Statistician’s Notes

(Pulls 36 thru 51)
1 March, 1997

Lineup Change to Come

In region 4, three dogs will be demoted to provisional: Junior and Chance in 80 lb. class, and Gussy in 35 lb. class. Matt Welsh and Mindy Nichols did not pay membership and elected to not ante up.

These three dogs will disappear from the line-up, but no one's points will change. Your dog will get to move up if you are ranked below them.

I have not made the changes, yet, so they will still appear in the standings.

Kavik - region 2

Has been entered as Kajik on one pull and Kauik on another. They will be combined and renamed to Kavik.

Requested Changes

Smokey owned by John Lucero, region 9. New owner is Tim Long

Red owned by Tim Long, region 9 -- New owner is Mark Landers

E R R O R S

Pull 42, Houghton Lake MI

Tigger, owned by Richard Weiman, was listed as region 6 on the pull sheet. Was entered as a region 6 dog until I found he was listed as region 4 on the next day of the pull.

Pull 43, Houghton Lake MI

Donna Libby was listed as provisional on the financial sheet; but was region 6 on the pull sheet. Since she is not on the membership roster (2/19) I entered her and dog Dozer as provisional.

Pulls 47 & 48, Gates, NC

The pull sheets were not listed in rank order. Since the software does not sort, I have to make sure it goes in with the correct order. And, even if it did sort, it would make proofreading more difficult. I know this was your 1st Debbie; but next time please list the dogs in winning order, i.e., by descending weight and increasing time when the weights are the same.

Pull 48, Gates, NC

Brian Gritz was listed as a non-member in the financial sheet, but as region 6 on the pull sheet. Since he is not on the Feb 19 membership roster, I assumed he was provisional.

Pull 49, Kalkaska, MI

Todd Allen with Bozz was presented as region 4 on the pull sheet. I entered him as region 6.

Name Assumptions

For the following entries, the name spelling (bold) used is that in the database. Listed is the pull number and how the name was spelled on the pull sheet (underlined).

2-Dogs – pull 36, Casper,. Two Dogs

Dozzer – pull 36, Casper,. Dozer

Smokey – pull 36, Casper,. Smoky

Mac – pulls 37 & 38, Newport News,. Mack

Black Prince II – pulls 39 & 40, Deer park,. Black Prince

Black Prince II – pulls 44 & 45, Leavenworth,. Black Prince

Penni – pull 41, Denver,. Penny

Dozzer – pull 41, Denver,. Dozer

Sadie – pull 41, Denver,. Sadie Mae

Blitzen – pull 41, Denver,. Blitz

Beulah – pulls 42 & 43, Houghton Lake,. Bula

Jasmin – pull 42, Houghton Lake,. Jasmine

Beulah – pull 46, Houghton Lake,. Bula

Nieka – pull 48, Gates,. Nicka

New Dogs

The following dogs were entered as new dogs.

Kiva – Region 9, Steve Riggs, Malamute

Kobuk – Region 9, Steve Riggs, Malamute

Nikina – Region 5, Steve Jackson, Siberian Husky

Hanna – Region 6, Jill Owen, Am. Pit Bull

Jake – Region 5, Steve Jackson, Siberian Husky

Penny – Region 6, Robert Valentine, Am. Staff. Terrier

Juneau – Region 6, Sandy Deloach, Malamute

South – Region 2, Marcia Ezell, Siberian Husky

Annie – Region 2, Nancy Guadagna, Malamute

TaChena – Region 2, Cindy Johnson, Malamute

Kodi – Region 3, Marielle Lemal, Rottweiler

Shaman – Region 2, Nancy Guadagna, Malamute

Buffalo – Region 9, Vicki Ishmael, Mixed

Apollo – Region 9, Eddie Cardona, Rottweiler

C. Bord – Region 6, Joal Hildebrandt, Border Collie

Tigger – Region 4, Richard Weiman, Akita

Sunny – Region 2, Donna Daymude, Malamute

Tim – Region 2, Susie Malcolm, Malamute

Jake – Region 4, Bob Bonacorsi, Am. Pit Bull

Jackie – Region 4, Bob Bonacorsi, Am. Pit Bull

Phoenix – Region 4, Sean Mackio, Malamute

Juneau – Region 6, Jim Dodds, Malamute

Otto – Region 6, Nick Smith, Rottweiler

Timber – Region 10, Carla Shires, Malamute

Assumptions

Grizzly – Region 3, was pulled by Marielle Lemal and shows as owned by Diane Parker. Assume the same dog and possibly ownership has changed.

Skeena -- Region 2 at Leavenworth pull. Was pulled by Karl Welle and the database has Jennifer Crowe as the owner (who was also at the pull). I assumed it was the same dog and did not change ownership.

Sean Mackio -- (or Mackin) with dog Phoenix, region 4, unlimited. He is entered as provisional at Kalkaska on 25 Jan, and as a member at Houghton Lake on 26 Jan. On the membership roster he shows as 27 Jan. I am assuming he decided to join after that first pull and sent in his membership. Also, he is entered as Mackin on the pull sheets, but the membership roster has him as Mackio. And, finially, his address is listed as Cahokia, OR 62206. I believe it should be IL, not OR. I will bring these to the attention of the membership chair.