混合雪橇狗队赢得爱底踏罗得雪橇赛

Mix Breeds Win Iditarod
March 15, 2008
    NOME, Alaska – Eleven mixed breed dogs pulled their way across the finish line early Wednesday morning to become the winners of the 36th annual Iditarod. 
    Penned as “The Last Great Race,” the Iditarod is an 1,100 mile dog sled race across Alaska. Musher Lance Mackey was at the helm of the winning sled, and took home his second consecutive first place trophy for the event, as well as a check for $69,000. 
    Scrawny, spindly and nothing like their majestic Siberian husky cousins – that's how one reporter described the appearance of the winning dogs – most of which appeared to want to keep running after they crossed the finish line. 
    But not just anyone can build a winning team, and mushers agree that the toughest part of the race is managing and caring for the dogs. 
    “It's a connection you can't get with a dog anywhere else, or any animal,” Canadian musher Karen Ramstead told the New York Times earlier this week. 
    She and other mushers agree that the dogs' ability to pull is inherent, but the will to keep running is developed through the relationship between the musher and the canines. 
    “Their world revolves completely around me, and my world revolves around them,” she said. “You need to understand the lifestyle and the dogs and have a connection to them to get them to do this for you.” 
    Shortly following the end of the race, each dog was examined by a vet, while Mackey headed to a local bar with spectators, a check for $69,000 in his pocket.

混合雪橇狗队赢得爱底踏罗得雪橇赛 
    阿拉斯加州诺母镇上，由11只不同种类的狗组成的雪橇队在周三早上通过了终点线，它们是爱底踏罗得雪橇赛的第36年的冠军。 
    爱底踏罗得是一由佩恩命名为“最伟大的比赛”的一场由雪橇狗拉着雪橇横穿阿拉斯加州全长1100公里的比赛。而“驾驶员”兰斯 马可衣是第二次卫冕冠军，他得到了69000美元的奖励。 
    一名记者是这样描述得冠军的狗的：骨瘦如材、身体细常，看起来并不是那么强的西泊里呀狗，它们大多数在完成比赛后还不准备停下来似的。 
    就像没有人能轻易组建一只冠军队伍一样，“驾驶员”最辛苦的地方就是照料好他的狗。 
    雪橇驾驶人都同意狗天生有拉雪橇的能力，但是让它坚持跑下去的意志是他们必须去培养的。 
    一个雪橇人说：“它们的世界围绕着我，而我的世界也包围着它们，你必须了解它们的生活方式，与它们建立一种关系，让它们了解你要让它们做的事。” 
    比赛结束后，每只狗都兽医进行了检查。马可衣在观众的拥护下走进一家酒吧，领到了一张69000美元的支票。