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Lolly Medley, the late Wasilla harness
maker was one of two women to run the second
Iditarod in 1974.
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Lolly became the second woman to cross the
Iditarod finish line in Nome coming in 29 minutes
after Mary Shields in the second running of the
race in 1974. In addition to mushing Lolly, who
home-schooled Ramey and was also was also a gifted
harness maker, convinced the Iditarod Trail
Committee in 1979 to begin awarding a Lolly Medley
Golden Harness award to be presented to the most
outstanding lead dog in the race as voted on by the
mushers themselves. The prize consists of a custom
embroidered dog harness and some cash. In the early
years of the award, Lolly created the harnesses
herself.
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