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Article: IT'S BEEN GREAT FOR MUSHING - IN CHESAPEAKE HUSKIES ADD TOUCH OF TUNDRA TO TIDEWATER.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- February 7, 1996
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Byline: PAUL CLANCY, STAFF WRITER
CHESAPEAKE -- There is no way you could mistake the flat countryside around David and Holly Fox's log house for the back woods of the upper Midwest. But don't tell that to Nome and Thud, LDD and Dixie, Flash and Pixie.
They're pure-bred Siberian huskies and they were born for this moment. Leaping in their traces at the scent of clean white snow, yipping at the pleasure of the moment, they tremble with anticipation as sharp as a runner blade.
``Hike!'' David demands, and they're off and running, the beauty of their muscles and shoulders translating quickly into forward motion. The sled hits a dip in the trail ...