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...turn of the century, but the sleek, silken-haired dandies did not catch the fancy of U.S. breeders until the 1930's. Once they left the deserts and the rough hill country of India, the Afghans took quickly to soft kennel life. Shirkhan, says Part-Owner and Handler Sunny Shay, is an incomparable house pet. "Afghans don't shed, they are quiet and phlegmatic, they don't fight with other dogs. Despite their size [average 27 in. at the shoulder and 60 lbs.], they don't wear you down by tugging and pulling at the leash...
...addition, quarterback Ralph Thompson, only 5-7 but nevertheless a good ball handler, and Paul Abrahamian, a freshman back at Harvard in 1953, fill out the very well-balanced group...
...left halfback Paul Abrahamian, who transferred from Harvard two years ago, and quarterback Ralph Thompson. Abrahamian is big (6 feet--195 lbs.) and fast. A good ball carrier and scorer, he especially excels on defense. Thompson, on the other hand, is small, weighing only 165. A good ball handler and fairly good passer, he also makes an excellent field general...
...detergent-had been completed at home. Great Danes are just too big to do all of their primping in public. But smaller breeds in the Westminster Kennel Club show at Manhattan's Madison Square Garden last week turned the rank and echoing Garden cellar into a tonsorial riot. Handlers and owners worked over their charges like anxious mothers. Long hair was stripped and scissored, combed and brushed; paws were groomed. "Of course it's illegal," muttered one handler vigorously covering black smudges with cornstarch. "But what in hell are you supposed to do when you have to travel...
...stick handler and playmaker Peto Fry of Dunster will captain the favored Wintergreens, whose squad includes five players from inter-House champion Eliot...