 The challenge of the Yukon. The King, Han Yohesuke! The Wonder Dog King's swiftest and strongest of Eskimo lead dogs blazes the trail through storm and snow for Sergeant Preston as he meets the challenge of the Yukon. Sergeant Preston was typical of the small band of northwest-mounted police who preserved law and order in the new northwest country where the greed for wealth and power led to frequent violence and bloodshed. But in spite of the odds against them, Sergeant Preston and his Wonder Dog King met that challenge and justice ruled triumphant. There was much laughter and shouting in the gold-nugget bar in Boston City as the prospectors and trappers watched the addicts of a big dancing bear that belonged to Antonio Mattini. Antonio just arrived in the Yukon territory and with his hurdy-gurdy and his pet bear was making more money than he had ever dreamed was possible. The men of Dawson were starved for entertainment and were very generous if something amused them. Utsuboi, Bruno. Utsuboi, dance. Dance and put a boy. Utsuboi, Bruno. Dance. Look at that critter dance. I've never seen anything like that. Run you go, Bruno. Utsuboi. He's a big fellow too. He sure looks silly in that hat. That hat over here. We got some money for you. Come along, Bruno. Come on, come along. So you like the bear, eh? Sure we like him. Sit down. Tony, you name your poison. Maybe I take a little wine. Sit down, Bruno. Hey, that critter ain't dangerous, is he? I never been this close to a bear before. Bruno? Dangerous? What's a bamboo? They mean like a little kid. Have you had that bear long, Tony? He's this high, all in his life. But he doesn't like it to fight. He sure looks gentle. Sometime he likes playing. But just to make sure he doesn't hurt me, I cut to the clasp. Oh, you got his claws filed off. Well, I feel a little safer now. Hello, Sergeant Preston. There's Sergeant Preston in the mountain. Hey, that's some dog he's got. Look! What the bear ran behind the bar? Yes, sir. He knocked Tony down in the rush. Get this animal out of here, Tony! Let him! Bruno's scared of the Sergeant's dog. Some bear. And it was all such a coward. Look at that dancing bear. Tony took one like a dog and ran behind the bar. Yeah, he's scared. Well, I'd better take King up. Come on, boy, you will. Bring him back here, Tony. The Sergeant's taking his dog out. Come along, Bruno. That's a boy. Come along. Bruno, you should not run like a coward. He's scared of dogs, ain't he? Bruno, he no like it to fight. He has a not to see a dog like this. So big. So fierce. I'm sorry my dog frightened you, bear. I didn't know you were in here. Oh, that's all right. Bruno, he's a pet. But no like it to fight. He's a nice bear. Do you come up here from the States? Trit, Bruno, he was a boy in the city. Sit down with us, Sergeant. Why, uh, no thanks. I have to leave right away. You no waited to see Bruno dance? Well, next time. Good night, boys. Good night, Sergeant. Come on, Tony. Let's see that bear do his dance again. Just a wait until I finish this wine. Where are you living, Tony? I got a shack on the edge of town. Come on, Tony. We want to see Bruno dance again. Come on, Bruno. Come on, I want some more. Come on, come on. Why are you interested in where he lives, Mike? I just got an idea. What do you mean? We can make a lot of money if we had that bear. Tony's doing all right. I ain't doing around playing no hurtigr. I ain't talking about real money. Not the kind you collect in a tambourine. Yeah? If we could steal that bear, take him to another town, we could clean up. By letting him dance? By letting him fight. Fight a dog. Mike, are you crazy? You saw how scared he was with Sergeant's dog? He ran away faster than a cat would run. At that point, he's afraid of dogs. But nobody would know it. Except us. You got that big, fiercely tied. Tagged her Bruno dog pieces. Tagged quite an elephant if he had a chance. Bruno would probably paint it if he ever saw a tiger coming after him. We'll go home with Tony tonight. We'll see where he lives. I'll carry you to the plan when we get home. You see, Bill? It'll all be simple. Hard to show him the mountains. It won't be hard to lose him. I'll get that cage from Jed Green, and as soon as you leave Tony's cabin, I'll get Bruno, put him in the cage, and start for 40 miles with the dog sled. But maybe Tony'll freeze to death. You don't know this country? Well, we'll have to take that chance. It won't matter much. But murder... There are plenty of properties around this time of year. Someone's bound to pick them up. But the time he gets back to Dawson, he'll be safe in 40 miles. Yeah, you'll get there before I do. That's a plan. Now, when you can get each other before, you bring Tag with you, and start bragging he can fight his weight in Wildcats. But if someone finds Tony, and then he finds out his bear's been stolen... How will he know the bear's been stolen? Everybody will think the bear ran away. Tony won't know what to do about it anyway. Now, go straight to the Silver Slipper, and I'll be there every night. So, there ain't anybody in 40 miles who let his dog fight my bear? Listen, stranger, there ain't anybody in 40 miles that crazy. Not even if I'm willing to bet 20 to 1? Everybody'd want to bet 20 to 1 on the bear. There ain't a dog in the world who could stand up to a big animal like that when you got your cage. What's all this you're talking about? This crazy man wants somebody to let his dog fight that big bear he has outside. I guess he thinks it's beautiful. I guess he thinks we don't know what a bear can do to a dog. I've got a dog that could lick any bear in the country. Listen, mister, you must have had too much to drink. No. You got a dog, huh? Now, what kind? A big husky. And when he gets through with your bear, he'll look like a rug. And what's more? I'll cover any bets that any of you want to put up. And there's a few sacks of gold to start with. Oh, stranger, you got plenty of nerve. The bets are 20 to 1 on my bear. We'll give you all you can take. I'll cover all bets. I got more money where this came from. We'll let Barney here hold the money. Why, sure. You'll have all day tomorrow to make your bets and tell your friends. We'll hold a fight after tomorrow. It'll take a while to dig the bit and get things ready. Well, come on, stranger. I'll pee a drink. Hey! I meet me in rooms sex and order in hotel whenever they're sleeping. Sit down on the bed. We'd better not light a light. Did you have much trouble getting the bear? No. It was easy. Dogs led and led them right into it with a piece of fish. No. I hand it to dogs and take them back to the cabin so they wouldn't scare them. Good. We ought to clean up about 20,000 on this fight. Everybody wants to bet on a bear. They'd be fools if they didn't. Unless they knew Bruno. And what about Tony? I took him out to the hills. It was easy to lose him. Nobody picks him up. He'll be wandering around for days. We'll collect our money and head for the border day after tomorrow. All right, boys. Sergeant Preston. Oh, hello, Drake. Come in. Well, there ain't time. Can you come with me right away? What's wrong? Well, it's Tony. He's a little Italian with a dancing bear. I picked him up on the trail this morning. He was half frozen. Where is he? He's back at his cabin. He's half crazy. His pet bear is gone. Wait a minute, Drake. Tell me about it on the way to Tony's cabin. Could you get out of this country? I'm going to go home. All right, Tony. Now calm down. We'll find you a bear. These are men. They're still in my Bruno. That is why they take me out of the healer to lose me. You, uh, drink this hot tea, Tony, and warm up. Tony no need to hot tea. All I want is in my Bruno bank. Come on, Drake. We'll go out and see if there are any tracks around. There's some bear tracks right down to the trail. And then the end. As if he flew away. I don't know why anybody would want that bear. See the track, Sergeant? Yes. The end here. Look, Jake. What? The tracks of that sled. Anyone could have made those, Sergeant. Lots of people take this trail. But that particular track is different. A heavy weight was taken on right here. See? Tracks are much deeper leading away. You're right, Sergeant. I think someone took Bruno on a sled. It's a heavy animal. Yeah. Here comes Tony. You'll find us something. Nothing like tamper to warm people up with, I worry. Why are you bringing us? It's very dirty. How do you find it? Someone took Bruno away on a dog sled, Tony. I'll go back and get my dog, team. I'll trail him. I'm the Tony. He come at two. But you can't bring that hurdy-gurdy. My organita must have come at two. I'll leave a nothing inch of country to get the steal again. Well, can't say I blame him. All right, bring it along, Tony. I'll go and get my team and sled. Yeah, that bearing beat. He act funny. Look how he stand on high feet and wave paws in the air. Yeah. He looks a bit dense. All right. He sure don't look very fierce. When's the fight start? It's gonna start there. Yeah. Look at that dog. He looks twice as fierce as a bear. A bear's never looked fierce. But waylier, see what happens when they put that dog in the pit. All right, everybody. Gather around the pit. We're gonna put the dog in it. Love it. Don't throw that dog in there. It's a mountain. Throw the dog in quick, Bill. Go on, take it. And I'll hit the tree boy. King jumped into the pit as Bill's big husky leaped at Bruno. And the two dogs rolled in a snarling heap as the terrified bear tried practically to get out of the pit. The tag was no match for King, however, and the fight was short. King stood snarling over the proud dog as Sergeant Preston strode over to Mike. Get over there with Bill, Mike. I'm handcuffing you. Your dog. You'll kill him. He won't kill him. You men watch these two. Don't let them get away. I'll get those dogs out of that pit. Mike, Bruno, he's a safe bear. Your dog, he's safe of my bear. I've never seen anything like this before. Look at that bear dance. There's something new with the Silver Slipper. Hey, there's the Sergeant now. What's your dog, Sergeant Preston? I know King's all right, thanks. Hey, look. The bear ran behind the fire. Oh, I forgot. I shouldn't have brought King in here. Sergeant, you're lucky the men up. Yes, Tony. They're safe in the local jail. I'm sorry King scared Bruno again. You mean that bear scared the dogs? He's not scared. He just didn't like it to fight. Then we'd have lost all our money. That was the general idea. These are men. They'd give me lots of money to see my Bruno dance. Your dog, he's safe. My Bruno's life. I'd give him some money. Why, uh, King can't take any money, Tony. We're paid by the government. Come on, Tony. We want to see a fair dance. Go ahead, Tony. Get Bruno. I'll keep King under this table here where Bruno can't see. Come on, Tony. We want some music. Get that bear going. Okay. Okay. Come on and Bruno dance for the point. Come on, Tony. There he goes. I don't blame your King. I don't like her to get any music either. These copyright laws of WXYZ Detroit. No characters, names, places and incidents used are fictitious. They are sent to you each week at this same time. This is Larry McCann speaking. This is...