Collection Name	Seiffert Family Photographs
Identifier	UAF-1985-122-48
Title	Start, Capt. Crimmins All Alaska Sweepstakes, Nome, April 8, 1911.
Description	Title from caption. A crowd of people line a street to watch a dogsled team led (perhaps) by Capt. Crimmins start the All Alaska Sweepstakes Sled Dog Race. Photos UAF-1985-122-46 to UAF-1985-122-48 may be of the same activity. Identity confirmed in July, 1914, issue of Hunter-Trader-Trapper, p. 77. "Col. Martin Crimmins (1874-1955), a member of the U.S. Army from 1898 to 1926, was a Roosevelt Rough Rider, traveler, herpetologist and military historian." (From Inventory of the Colonel Martin Crimmins Collection, St. Mary's University: http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/special/crimminscollection.html.) In an e-mail dated 8 July 2014, Lance Jensen identified the driver as Teddy Eastaugh rather than Martin Crimmins: "The Lomen Bros. inscription at the bottom of the photo says it is the Capt. Crimmins entry for the 4th AAS (1911), and the description info. under the photo says that perhaps the team is being led by him (meaning Crimmins). Crimmins did enter a team in that race, but the driver was Teddy Eastaugh. From the April 8, 1911 edition of The Nome Nugget paper: 'Teddy Eastaugh with Capt. Crimmins' team of Siberians, the last team to leave the scratch, was received with a mighty cheer.' The race results/updates over the next few days also list Eastaugh as the driver of the Crimmins team. "Six teams ran that race, and included drivers John 'Iron Man' Johnson, Scotty Allan, Fay Delzene, Edward Coke Hill, Charles Johnson and Teddy Eastaugh. Scotty Allan won this race. John Johnson became completely snow-blind on the return trip and was unable to see any of his dogs. All he could do was hold onto the sled. His trustworthy leader, Colma, led the Johnson team to the checkpoint at Safety. "From the April 12, 1911 edition of The Nome Nugget paper: 'When the Crimmins dogs went down and out at Timber, Teddy Eastaugh, the driver, was apparently fresh. But the dogs refused to move another step, so tired they were, and Eastaugh was left helpless.' This happened on the return trip."
Creator	Lomen Bros.
Subject.TGM	Sled dog racing Dogsledding Crowds Buildings People Snow Dogs Winter
Personal Name	Crimmins, Martin L. Eastaugh, Teddy
Corporate Name	All Alaska Sweepstakes Sled Dog Race (Nome, Alaska)
Location	Nome (Alaska)
Region	Northern Alaska
Time Period	1896 to 1913
Date	1911/04/08
Type	Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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Start, Capt. Crimmins All Alaska Sweepstakes, Nome, April 8, 1911.

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