I need this pretty quick pls! I will give brainliest!! What happened after this event? This is a key event in The Call of the Wild.
Thornton's command cracked out like a pistol-shot.
Buck threw himself forward, tightening the traces with a
jarring lunge. His whole body was gathered compactly
together in the tremendous effort, the muscles writhing
and knotting like live things under the silky fur. His great
chest was low to the ground, his head forward and
down, while his feet were flying like mad, the claws
scarring the hard-packed snow in parallel grooves. The
sled swayed and trembled, half-started forward. One of
his feet slipped, and one man groaned aloud.
O Buck pulls the sled to the hundred-yard mark.
of the crowd places bets on Buck.
Thornton yells "Mush" to Buck.
Men begin holding their breath.