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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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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.
Quotations
1900
. . . the dogs whined; and He of the Otter Skins talked with his whip to a recalcitrant wheeler.
1903
Dave was wheeler or sled dog, pulling in front of him was Buck, then came Sol-leks; the rest of the team was strung out ahead, single file, to the leader. . . .