Word: dogged
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...showmanship, the judge should first let the dogs be paraded jauntily around the ring. Then he should have them spaced at even intervals, proceed to his examination. A good judge will probably weed out hopeless specimens during the parade. But he should not forget that every exhibitor has paid an entry fee, thinks his dog has a chance to win. So let the judge at least pretend to give each dog a thorough examination...
...code might better have been labeled one of etiquet instead of ethics. One of its two genuinely ethical precepts is pointed, obvious. The A. K. C. recognizes that not all dog exhibitors are sportsmen Some are not above tampering with judges If that is attempted the judge should report at once to the Club, which promises drastic punishment...
...other ethical injunction may seem strained to laymen. After accepting an invitation to serve at a show the judge is advised to retire into semi-seclusion, as far as dos shows are concerned, until time to enter the ring. Reasons: 1) the indispensable paying spectators will not attend dog shows if they suspect trickery; 2) knavish exhibitors believe all other exhibitors equally bad-intentioned...
...Physician to Corporate Bodies"-a title he liked so much that he reprinted the article as a pamphlet. Other writers, hostile to capitalism and pressagentry, have called him "Corporation Dog Rob ber," "Little Brother of the Rich," "Minnesinger to Millionaires," and even "Poison Ivy." Ivy Lee would state his own occupation as "adviser in public relations." Whatever the title, the noteworthy facts are that Ivy Lee first sold the "public relations" idea to Big Business, and made an unequalled personal success...
Topeka, capital of Kansas, takes its pets seriously. Last spring its flower-lovers, incensed by damage to their gardens, began to petition the city commissioners for an ordinance restraining dogs from running loose in the city. Dog-lovers rose in hot defense. Caught between the two camps and facing an imminent city election, the commissioners sidestepped. They put the dog-flower issue on the ballot. Topekans promptly got so interested in the resulting wrangle that candidates for city offices were almost forgotten. The election went to the dogs...