SPORTING DIGEST: DOG-SLED RACING

SPORTING DIGEST: DOG-SLED RACING

Joe Redington, the organiser of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in its early days, has died at his home in Alaska aged 82. Redington was synonymous with dog mushing in Alaska, and his devotion to the sport was such that he will be buried in the basket of a dogsled.