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Crowd gathers downtown for Spooktacular celebration

By: Lareign Ward - Texarkana Gazette

Staff photo by Adam Sacasa. Yates Floyd of Texarkana, Texas, eyes the finish line with his dog Smokey before the Main Street Texarkana Howl-O-Weenie Dachshund Derby as part of Spooktacular Sunday. Smokey also participated in the costume contest, where he finished second as Smokey Phelps.

Staff photo by Adam Sacasa. Jethro, a six-month-old dapple dachshund owned by Jon Carnes, races down the straightaway Sunday at the Main Street Texarkana Howl-O-Weenie Dachshund Derby.

Lou Henderson picks up her dachshund, Dappledo, after the Main Street Texarkana Howl-O-Weenie Dachshund Derby as part of Spooktacular Sunday. Staff photo by Adam Sacasa.

Texarkana dogs got their day Sunday afternoon at Main Street Texarkana’s Spooktacular Sunday. The events downtown featured a dachshund derby, which pitted the short-legged dogs against each other in a race in front of Perot Theatre.

The events downtown featured a dachshund derby...

Published: 10/31/2011