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HAPPY HOWLS UP AND DOWN THE LAROSE DOG SLED TRAIL GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
drove in from Kanata with his sled and dogs, noted that he and other sledders sometimes shared their dogs among each other, mat- ching temperaments to help better create a unified and united dog team. “There’s a lot of mixing and matching because some dogs don’t like to pull with others,” he said, then grinned. “I have one dog who’s a bit of a ‘princess’ because she likes to run but she doesn’t like to pull.” Cranston, who has been dogsledding for almost 18 years, noted that most people get their Huskies first as pets and then later get into dogsledding. “You end up picking up more dogs to make a team,” she said. “You get into sledding first because the dogs like it. It’s a lot of fun for us and for the dogs, and you enjoy winter more.”
LES NATIONALS BATTENT LEURS RIVAUX Some sledders ran two-dog teams, others four-dog groups, and a couple had six dogs racing through the wood. Jim McIntyre, who Les Nationals de Rockland ont réussi à remporter leur dernier match, face à la meilleure équipe de la Canadian Junior Hockey League. C’est le 18 janvier dernier que les Nats faisaient face aux Hawks, au Complexe sportif Robert Hartley, devant une foule de 317 spectateurs. Aucune des deux équipes n’a réussi à marquer en première période. C’est en deuxième période que les Nats ont pris les Happy howls rang through the air of the Larose Forest over the January 13 weekend as sled dogs took to the trail, running for the Mush Larose recreational time trial. The recent cold snap across Eastern Ontario warmed up over the weekend, with the Sunday morning temperature averaging between 11 and 12 degrees below zero in the Larose Forest bordering Bourget and Limoges. Which just made many of the Huskies waiting to get harnessed up almost dance with impatience as sledders tried to fasten their traces. “The trail was in great shape,” said Dana Cranstone, Mush Larose president, after she finished her own sled run along the five-mile route through the woods, “and the dogs love the cold.” About a dozen sledders and their dogs gathered, along with family and friends, at the Indian Creek Road trail head. The Rockland Nationals defeated their division rivals, the Hawkesbury Hawks, on January 18. Nats captain Drew Shields managed to score in overtime, giving his team the win. FRANCIS RACINE francis.racine@eap.on.ca devants. Nicolas Chartrand a marqué, aidé de Benjamin Pruneau et le capitaine Drew Shields. Mais le but de Rockland a vite été suivi d’un but des Hawks. Azzaro Tinling, aidé de Jérémie Lavallée, a compté. Aucun but n’a été marqué en troisième période. C’est donc en période de prolon- gation que s’est décidé le match. C’est le capitaine Shields qui a donné la victoire à son équipe, avec l’aide de Pruneau. Bien que Rockland ait obtenu deux points, les Nationals sont tombés au troisième rang de la division Yzerman, avec 62 points et une fiche de 29-12-3-1.
Ces chiens de traîneau sont impatients de courir sur le sentier lors de l’épreuve récréative contre-la-montre, dimanche dans la forêt Larose, organisée par le club de traîneau à chiens Mush Larose. —Gregg Chamberlain Voir video
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