“Buck can start at 1,000 pounds.” Said John Thornton, the owner of Buck the sleddog. It was a cold cold afternoon 60 below zero 1898, March 10, A bar named El Dorado Saloon. Everyone in the bar was talking about how much there dog could pull. It started with 300 than 500 then 600 and John said 1000. One of the guys at the bar, Larry Smith, Said “ There is no way he can pull 1000 pounds.” “I’ve got $1000 dollars that says he can’t.” As they were walking outside one guy named Billy Bob Joe was admiring Buck and yelled to John Thornton, “I offer you $800 for,sir.” john replied “NO”. They started to add weight to the sled that was already stuck in the ice. The question was could Buck pull out a sled that was stuck in the ice and had 1000