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Stories written by AnthonyA
The year is 1934, and America is in the midst of the Great Depression. While the middle and working classes struggle to survive, members of the American Leisure Class quietly downsize their companies, cut expenditures and focus instead on their personal sports and passions. Bread lines and soup kitchens are a reality for millions of people during this period, but in stark contrast golf, polo, and the sport of purebred dogs are still thriving when the gritty, optimistic FDR is chosen to guide the American nation.
April 13th, 2021 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Two prominent breeders offer their comments on Irish Setters today.
Cynthia Stanford, breeder of Roclyn Setters based in Los Gatos, California
Mary Merlo, breeder of Evergreen Irish Setters in Youngsville, North Carolina
April 11th, 2021 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
When I was fourteen, my father suddenly announced that he was going to buy a ‘holiday property’ down on the bleak Essex coast, at a place called Maldon.
April 11th, 2021 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
“I have never seen a Siberian this great,” said the judge, adding, “the ear didn’t bother me.” Old timers will know immediately that the Siberian in question was Ch. Innisfree’s Sierra Cinnar, and “the ear” referred to his show-side ear that was missing the top third. The judge was E. Irving Eldredge, and the win? Best In Show at the 1980 Westminster Kennel Club.
April 10th, 2021 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
It seems the older I get, the more friends I lose. I am now in my mid-50s and many of the people I knew, loved and respected so much are gone.
April 10th, 2021 | Posted in Current Articles | Read More »
While often misattributed to Mark Twain, it was Charles Dudley Warner who made the famous remark, “Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it”. Well, in our sport, everyone complains about the Judging Approval Process. Unlike the weather, however, much has been done about it over many years.
April 9th, 2021 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
The Cocker Spaniel was the most popular breed in the United States in the middle of the 20th century. The breed’s popularity may well have been spurred by a dog named Ch. My Own Brucie winning Best in Show twice at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, or possibly another named Checkers owned by Vice President Nixon, and another starring in the popular movie “Lady and the Tramp.” The most recent AKC list ranks Cockers as 28th overall, the fifth most popular sporting breed.
April 9th, 2021 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
The majority of owners and exhibitors, including professional handlers, fail I think, to give any consideration to the many problems faced by judges today. Nor do they consider how judges strive to solve these problems. Moreover, many novice judges–having little experience with any of a hundred puzzling problems which might come up–do not know how to respond in certain situations or answer the questions when put to them.
April 8th, 2021 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
GCHB Collina D’Oro Solo Un Bacio
April 8th, 2021 | Posted in Current Articles | Read More »
There’s nothing new about dogs entering this country from Eastern Europe with questionable documentation. We’ve had rabies scares, among other things. But this is not a rabies-free country to start with. So, aside from a few fatal disease outbreaks, what’s the harm…right? NOT! But that’s another story.
April 6th, 2021 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
