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SYSTEM.
IT IS FREE AND SPECTATORS ARE
WELCOME.
ASHLEY>> RACERS FROM ALL OVER
MICHIGAN TRAVELED TO ALPENA THIS
WEEKEND FOR THE THUNDER BAY
CLASSIC SLED DOG RACE.
THUNDER BAY CLASSIC SLED DOG
RACE ALPENA SPORTSMEN'S CLUB>>
THE EVENT IS PUT ON BY THE
MID-UNION SLED HAULERS, A
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
DEDICATED TO DOG SLEDDING ON AN
AMATEUR BASIS.
TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF THE
TWO DAY EVENT CONSISTING OF DOG
SLEDDING, WEIGHT PULLING, SKI
JORING (WHICH IS WHERE THE DOGS
PULL SOMEONE ON SKIS) AND THE
100 YARD DASH.
THE EVENT IS BEING HELD AT THE
ALPENA SPORTSMEN'S CLUB.
IT IS FREE AND SPECTATORS ARE
WELCOME.
PAULETTE SHARP RACE CHAIRMAN>>
THE RACE HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE
2009.
HOWEVER THERE HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH
SNOW THE PAST TWO YEARS, SO
ORGANIZERS SAY THIS YEAR IT'S A
BIG DEAL.
TODAY THERE WERE AROUND 35
RACERS.
SHARP SAYS IT'S GREAT FOR THE
COMMUNITY, AS PEOPLE FROM ALL
OVER MICHIGAN COME STAY IN THE
HOTELS, DINE AT THE LOCAL