard As they can because that what the team is chasing the Lead a lot of dogs Are fast enough to do but they cant take the pressure running through a crowd or being chased for 2  fold a Good sled dog will command Iljoo to and Alula last summer far a at la figures it costs about a year to feed and care for his a sponsor pays him a and his winnings in 1977 were about under rules of sled dog Drivers have to use the same dogs for the entire dogs May be dropped from a team from one heat to the next if there unable to make but other dogs cant be youd be Lucky s you had another dog in your Yard that could stand up to those 16 Attla in the top five teams in any major the dogs Are except there there so hard to gel with that Little Fine at la Wilh respect when be talks afoul the physical stamina of top driven like Hunt racing was the biggest thins to look Forward Marvin Kokrine and Joey biome Are theres no doubt i there is at i be thought he was gelling in  youre Good half mile Attla and his team the difference is How much time you spend with your Page 14 the stars and stripes