[NAGDU] Belto, dog name

[Bryan Gearry]

Belto is a very interesting name as the Anchorage Downtown Rotary had 
named a dog they had sponsored as Balto. That was the name to the lead 
dog in the race to Nome during the early 1900's to get diphtheria 
vaccines to Nome from Fairbanks. Later, that became the basis for the 
Iditarod which now is a sled dog race form Anchorage to Nome.

The Anchorage Rotary however named this dog for the Guide Dog Foundation.


On 7/6/2017 10:21 AM, Jordan Gallacher via NAGDU wrote:
> I am not sure who named him, but we think that it was supposed to be Balto,
> but somewhere it was misspelled, and thus Belto is what his name came to be.
> Jordan
>
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> Hi Jordan.
>
> I'm curious about Belto's name.  It was my understanding that Leader leaves
> the dog's name to the raiser family, so they often have regular dog names
> like Max or Shadow.  So did Belto's family choose his name?  And did they
> tell you why?  Or does Leader make up names now?  Just sounds like a name
> with a story.
>
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> If anyone is interested, Krokus is named for Dick Krokus, director of
> training at TSE for years a while back.  Everyone on the TSE staff who'd
> known Mr. Krokus told me I would have a special boy, because he has a
> special name.  I'm not so sure about that, but my Krokus has a mischievous
> sense of humor, and I gather Mr. Krokus did, too.
>
> Tracy
>
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