WASHINGTON - In 1925, a handsome male sled dog named Balto led a 13-dog team that braved blizzard conditions during the grueling final 85km leg of a 1,088km dogsled relay, bringing lifesaving medicine to the Alaskan city of Nome during a diphtheria outbreak. Balto was feted as a hero, the subject of books and movies, and the dog's taxidermy mount...