kaleb

hey baltoseppa, i just want to know , who is togo i do think i never heard of him you show me a picture of him with balto. can you tell me about togo

baltoseppala

Here you go, kaleb...have a look here:
http://baltosource.timduru.org/board/viewtopic.php?t8646.
You can also see much more in the True Story board of the
Balto Source forums. Togo was a legend, and still is...even
if mostly among Siberian Husky and Seppala Siberian Sled Dog
breeders, and dog sledders. He is also considered one of the founding dogs of the modern Siberian Husky breed (which is not the same breed that existed during the Serum Run, and before. No matter what any Siberian Husky breeder or owner will tell you. The Seppala Siberian Sled Dog is the original Siberian Husky...which is what Balto and Togo were. And Seppala Siberian Sled Dogs WERE once called "Siberian huskies"...not as a breed name, but because they were huskies from Siberia. The breed didn't get that name until the early 1930s...and, with the rise of show dogs, the breeders of the original dogs wanted to separate themselves from that element, and retain the true working nature of the original husky).

What's amazing is that Togo led
his team on a round trip of nearly (or just over) THREE
HUNDRED MILES during the Serum Run of 1925, which is six
times the distance run by any other team (of which, most people don't realize, there were twenty. The total distance, between Nome and Nenana, was 674 miles after all...round-trip). And his team ran
through the harshest part of the blizzard which Balto's team
also faced the last couple of days. AND over the pack ice
of Norton Sound (which broke around them as they ran)! Togo was TWELVE YEARS OLD that year...Balto was only three years old.

Sadly, Togo was largely forgotten by most people,
because so much of the press coverage of the event, at the
time, focused on Balto's team (which was the one to arrive
in Nome with the medicine). Togo did receive honors
thereafter though, including a medal. He died a mere four
years later.

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Guest	November 02, 2006

True. Or you could go here: http://baltosource.timduru.org/board/viewtopic.php?t7535 Some of this information was gleaned from "The Cruelest Miles", and lots from elsewhere. Just as the author of "The Cruelest Miles" had to tap a lot of the same (or even more secretive) information in order to write that book.

Writewol f	November 01, 2006

the book "The Cruelest Miles" is absoultely perfect as far as giving details as to who the mushers and dogs were. i highly recommend it to you

Guest	October 31, 2006

Incidentally, buddy, it's "BaltoSeppala", not "baltoseppa". Thanks! I'd be happy to continue helping you and, if you'd like, you can certainly PM me with your questions. And please, stop by and have a look around the True Story board on the forums! You'll learn a lot!

Guest	October 31, 2006

Here you go, kaleb...have a look here: http://baltosource.timduru.org/board/viewtopic.php?t8646. You can also see much more in the True Story board of the Balto Source forums. Togo was a legend, and still is...even if mostly among Siberian Husky and Seppala Siberian Sled Dog breeders, and dog sledders. He is also considered one of the founding dogs of the modern Siberian Husky breed (which is not the same breed that existed during the Serum Run, and before. No matter what any Siberian Husky breeder or owner will tell you. The Seppala Siberian Sled Dog is the original Siberian Husky...which is what Balto and Togo were. And Seppala Siberian Sled Dogs WERE once called "Siberian huskies"...not as a breed name, but because they were huskies from Siberia. The breed didn't get that name until the early 1930s...and, with the rise of show dogs, the breeders of the original dogs wanted to separate themselves from that element, and retain the true working nature of the original husky). What's amazing is that Togo led his team on a round trip of nearly (or just over) THREE HUNDRED MILES during the Serum Run of 1925, which is six times the distance run by any other team (of which, most people don't realize, there were twenty. The total distance, between Nome and Nenana, was 674 miles after all...round-trip). And his team ran through the harshest part of the blizzard which Balto's team also faced the last couple of days. AND over the pack ice of Norton Sound (which broke around them as they ran)! Togo was TWELVE YEARS OLD that year...Balto was only three years old. Sadly, Togo was largely forgotten by most people, because so much of the press coverage of the event, at the time, focused on Balto's team (which was the one to arrive in Nome with the medicine). Togo did receive honors thereafter though, including a medal. He died a mere four years later.

Guest	October 31, 2006

Togo was the lead dog in Seppala's sled team. Here is a picture of him : http://fluke.theicecave.org/realbalto9.jpg BaltoSeppala probably has more information about his life, though. And Kaleb, from now on, please PM BaltoSeppala if you have questions. You've been spamming. I'll let this question stay here though.

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