In 1927, the Seppala Siberian Husky team and the American teams of Chinooks raced at Poland Spring resort.

Leonhard Seppala's team, led by the Siberian Husky Togo, was famous for transporting diphtheria serum to remote Nome, Alaska, via a dog sled relay during an outbreak of that disease in 1925.

Seppala had two teams at the New England Dog Derby race. The smaller Alaskan dogs won the challenge race with Seppala at the helm. The second team, Mina Laklut led by twelve-year-old Togo and musher Kingiak, came in sixth place.

The musher's name is Kingiak, but was incorrectly identified during the day as Kinglak. The dog Togo appears on the far left of the photo.