Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I haere mai nga kuao mai i tawhiti atu i New Jersey me Tennessee i runga i te tūmanako ki te whiwhi i tētahi ingoa ingoa hou: ko te 'Bulldog Ataahua.' I hinga katoa rātau i tētahi tangata whenua e aroha ana ki te kai hukarere me te mātakitaki i ngā kōtiro. He kuri e rua tau te pakeke no Des Moines ko Tank te ingoa i toa i te whakataetae 36 o te tau o te Bulldog Ataahua i te Ratapu i te Whare Wananga o Drake. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Winner: Tank, he 2 tau te pakeke bulldog i Iowa riro Drake University o te 36th tau 'Beautiful Bulldog' whakataetae Rātapu. He tino ataahua: Ko Tank, e pai ana ki te kai hukarere me te matakitaki i nga kukupa, ka mahi inaianei hei mascot o nga Drake Relays o tenei tau. I whakawhiwhia a Tank ki nga honore nui me te karauna me te potae. Ka puta ia ki mua i ngā kaiwhaiwhai neke atu i te 16,000 - ko ngā kaupapa rangatira rānei - i te Drake Relays o te whare wānanga kia whakahonoretia hei tohu o te kaupapa, ka tū mai i te Rāhoroi ki te Rāhoroi, e ai ki te paetukutuku o te whakataetae. Ko te whakataetae ātaahua, e 50 ngā kuri, te tīmatanga o te whakataetae Drake Relays. 'He mea whakamiharo ia,' te kī a Duane Smith, te rangatira o Tank. 'He tino pai ia.' I whakaitihia e ngā kaiwhakawā o te whakataetae he puna neke atu i te 100 o ngā kōtiro whai tūmanako mā te rota i tū i te marama kua hipa. Kei konei, kei te whakawhiwhia a Tank ki tana rangatira, a Duane Smith, i muri i tana wikitoria i te whakataetae ā-tau 36. Heoi anō, kāore ngā kaiwhakawa i rapu i te ataahua. I hiahia rātou ki te kite i ngā karu, i te waiū, i te rākau, i ngā kanohi toto, e ōrite ana ki ngā bulldog Ingarihi. I whiwhi rātou i ēnei mea katoa me ētahi atu mai i a Tank <unk>, e pai ana ki te whakakotahi i tōna whare ki tētahi Pomeranian me ētahi kōtiro i muri i te kitenga o Smith i a ia i runga i te Craigslist i te tau kua hipa. Mēnā kāore e taea e Tank te whakatutuki i āna mahi hei mascot o te Drake Relays, ka whai wāhi atu a Steve, tētahi hoa o Des Moines. Ko Steve te tuarua, ahakoa i te tīmatanga he tino whakamā ia mo te ara whakatikatika i whakaturia ki te marae poitūkohu o Drake, na tona rangatira i tiki ia ia, ka maka ia ki raro, ki te koa o nga mano torutoru o nga kaimātakitaki i te ringa. Whakataetae: Ko te whakataetae ataahua-i-te-kanohi, e whakaatu ana i nga kuri 50, ko te huihuinga kickoff mo te Drake Relays track meet. Bex i roto i te tutu: Ronnie Sussman, o Union,...
I riro te karauna i te whare wānanga o Drake i te whakataetae 'Beautiful Bulldog Contest' ā-tau i te Rātapu. I hinga a Tank i ētahi atu kuri e 49 i te whakataetae ā-tau 36. Ka noho a Tank hei mascot mō te Drake Relays.