American Whippet Club 1970 Whippet Annual |
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| Our great appreciation to Lynne Underwood for allowing permission to preserve this 1970 Whippet Yearbook on the AWC Website. Pages 301-325
MADCAP GREAT CIRCLE
CH. MADCAP TIMELESS AND CH. MADCAP STAGE STRUCK
CH. MADCAP TIMEKEEPER Owner: Norman Ellis
CH. HOMEPLACE CALAMITY
CH. GREAT CIRCLE HOLIDAY Some of the dogs owned by Wendell Howell: "Some are gone, but all of them have given me the delight so generously given by good friends." (Wendell Howell)
DEVON DOG SHOW ASSN'S Oct 1959
CH. FOREST SLIM JIM, C.D. CH. Forest Slim Jim C. D. vas bred by Ed Jenner and completed his Championship with a number of Group placements including Group Firsts while owned by Mr. John Sheehan. He was trained for racing at four years of age and came on by that fall to pick off 4th high scoring racer at Marysville National Point Races. At the age of eight, he entered his first obedience show, placing first in Novice B class with a 194 score (fun match). He qualified for his C.D. in the next three shows with scores of 186, 193 and 194 1/2.
CH. RED TITTER O'LAZELAND Sire: ENG. & AM. CH. Ravenslodge Solitaire Dam: Lorelei O'Lazeland Championed as a Puppy, Group Placements, Raced with the best.
CH. LYSANDER OF BRISKWAYS Sires CH. Stoney Meadows Monocle
CH PENNYWORTH APRIL FOOL CH PENNYWORTH APRIL FOOL was bred by Doris Wear of Stoney Meadows kennel and was shown to her championship by her next owner, Peggy Newcombe of Pennyworth, who owned April's famous sire, the English import CH. Fleeting Falcon and B.I.S winner 8 times. April's Dam was Stoney Meadows Ice Capade. April spent most of her life with Emalie Ewing of Wings Kennels receiving several Group Placements and also became the Dam of several Champion sons and daughters, some sired by Oh. Bull of the Woods of Blue Beaver and some by CH Briarwyn's Beret. Aprils daughter Psychedellia, owned by Donna Bangs, St. Louis Mo., also sports several Group Placements. April was white with blue fawn brindle markings and had, oddly for her color, dark brown eyes: spent her Last years with Donna Bangs 1961-1969.
CH. MEANDER NICOTINE CH MEANDER NICOTLNE (Ch Stoney
CH. TLERCELET GABRIELLE Breeder: R.A. and K.A. Hessler Owner: Mary Jane Frank
PENNYWORTH TUMBLEWEED
CH. WHITE ACRES SNOW FLURRY Winner of 2 Group 2nd and 1 Group 3rd. Dam of CH. White Acres Carol's Fancy.
CH. WHITE ACRES SHAWNEE
CH. WHITE ACRES SEA SHANTY
LITTERMATES
CH. BOLNEY SEA SHANTY OF ALWAYS (1949 - 1959) Winner of 1 Group I, 3 Group II, 1 Group II, 1 Group IV. Dam of Ch. Pennyworth Sea Shore, Ch. White Acres Sea Seraph, and Ch. White Acres Sea Shanty.
CH. WHITE ACRES SEA SERAPH
CH. SEAGIFT SUPERB OF PENNYWORTH (1950 - 1961) Winner of 1 Group 2 and 1 Group 3rd Dam of Ch. White Acres Sylvie.
FIDGETY FLEET Owner:
By Marion Woodcock, Sec. Whippet Association of California Article from Dog Craft dated September 1931 T" picture on our page this issue is of Fidgety Feet, belonging to Mr. Woodcock and myself. It is really just a little bit hard to be modest at this moment, since he just went Best of Breed at the Long Beach Show, at which I am writing this last minute news. The picture was taken and the wreath as a winning dog placed on him during the recent filming of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Whippet picture in which he played. Seven Whippets came under Mrs. H. P. Rosemont's experienced eye for points at this show. Since Mrs. Rosemont has been a Whippet owner and lover of several years standing, her judging was most painstakingly and carefully carried ont, even to the point of taking the dogs out on the balcony of the building where she could observe them better in action. The wins were allotted as follows Senior Puppy Dogs, 1st. Scamper Along owned by Marietta Gregory and Edith Green. Open Dogs: 1st. Rosemont Black Jack, owned by Donald Hostetter.
FIDGETY FLEET Owner: When it came down to Winners Dogs, it was very close between Fidgety Feet and Black jack, out Fidgety Feet finally received the purple, the decision having been given him for slightly better proportion and general conformation according to Mrs. H. P. Rosemont's word. Winners Bitches also took careful going over with the decision finally going to Wingfoot Ghita with Arroyo Be Yourself reserve. Best of Breed was one more close decision, Fidgety Feet finally winning on better development. In discussing the dogs and their wins afterward, Mrs. Rosemont expressed the opinion that they were all good, and she thoroughly enjoyed going over them. According to Mrs. Reuland's records the two point given to Ghita put her over for her championship, while Fidgety Feet secured his second point show, making a total of 12 points for him. In the Sporting (Hound) Group, Fidgety Feet took 3rd place. Raggedy Red, the very fast racing bitch belonging to Mrs. Arthur Wright, has not been seen on the track just recently and won't be seen for some little time to come, due to the fact that she is now the proud 'mama' of eight puppies, this rather overwhelming family having been sired by our Fidgety Feet. The pups which were whelped the night of August 20th are all strong and fine, with five males and three females, mostly fawn or red in color with the exception of one male which is all white body with red markings on the head around the eyes. As far as it is remembered, there has only been one other litter of eight whelped here on the Coast. The Wrights we rather disappointed to have had this more or less honor happen to their little bitch, for they thought four would be plenty. Everyone in the Whippet Club is busy making preparation to go up north to our two big Fair meets. The first will be the State Fair at Sacramento on September 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th, followed by a weeks rest when we will turn up at the Fresno District Fair to run the full six days, September 15th to 20th inclusive. The month of August however, saw two races held on the Arroyo Track in Pasadena on the 2nd and 16th. The race on the second was so small that it looked like a specially picked matinee race between the four dogs who were present, some of us having been laid low with the heat and our strenuous efforts at San Barbara. Those competing we SPEARMINT, owned by Mr. E. E. Tufnell; OH KAY, J. M. Hunnel; BIG BOY, Mrs. James E. Pew and SKIPPERESS (formerly Polly Ears) James F. Young. The same dogs were in three heats, with the winners in the final heat receiving the points toward the 1931 Challenge Cup which are given at each race. OKAY placed first in time with SPEARMINT 2nd; BIG BOY 3rd and SKIPPERESS 4th. On the 16th, these same four had a little more competition from twelve other dogs when a sixteen dog race was run in ''open style", or in other words without the tapes to mark off the lanes. Considering the fact that the dogs were handicapped in this way; merit as well as weight, points toward the Challenge Cup we not given, the race having been run in this manner to ascertain the best way of handicapping them when we run at Sacramento on the horse track without tapes. Four preliminary heats were run followed by two semi-finals, of which went off with comparatively little interference between the dogs with the exception of the final. In the first preliminary Oh Ka J. E. Hunnel, came in 1st; Jingle, Mrs. W. H. Lovatt, 2nd; Ginger Elsyjane, 3rd, Gregory and Green, and Patches, George Nidhol, 41. Second preliminary: Tag Along, Mrs. James Pew, 1st; Footh Fern, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Woodcock, 2nd; Peter's Boy, W. Lovatt, 3rd; and Gypsy Queen, T. J. Tufnell, 4th. Third preliminary: Big Boy, Mrs. James Pew, 1st; Red Wir T. J. Tufnell, 2nd; Blue Nose, George Lovatt, 3rd; and Ragged, Ann, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Woodcock, 4th. Fourth preliminary: Spearmint, Mrs. E. E. Tufnell, 1st; Brown Boy, Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Rowe, 2nd; Lady Ellen, W. H. Lovatt, 3 and Lady, Frank Matthiessen, 4th. In the first and fourth heats Patches and Lady got off to a start when their boxes were slow in opening. Tag Along was 1st dog in the first semi-final with Foothill Fern 2nd; Oh Kay, 3rd and Jingle, 4th. Spearmint and Brown Boy ran a dead heat for first place .in the second semi-final. With the final of these two and Tag Along and Foothill Fern, we had the only trouble of the day with boxes coming open when Tag Along got away for a solo run. Rules call for the other dogs to be turned loose and then the whole thing run over again for deciding points, but when the three others were coming down before the rerun, Spearmint forgot his manners and went for Foothill Fern's neck, and although Fern is an old lady of nine years of good standing she would not stand for this insult and promptly defended herself . Since Spearmint still had his eye on Fern and she kept rumbling when he came around, it was decided they had all had enough. Since there were no points up it was called a dead heat between Tag Along and Brown Boy for first place, with Fern given next place and Spearmint after her, since he was the offending dog. The fact that six out of the seven races were run without mis haps without the tapes, convinces us that we will be able to put on four good races a day in this manner at Sacramento. While we who are used to seeing the dogs come down in their lanes between the tapes with no bunching, prefer to see them run that way, the crowd seemed to like the idea of the free for all and it is the opinion of the Fair Secretaries that the racing will go over big if he has his way with the Fangr crowds. There were four young pups at the track during the race of the 16th, for the experience of the crowds and excitement. Marietta Gregory had her little fawn male who is known only as Tad so far, and although he is only four months old he sensed the excitement of the dogs coming down the track every time they raced, seeming to take in details for future reference when he starts his career. Mrs. Walter Reuland's little white male caused quite a lot of comment due to his very pure white coat with his blue ears and patch over one eye. He was given his first run on the big track. alone of course, and came right straight through. She also had with her one of the little blue bitches from the same litter belonging to Mrs. Household, this pup being just a little more retiring than the male and not taking to the crowd quite so well. Mrs. James Young had with her a very tiny one belonging to Mr. Frank Matthiessen, called Ruffles, whom the Young's are starting on her career. Ruffles certainly is going to be one of the "little ones.- Speaking of pups, I had the pleasure of seeing the little fawn one that Jim Young has out of Bettes of Arroyo by Arroyo Benjarry recently and he certainly shows promise of being one of the best show Whippets that Jim has had at the kennels for quite a while. He poses like a veteran instead of a baby, covering a lot of ground in consideration of his size, and if he fulfills this promise as he develops he is going to make some of us step to beat him. The Club has two new members to report. Mr. Frank Matthiessen of Beverly Hills and Chicago and Mr. Jack Markell of Los Angeles . Mr. Matthiessen's dogs are in charge of James Young, there being eight pups and three grown dogs. Six pups belong in one litter and two in the other and they are small boned and the most uniform in general appearance of any litters that I believe I have ever seen. Mr. Markell as yet has no Whippets but we believe it won't be long before he will be an owner and give us some more competition on the track. The Honorable Townsend Van Wagner gave us a nice notice in his column of the last issue of Dog Craft for which we thank him most kindly but we have a problem for him. It brings up the old question which we agree with him on, that a Whippet is essentially a racing dog and should be judged in the show ring as such. However, he was rather sarcastic about some of the smaller and also the winning Whippets in the ring, suggesting that they be regulated to the Toy Class, and we believe he must have overlooked the fact that the tiniest dog in the ring was the winner of the big race. As a matter of fact out of the twenty-two dogs entered, with one absentee, they were all racing dogs and ran in the race that day with the exception of two. Black Jack, owned by Donald Hostetter, the only male who did not run was a racer in his younger days and is kept in that form. The hitch, also belonging to Donald Hostetter, a very promising puppy on the track but was unfortunately spoiled for such a career by a former owner into whose hands she was trusted before Donald owned her. Therefore the show contained all racing dogs with the exception of this one. We will admit that most of the winners on the track during the past year have been of the larger type with the exception of the tiny one we spoke of above, Kerryline, who goes to the other extreme weighing only thirteen pounds, and who would appear to be the. one most Toy-like. Where does that leave us? To consider the other winners in the show; the standard on size for racing Whippets calls for dogs weighing anywhere from twelve to twenty-eight pounds. It would then seem that a dog weighing somewhere in the middle of this allowance would be the most sought after in size for show purposes, being neither too large and inclined toward coarseness, or too fine with a delicate look. Little Also, the winning bitch, weighs around twenty-three pounds, which is considered quite a weight for a bitch and therefore can hardly be classed as a Toy. Fidgety Feet, the winning male, weighs nineteen and a half pounds and we claim he should not be termed a Toy. In considering the weights of Whippets may we call your attention to the fact, that whatever poundage they have is all muscle without an ounce of fat. Enough about weights, what about the ability as racers of these two particular winning dogs if the judge is to watch for their development along that line too? Little Also has had a peculiar track record due to an unfortunate mishap to her when she was young . Her owner Miss Gregory has Wolfhounds and Greyhounds as well as Whippets, and one day in running with one of the Wolfhounds, Little Also was accidentally knocked over and badly stunned and you couldn't get her to run with another dog for some time afterwards. When she had recovered somewhat she was brought out to the track. The first time she ran she let the others go by and didn't take any chances, At the next race she saw it wasn't to he a free for all and the other dogs didn't pay any attention to her so she did better. By the fourth time out she won first place in the finals and a handsome trophy which certainly called for racing ability. In the Santa Barbara race she was leading by far in her heat but as she came to the finish, she refused to run straight into a crowd of spectators that insisted on closing in behind us at the end of the track, although this space should always be clear and we did our best to keep it so but with no success. There is no doubt but what she would have been the winner but she is very particular that there is nothing close enough for her to run into. It would seem therefore that the winning bitch in the show could also be called a racer. Fidgety Feet, winning male, was in the big finals of the Santa Barbara race last year, and has other such records to his credit. In this year's race he finished a close third in his preliminary to the second dog, there being two others in the heat slower than he. He went into the semi-final of the race we term the Consolation, winning first in that and only lost out getting the trophy in the finals by two inches. That means that there were nine dogs who went into the big race ahead of him, only two of which he competed with directly of course, but there were also nine that he won over. We admit very rapidly that Fidgety Feet is not the fastest male on the track but he has a quality that is desired in all racing dogs and that is dependability, absolute trueness and the desire to run his fastest. Since he has run in by far the largest majority of the races run during his lifetime, we therefore claim that Fidgety Feet is a racer, and is developed like one. If the little bitch who was absent, due to death, had been there she would have been the smallest in the show, since she only weighed twelve pounds, and yet that twelve pounds was all racing dog for she had a splendid record on the track. We are speaking of Jim Young's little Demi Tasse. When then is a racing Whippet a racing Whippet? It would appear that any weight within the limit could be the answer. We quite agree with Mr. Van Wagner, that there have been times when judges have not taken into consideration this business of a Whippet as a racer and that is exactly the cause of the slim entries on most benches today. One of the most difficult problems of all is to have a Whippet trained with all the excessive fat off of him for racing and at the same time have him well filled out to the liking of the show judges. Then too many clogs through hard training develop peculiarities about their bodies such as over developed muscles these muscles should be allowed for to a certain extent, but, the bon construction underneath should also be examined to see that is not the cause. Last but not least, what are we going to do with a. of our rough-haired ones who don't receive a ghost of a show o the bench. Well, we're not doing anything but just getting muddled unless some kind soul can devise a standard whereby they will all b taken into consideration. Then it would be a job to find a judge who didn't have a preference for a particular type be it purely show racing, or the rough ones. Help! Mr. Van Wagner, what can we do? Drawing the attention of the Whippet owners and spectator alike on the track on the 16th, was the presence of a tiny Italian Greyhound from whom some authorities claim the Whippet was bred Most of the Whippets looked like Great Danes beside him however Sixteen members attended the August meeting at the home of Mrs. Walter Reuland as well as a few interested visitors. The meeting which was presided over by Director William H. Woodcock was quite a lengthy one since there was a great deal of business on hand. Mr. Russell Ellis who served as President for the first half o the year, was relieved of his duties in this office and Mr. Walte Nichol, former vice-president, will fill his place for the balance o the term. Due to the fact that the meeting time in September will fall or a date when the majority of the members will be at the Sacramento races the time of the meeting has been advanced to Monday evening August 31st and will be held at our home at 212 N. Pine Street San Gabriel. We were all very glad to see Miss Edith Green, our member who was recently so ill, out to the race on the 16th. Although it will be some time before she is quite strong again, she is improving rapidly and we hope it won't be too long before she is very active again.
FRANKLY CLEVER OF TALLAWAY
FLICKER OF KASHAN 10-4-60 3-13-71
At the front of the line Wendy Howell, Jennie Henderson and 'short-legged whippet' third in line.
CH. MOPALO'S SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE "Sam" was a group winning whippet in the U.S. and a BLS Whippet in Mexico (Pictured on the front of a Mexican catalog above). His dam, Ch. Meander Mazurka was shown to a Best in Show at age 9 years by Mcnty Long. Ch. Meander Mazurka was bred by Jim Young. "Sam" broke a leg at age two and was retired. MOPALO WHLPPETS Monty & Patti Long P. 0. Box 1337 Salmon, Idaho CHAMPION CANYON CREST MAMIE Ch. Canyon Crest Mamie had approximately 10 BLS and 40 Group I, and was shown by the late Harry Sangster, pictured above. Mamie was Harry's house dog, sharing bed and board. Many were saddened at the loss of a man who would have been a fine judge and an asset to the Judging world as he was as a handler. Harry showed many Whippets very successfully, but perhaps "Mamie" was just a little dearer to his heart than the others, for they shared a great bond of affection.
BADGEWOOD BANNOCKBURN Though born on St. Patrick's Day in Ireland, "Flynn" was given his name -Bannockburn - as he was born in the year of the 200th Anniversary of the battle in which the Scots walloped the British. A winner of Best In Show at the National Whippet Association Open Show, and a winner at Championship Shows, he has a Championship Show winning daughter in Badgewood Miss Scott owned by Mr. Tanner and still in England. "Flynn" now resides in New Jersey with our daughter, catching rabbits by the score.
CHAMPION SEAGIFT SHOWGIRL ENGLISH IMPORT
CHAMPION CANYON CREST'S TEARDROP Louis Pegram Reports St. Louis , Missouri I received the following interesting letters from Jim Young of California: "This is just a short note to tell you how much I enjoyed your article in Whippet News and Doris ' r ear's article also. I wrote and told her that she and you should get together and put a book out about training and showing Whippets. I think it would be a wonderful book for new comers and old timers like myself. They say it is never too old to learn and I am with that statement. The Whippet fancy needs a book of that sort. I have learned more about Whippets from Whippet News than what I knew before and that is going some. The first book on Whippets was by Freeman Lloyd and it was a real good book for novices, and then Mr. Fitter came out with a book and then Mr. Todd and then Mr. Lewis Renwick. I haven't read the last two, but I think Lewis Renwick's should be the best because he bred some of the best Whippets in England. His Watford prefix was a stand out in Whippets. One of the best bitches that I have ever seen was Watford Dream that he sent to Canada and then comes my Strathoak Girl, the bitch that Freeman Lloyd put Best Opposite in show at Winnipeg in 1920 and wanted to buy her. Then comes Mrs. Howell's Holiday and Winter Wind. Of course I Haven't seen all the bitches but those are the ones I liked and the best male was Zan Zaz Koko, a dog that was imported from England, but of course that is all over with. We have to get down to the ones of today, "I am enclosing a snap of a lure that I made. My daughter went up to Fresno to race her Whippets. They had Afghans, Greyhounds and Whippets. When the Grey hounds ran they ran right to the lure, knocked the lure down and the operator with it, so I got a wild idea why not make a lure that they could run under. S o I came up with the snaps. I made it out of in. pipe and an old grinder that I had around for 30 years. I put them together and came up with the snaps and they work fine. It can be improved on by a welding job and the handle extended to the end. People like the Eyles with there permanent track could make an extension so as the handle would be on the outside of the track. What do you think of the idea? It is something that I thought might be of use to somebody. With my outfit I can take it apart and take it where I want to. I am enclosing a full page that was in the morning and evening Pasadena paper last week. It gives Whippets a boost along with me. I know when you get a Whippet doing 12 seconds for 200 yards you have got a real one...I guess I will close now, wishing you the best of luck and think about that book on Whippets. With you and Mrs. Wear I think it would go over big, with pictures of the modern Whippets, of racing and showing. We haven't seen a good picture of Peppermint Boy, or Cinnamon Roll or Dr. Scott's Imp, the dog that won the Santa Barbara race, or Winter Wind who won Best of Breed at the Specialty. Those dogs should get some recognition some way or other. Wishing you the best of luck. " "Up in Canada and down here we ran under the American Whippet Club rules, that is every dog would weigh in and was put on his mark that the weight called for. The California dogs didn't do so well back east. We sure miss Mrs. Howell out here. The best race dogs are owned by Dr. and Mrs. Turner and Dr. Scott, who owns the Imp and Dr. Turner owns Sandbar. Sandbar needs more box work, he looses a lot of ground when coming out, he jumps up instead of out, but he is a true running dog, but the Turners are a young couple and don't have the time to make their dog the fastest out here. In 1911 a bunch of us Whippet fanciers would go over to the exhibition grounds on a Sunday morning in Winnipeg and run our dogs 'till we end the dogs got tired. We had a great time. There was one fellow that wouldn't run his dog with ours, he just kept running it to himself. Well he found out that I was going to Toronto for the races so he asked me if I would take his dog down with me. I said I would if he would run his dog against my bitch, so we made arrangements to meet the following Sunday. Well, I think every dog man in Winnipeg was on hand that Sunday because this other fellow had gotten a lot of news coverage. Well, we ran under the American Whippet Club rules. We weighed in and bitches were handicapped two yards for sex, so he was up four yards on my bitch. Well the race was on and my bitch won by about five yards, much to this fellow's disappointment. He wanted to race again the following Sunday which we did and the outcome was the same, but he wanted to send his dog back with me to Toronto. He didn't do anything at Toronto. My bitch got into the final. Well, there really isn't an outstanding bitch or male out here just now. I like Paul Sykes' puppy dog Nolasco and his bitch Crescendo. I also like that bitch that Mr. Motch sent out here. I believe she has five owners now. How Paul can keep his dogs in shape is beyond me with his night club work, travelling around the way he does in that little German car. But he does and is getting a real nice bunch of Whippets together, the only fault is he might get too many, but he is a wonderful fellow and a credit to the Whippet fancy. I will be looking forward in meeting at our Specialty if all goes well with you. I hear the Jacobs, Mr. Stone and Mr. & Mrs. Eyles are planning to come out for it, so wishing you the best of luck."
PIPERKIN'S SANDBAR Sire: Ch. Meander Robin
LADY SWIFT OF PIPERKIN'S Sire: Ch. Meander Robin
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