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Harry the Husky is a body-suit mascot for the University of Washington, one of two mascots the University's athletic program currently uses. Hendrix the Husky is Harry's brother that lives at UW Tacoma. 〔UW news article of Hendrix(), Accessed March 14, 2012.〕 ==History== The University's first mascot was Sunny Boy, a , gold-painted statuette representing an illustration frequently appearing in ''Columns'', which - at the time - was a student-published campus humor magazine (presently ''Columns'' is the title of the University of Washington Alumni Magazine). The mascot was introduced in 1920 and retired three years later when it got lost in Bush Auditorium and the University adopted the nickname "Huskies." 〔Cloud Of Mystery Shades Sunny Boy(), ''Seattle Times'', June 7, 1994, Accessed March 20, 2009.〕 In 1922, the University began using live sled dogs as its mascots, first a non-hereditary line of Siberian Huskies and, beginning in 1961, a hereditary line of Alaskan Malamutes, which are a different breed of dog from the husky. This makes the University of Washington the only university to have an NCAA team that uses live animal mascots that are different from its official mascot. 〔Dubs(), GoHuskies.com, Accessed October 12, 2010.〕 Due to the size of the animals, difficulties of travel, logistics, and handler schedules, the mascots generally only appear at home football games. In 1995, officials in the University's athletic department commissioned a costume and held tryouts for the new live mascot. Three student performers were chosen (Lee Harris, Evelyn Ho and Chris MacDonald) and rotated duties to appear as a secondary mascot for use at events at which the live mascot was unable to attend. A contest and public vote two years later named the new mascot "Harry the Husky." 〔Our Back Pages: A Dog is Born (), ''Columns'', September, 2006, Accessed March 20, 2009.〕 Coincidentally, the mascot had already been referred to by that name during a scene in The Sixth Man, a film starring Marlon Wayans about the University of Washington basketball team, that had been released prior to the vote. In 2010, the University unveiled a new Harry the Husky costume and retired the old one. The new husky made his debut on October 9, 2010.〔Here Comes Harry the Husky (), YouTube, Accessed October 12, 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry the Husky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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