Our wonderful sport has produced more than a few generations of great canines in the past, and our sphere of notables of the human kind has some powerful contributors within a family, but few span across three or more generations. This month I’d like to look back at one very recognizable family in the game…starting with the patriarch of the Booths, Dr. Frank Booth, DVM.
Taken from the archives of The Canine Chronicle Read more at: August 2012 By Amy Fernandez Named as AKC’s Hound Breeder of the Year in 2007, Stanley D. Petter, Jr. is celebrated for importing and breeding quality Greyhounds under the Hewly prefix. But outside of the dog fancy, he is acknowledged as one of the world’s most [...]
by Dr. Quentin N. LaHam Taken from the archives of The Canine Chronicle For several years I taught Comparative Anatomy to biologists and in that capacity I had the occasion to dissect many different animals and to assist hundreds of students wrestling with the problem for the first time. The dogs employed were obtained from [...]
Taken from the archives of The Canine Chronicle Volume 36 Number 2 February, 2011 page 72 By Dr Gareth Morgan-Jones On occasion, or in some cases habitually, certain individuals bring up in their writings the subject of judging approval and, oftentimes, what is expressed amounts to continued dissatisfaction with the way the American Kennel Club [...]
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Editor’s Note: This article was written during the heated battle at AKC over the proposed move of their headquarters to Raleigh/Durham. We all know how it turned out, but the idea was not only brilliant but, in retrospect, something that would probably be beneficial to the operations of today’s American Kennel Club.
This should be easy. Can you name the Handlers?
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Percy was one of those handlers, as in the case of the Forsyths and numerous other leading handlers of that period, who was approved to judge Specialty Shows due to being a licensed handler. He did all-breeds under this ruling at various Specialties between 1937 and 1950, so he knew that he would enjoy a judging career prior to retiring from his importing and handling business, which had been so enormously successful, even before the time came to make a definite decision involving this change of activity.
