Runner's Moon Chapter 8
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| Time frame | July 1990 |
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Locations
- Josh Archer's home in Spearfish Lake
- The Frostee Freeze
Characters
- Brian McMullen
Summary
Josh spends two weeks putting the mobile home on the plot of land, with the help of Mark, Mike and Walt.
Whilst waiting for the water pump at the bottom of the well to be replaced he has a meal at the Frostee Freeze when Brian stops by. Brian has heard that Josh has Dennis Bergen's team and wants to arrange a trade. Josh has a look at Bingo and also notices Stupid, who is half greyhound. Josh agrees to trade Headlight and Stinker for Bingo and Stupid.
After swapping the dogs, Josh & Tiffany take Bullet & two of her pups to Fred Linder and discuss their teams on the way. Josh realizes that they've got most of the way to having a racing kennel.
The next day Josh and Tiffany are at Mark's to work with the dogs. Josh starts to assess Stupid, and realizes the problem is that he is so much faster than the other dogs that he keeps tripping in the harnesses and lines of the dog ahead of him. Josh tries him in front as the leader and is impressed with the dog, so they rename him as Switchstand.
A delivery truck pulls up and Josh is surprised to find that Phil has shipped him two older racing dogs from Alaska, both females. Although neither will race again, they have prime bloodlines and are excellent for producing some litters of puppies. Nimbus has run the Iditarod four times and Shack three times. Josh, Mark and Tiffany are a little in awe of the two dogs.
