You won't read about it in the sports section of Utah newspapers, but get ready for "The Last Great Race".

Sometimes the media are the ones that tell the reader what sports they want you to like. So we thought we better try to persuade you to consider the other sport usually not spoken of in the "lower forty-eight", but the number one sport in Alaska-ahead of hunting, fishing and even romance! A week from today, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race starts at first bark. Although G.B. Jones, a native of Nephi, Utah won't be a Musher(racer) this year, he remains an active contributor. One of his students is Charley Bejna, so we encourage all to check the computer site at Iditarod.com to follow the 1,049 mile trek to Nome. Jones wrote the book "Winning the Iditarod". This fete puts human and animal working together in the battle against the frigid tundra of Alaska to celebrate when dogsleds were the only way to get vaccine to Diphtheria stricken victims in 1925. To this Juab County Jones boy, there is nothing better than to be in the middle of nowhere in freezing temperatures huddled around his best friends. One photo shows him coming in to Nome, and so grateful for his mutts, he decided to pull them across the finish line, and send his prize dog "Nick" to his retirement home in Nephi, Utah. He then cut up his "Grateful Sled" to share with supporters around the world. For more doggy dog dueling, you will have to go to the computer.