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| | Encyclopedia: Iditarod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Joe Redington, Senior (February 1, 1917 – June 12, 1999) was an American dog musher and kennel owner, who is best known as the Father of the Iditarod dog sled race, which runs 1,049 miles¹ across the U.S. state of Alaska. |
 | | The United States 2000 census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. |
 | | Dogs bred for marathon races weight from 45 to 55 pounds (20â“25 kg), and those bred for sprinting weigh 5 to 10 pounds (2â“5 kg) less, but the best competitors of both types are interchangeable. |
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