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The gang must contend with a trio of ruthless bullies ( and their cat, Brutus, vicious enough to intimidate even Snoopy ) who openly boast of their having won the race every year they have competed.

The only thing that keeps the bullies at bay is Linus using his security blanket like a whip ( which also gets him unwanted attention from Sally due to her praising the courage of her " Sweet Babboo ").

It is revealed that their success has always been through outright cheating, using a raft equipped with an outboard motor, direction finder, radar, and sonar, and even resorting to every trick they could think of to hamper or destroy everyone else's chance to even make it to the finish line, much less win the race.