[Magdalen] Westminster.

[Grace Cangialosi]

I love that a beagle won!!  And I was interested to read that this was one
of the offspring--or grand-offspring--of the first beagle ever to win a few
years ago.

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
>
> Not the Abbey or the Princeton Music School, but rather the premier
> USA dog show of the Westminster Kennel Club, New York City in the
> Madison Square Garden.
>
> Anyway, it's over for another year with a beagle named Best in Show.
>
> The show took six hours of prime-time television over two nights to  get
> through the myriad of breeds.  The Best in Show designation is a  sort
> of anachronism to me.  How to you compare a Saint Bernard and a
> Chihuahua?
>
> In any case, for me, the Westminster should be titled "The Terriers  and
> the rest of the breeds.  Dogs are supposed to look like the classic
> terrier
> types - Airedale, Welsh, Lakeland, Fox Terrier, etc.  My personal  favorite
> breed is the Miniature Schnauzer, classed with the terriers because  of
> appearance and personality, but not technically a terrier.  I  enjoy seeing
> the
> larger Standard Schnauzer and the Giant Schnauzer, too.
>
> A Skye Terrier won the Terrier Group.
>
> It was lots of fun.
>
>
> David Strang.
>



-- 
Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

It's a good thing Mary didn't have to wait for a Doctrine of the
Incarnation
before she said "Yes" to God.