Word: dogged
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...while dog-owners led their charges, with some embarrassment, into "exercise" enclosures differentiated with an eye to sexual segregation, the judging continued. Then, on the last night of the show, the great spectacle began. Five judges came to judge five dogs. Each dog had been adjudged the best in each of five groups-sporting, working, terrier, toy, and non-sporting. One of the five, the judges would select as the best dog in the whole show...
...lowest floor of Madison Square Garden, in long tiers of boxlike berths, sat some 2,410 dogs. Of these, some were of well-known and orthodox breeds; others Afghan hounds, Eskimos, Norwegian Elk-hounds, Pinschers (Doberman), Salukis, Schnauzers (miniature), Samoyedes; 17 were miscellaneous. All were in varying states of trepidation or delight, depending upon their personalities. Those who were in trepidation slept or snarled; those who enjoyed the dog show, as many women enjoy large dinner parties, sat up and preened their coats, or barked merrily. To stroll into this lowest floor, where the dogs were "benched" was like strolling...
...noise made by the dogs was loud and horrible. A small, stupid child, like many who attended the dog show, reached out a paw toward a vast belligerent St. Bernard who was lounging in his sawdust covered stall, swathed in a towel lest the slobber from his mouth should stain his sleek and tonsured fur. The St. Bernard lurched bellowing at the child; a collie barked at the St. Bernard; an Airedale yelped at the collie; soon, all the dogs were in a noisy fury. The people whose business it was to care for the dogs were never disconcerted; they...
Upstairs, in the arena of Madison Square Garden, the scene was less hectic. A scattering of smart people sat in boxes or strolled about; other people, haggard, dirty, inarticulate, led their dogs about on leashes. The centre of the large oval arena had been squared off, floored with rough green carpet, spotted here and there with dark, irregular circles. Into this place, people brought their dogs to be examined by the judges. It was for the judges, prodding the sparse flesh upon a terrier's bones or stroking the pursed silky ear of a beagle, to decide how each...
...bulldog Sessue waddled smugly to his place. Less hideous than most of his breed, one could see that his ferocious expression was only a disguise, like those worn by murderers in the movies. In private, one could be sure, this dog was gentle & kind...