Word: doggedly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...broke and the two would-be lifesavers found themselves testing their own dog-paddle. Minutes later Herman Herwitz of Brookline followed suit and was hauled out, clinging to the end of a ladder by members of the local gendarmerie...
...future Crimson end coach, 170-pound Elmer Madar is generally considered top dog. Now with Baltimore's professional Colts, Madar is the 1946 Michigan- All-American wingman whom Valpey has called "one of my smartest pupils." Madar spent the past weekend in Ann Arbor, where he and Valpey took in a track meet together...
People's Choice. As far as the Garden crowd was concerned, the best dog lost in the semifinals. He was Ch. Red Coat of Tercor, best of breed in the Irish setters and runner-up to the springer in the "sporting group." Red Coat was handled by Harold Correll, who the same day was named the best handler of 1947. Correll runs his own kennels, sells his dogs and his training services to the best-bred bidders ("I look them...
...Bedlington terrier had ever won the best in show in 40 years of Westminster competition. Ch. Rock Ridge Night Rocket was also the second dog in history to win both the indoor Westminster and the Morris & Essex show (the "outdoor Westminster...
Many a grandstand dog-lover wondered how judges could pick the little lamb over "real dogs." How on earth can a judge decide between a Pomeranian and a pinscher, anyway? One Westminster veteran offered an expert's explanation: "The crowd sees only six dogs in the ring, but the judge sees twelve-the six real dogs, and six ideal dogs that exist only in his mind's eye. He isn't comparing the Bedlington with the springer; he measures the real and the ideal Bedlington." Ch. Rock Ridge Night Rocket might not look much of a dog...