Jane Alston-Myers – The Chameleon
Click here to read the complete article
By Joan Harrigan
Westminster is special to many dog fanciers—for Jane Alston-Myers, it has marked some of the most important moments in her life. Her parents met at Westminster. She met her future husband, handler Greg Myers, during one Westminster, became engaged to him at another, and at a third, she handled a Clumber Spaniel, Ch. Clussexx Country Sunrise, to Best In Show.
It’s safe to say that when Greg and Jane first met, it was not “love at first sight.” At the time, Jane Alston was in college; and she’d come to the show to assist her professional handler father, George Alston. “I met Greg at a party, but we didn’t get along very well,” Jane recalls. “We got into a big fight about Springers—my dad and Greg’s employer, Tommy Glassford, were competitors in Springers.”
She didn’t see him again for a couple of years. Jane moved to Florida with her mother and started her own career in dogs. When Greg approached her at a show and asked her to dinner, Jane gave him a flat “no,” and left it at that. But the next day, he asked her again and she reluctantly agreed. At the restaurant, talk turned to their respective families. Myers told Jane that he knew she had two sisters—“there’s you, and Jennifer, and that b—— I met at Westminster.” Calmly, Jane raised her hand and said, “that would be me.” They were engaged at Westminster the following year.
Born to Hold a Lead
Click here to read the complete article
Short URL: http://caninechronicle.com/?p=218043
Posted by AnthonyA
on Dec 8 2021. Filed under Current Articles, Featured.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0.
Both comments and pings are currently closed.
Comments are closed
