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...Theroux's Ayer Hitam, cultures no longer collide; they sort of frisk each other. "Between jungle and viability, there is nothing," he writes, "just the hubbub of struggling mercenaries, native and expatriate, staking their futile claims." Among them is Margaret Harbottle, one of the ubiquitous breed of freeloaders who roam the world as travel writers, and a toadish old sultan called Buffles, who keeps the past alive with elaborate polo parties. The village itself is a cultural stockpot of Chinese secret societies, Communist cells, Indian sports clubs and groups calling themselves the South Malaysian Pineapple Growers' Association...
...Hilda Madsen is the grand dame of Newfoundland dog breeders. For more than 20 years, her kennels have produced dogs that embody the standard for the breed: big (28 in. high, 120 lbs. to 150 lbs.), strong-boned and richly coated. In 1968, she paraded three Newfoundlands before the tuxedoed judges at the Westminster Kennel Club show in New York and walked out of the ring with three winners-a rare triple in the nation's most prestigious show. But Hilda Madsen is also a revolutionary. She is one of a growing number of dog breeders seeking to rewrite...
...Newfoundland Club of America's junior-and senior-division water tests were originated four years ago as a device to ensure the survival of the breed's genetic instincts. Such survival is by no means guaranteed: more than one breed has been destroyed for field purposes by specialized breeding aimed at conforming to the exacting-and too often substantially different-standards of the show ring. Cocker spaniels, for example, were once superior bird dogs; years of overbreeding have resulted in spaniels that cannot tell a pigeon from a pothole. Says American Kennel Club Field Representative Bob Bartel...
...What has happened with many breeds is that two separate strains or genetic pools have evolved-good lookers v. good workers. Seldom do the twain meet. Now breeders are starting to say, 'He looks good, but what can he do; what is the breed supposed to do?' They are getting down to the basics, exploring the dog's historical role. Then they not only appear handsome but perform well...
...buyers? A new breed of collector. No longer confined to nostalgia nuts and little boys with a passion for bubble gum and baseball, baseball card collecting has come of age. Of the more than 100,000 baseball card collectors in the U.S. today, some make as much as $20,000 a year dealing their wares. At the dozen major annual U.S. trading conventions, the casual aficionado can wander down aisles crowded with tables of cards-some heaped in shoe boxes, others displayed in expensive leather briefcases. The hardcore collectors adjourn to private rooms where big deals among three or more...