Word: bedlington
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...tuxedoed old judge bent down to peer at the odd little creature, a child shrilled: "What is it, momma, a lamb?" Unconscious of the childish blasphemy and of the Madison Square Garden crowd, Dr. Samuel Milbank studied the Bedlington terrier intently-measuring his narrow skull, feeling his linty coat and reached (arched) back, testing his alertness and movement...
...veteran judge gave an equally careful going-over to each of the five other finalists in the ring-an English springer spaniel, a Pomeranian, a Boston terrier, a greyhound and a Doberman pinscher. But in the end, just before midnight, it was the Bedlington and his handler that he motioned to the ring's center. Champion Rock Ridge Night Rocket thus became 1948's top dog: "best in show" of 2,540 entries at the Westminster Dog Show, most prestigious event in U.S. dogdom...
...Bedlington terrier had ever won the best in show in 40 years of Westminster competition. Ch. Rock Ridge Night Rocket was also the second dog in history to win both the indoor Westminster and the Morris & Essex show (the "outdoor Westminster...