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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2017
Rumor has it: Shepherd scores at Westminster dog show
By BEN WALKER
Associated Press
NEW YORK — She’s no
longer a Rumor at America’s
top dog show.
A German shepherd called
Rumor who just missed win-
ning at the Westminster Ken-
nel Club last year came back
to score a big victory Mon-
day night, beating out favored
Preston the puli in the herding
group.
To the cheers of the crowd
at Madison Square Gar-
den, Rumor joined a minia-
ture poodle, a Pekingese and
a Norwegian elkhound in
the best-of-seven final ring.
She’ll face three more group
winners still to be picked
tonight, right before the
champ is chosen.
Rumor was the nation’s
No. 1 show dog last year when
she came to the Garden. But
she fell short when a German
shorthaired pointer named CJ
won in a surprise, and it was
thought that Rumor would
retire.
Asked about the chances
of 5-year-old Rumor adding to
her 103 career championship
ribbons, handler and co-owner
Kent Boyles said, “I have no
idea. ... You never know.”
“Really good competition,”
Boyles said, adding that he
was “pretty nervous.”
Crowd favorites
Nearly 2,800 dogs across
202 breeds and varieties were
entered. Plenty of them were
early crowd favorites at the
mostly filled Garden, if not
winners.
A toy fox terrier just wanted
to stand still. A papillon lived
up to its name — “butterfly,”
in French — by fluttering
around. And a sloughi, one of
three new breeds at this year’s
show, kept yawning.
Preston came in with 95
total wins, known for a black,
corded coat so thick that it’s
often hard to see any of his
features. It’s also hard to han-
dle — his hair takes up to five
hours to dry, helped by a cou-
ple of industrial carpet blowers
that create a “swirly, tornado
effect,” handler and co-owner
Linda Pitts said.
In an upset, Duffy the
Norwegian elkhound took
the hound group. She topped
Lucy the borzoi, second
overall at Westminster last
year, and Gia the greyhound,
champ of the National Dog
Show televised last Thanks-
giving Day.
AP Photo/Seth Wenig
Rumor, a German shepherd, and Kent Boyles take a lap around the ring during the best in show competition at the
140th Westminster Kennel Club dog show at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2016. CJ, a German shorthaired
pointer, won best in show. Rumor, who just missed winning at the Westminster Kennel Club in 2016, came back to score
a big victory Monday, beating out favored Preston the puli in the herding group.
Once is enough
AP Photos/Mary Altaffer
LEFT: Adriano Rocha grooms XO, a briard, during the 141st Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Monday in New
York. RIGHT: Frankie Larrieu grooms Bella, a Yorkshire terrier from Moscow during the Westminster Kennel Club Dog
Show on Monday in New York. Almost 2,800 dogs and 202 breeds competed in the annual event.
Hound judge Polly Smith
perked up some ears, too. In an
interview shown on the score-
board, she started out, “This
bitch epitomized type.” That’s
the proper term for a female
dog — predictably, it drew
laughs and guffaws from the
crowd.
Chuckie the Pekingese won
the toy group. Not yet 2, he
already has a legacy as his pop
Malachy won Westminster in
2012. A black miniature poo-
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Elise
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Dazzling debut
Watching little Raina
McCloskey romp around the
Westminster dog show ring
with her borzoi buddy, it was
hard to tell who was leading
whom.
Reigning champion CJ
the German shorthaired
pointer was entered in the
show and came to New York,
but co-owner/hander Valerie
Nunes-Atkinson isn’t going to
have him compete today.
“We’re not going to tarnish
the memory,” she said.
Westminster winners rarely
try for a repeat — it’s been
more than 20 years since any
champ stepped back into the
Garden ring. The last dog to
take two in a row at Westmin-
ster was an English springer
spaniel in 1971-72.
There is no prize money for
winning Westminster. Instead,
the payoff can come in breed-
ing rights, so owners fre-
quently are eager to retire their
champions.
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Because, really, Briar was
so big Raina could’ve ridden
him.
As fans noticed the unlikely
pairing in the breed competi-
tion — a 7-year-old girl, in her
aqua princess dress, galloping
with her elegant 8-year-old pal
— the sweet sound of “aww-
www” filled the ring.
“Makes me teary-eyed,”
said her mom, Kari, of Delta,
Pennsylvania.
Handlers who take dogs
into the ring at Westminster are
almost always adults. There is
a portion of the program for
junior showmanship, yet even
those participants are usually
teenagers.
“Mommy, where do I go
into the ring?” Raina asked
before boldly making her debut
in the main draw. Her mother
led a dog right behind them.
When Raina presented
Briar to judge Steven Her-
man, he leaned over and softly
asked: “Is he your friend?” She
nodded.
Moments later, Raina took
a tumble when her pink sneak-
ers caught on a seam of the
green, uneven carpet. She
bounced up in a hurry with-
out a worry, drew a loud cheer
and finished the run alongside
Briar.
When her mother checked
if she was OK, Raina said her
elbow hurt. Her mom kissed
the boo-boo.
They both made the first cut
of the 27 borzoi entries.
“I’m so proud of her, she
did a great job,” Kari said.
Asked if she had a fun time,
Raina simply smiled. Instead,
she kept her eyes on Briar,
nuzzling him.
No words necessary.
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