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wheel-dog
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
of a dog team, the dog nearest the sled in a tandem hitch, or either of the two dogs nearest the sled in a fan hitch. [See pictures at fan hitch and tandem hitch.]
Quotations
1922
I put a smaller dog named Mike in the lead and hitched Steal up next the sleigh as my "wheel-dog."
1941
The wheel dogs--those nearest the sled--and the leader are allowed a trace six feet long, the others being about five feet.
1965
l firmly believe that the "wheel-dog," next to the sled, can upset one any time he wishes.