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...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 the curving droop of its tail. But through all the long interlude, the long-haired, silver-blue Afghan stayed cool and aloof, a champion without pause...

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

Botch Dog. In Pawtucket, R.I., Eugene J. Moreau's Dalmatian neglected to bark when a fire broke out late at night in the kitchen closet, got himself deeper in the doghouse by biting the first fireman to show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 18, 1957 | 2/18/1957 | See Source »

...What about one of the most beautiful tours in the world? The Dalmatian coast. George Bernard Shaw, whose compliments were rare, referred to the shining city of Dubrovnik as the closest place to heaven on earth. For the traveler who warms to the thought of wine, women and song-the wine is varied and plentiful, and the women of the Konavle Valley are said to be the most beautiful in Europe. ANN LIPOVAC Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 30, 1956 | 4/30/1956 | See Source »

...returned was three dry Spindletop holes. He became the town bore. Beaumont residents sneeringly called him "the millionaire." Desperate for a believer, Higgins advertised in a New York trade journal the glowing promise of oil, gas and sulphur in Spindletop, and flushed one reply. It was enough. Dalmatian-born Anthony Lucas, one time Austrian naval lieutenant who came to the U.S. to visit and stayed on to work as a mining engineer, agreed to drill for oil on Spindletop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Hero of Spindletop | 6/20/1955 | See Source »

Rumba Lesson. As the first checks rolled in, Steen bought himself a flaming red Lincoln and sports jacket to match, now tours his mining properties with a Dalmatian sitting beside him in the car. Occasionally, he flies his private plane up to Salt Lake City for rumba lessons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MINING: The Cisco Kid | 8/3/1953 | See Source »

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