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...greatest show dog in history was a gasping mop of hair. In the hot, stuffy quarters under Madison Square Garden, the Pekingese named Chik T'Sun of Caversham was far off the form that had won a record 126 bests-in-show. Coming up in an hour was his last chance at the top prize that had always eluded him: best-in-show in the flossy Westminster Kennel Club competition. But he looked like a loser as he sprawled in his cage and licked desultorily at a piece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Gossie's Last Stand | 2/22/1960 | See Source »

...Grandeur the bluest blue ribbon in U.S. dogdom. The fine fawn-and-white boxer, Ch. Barrage of Quality Hill, seemed tired by the two-day competition and stood before Judge Godsol with forefoot splayed. No one could look at the imported English Pekingese, Ch. Chik I'Sun of Caversham, and not remember that last year's winner was the toy poodle Ch. Wilber White Swan; for a toy to win twice in a row was unlikely. The cocky Airedale, Westhay Fiona of Harham, stumbled and broke gait. The Dalmatian, Ch. Roadcoach Roadster, defied show-ring manners with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Longhair Showman | 2/25/1957 | See Source »

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