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Although the town of Wellesley has long been dry and blue, entertainment spots crowd in around the city limits. Most famous, or notorious, is The Meadows, on Route Nine, just a short distance and a long bankroll away. Dancing and drinking are featured between shows. The Maridor, down the road a piece, is gentler on purses and skimpier on entertainment...
...greyhound, a lemon & white pointer named Sensation, which his son had bought "for a bark" (actually $50) from a Rochester, N. Y. farmer. Though best of the pointers, Ch. Windholme Sensation lost in the sporting group to a mere pup, Sportsman Dwight Ellis' gay English setter, Daro of Maridor...
...over which huge John Royce fluttered with a hairbrush. He paused long by white Spicy-piece who stood in marble stillness. He ran his fingers through the collie's long coat. He carefully examined the teeth, fore & hindquarters, neck, back and feathers of the setter pup, Daro of Maridor. As he put each dog through its paces, the crowd applauded to show preference: they favored the poodle, the precise terrier, the ridiculously proud dachshund and the young orange setter, gayest in motion. Down the line Judge Bates moved again, perspiring. When he finally waved Handler Charles Palmer and Daro...
...Daro of Maridor, in the first show of his life, had won a thousand fancies. Only eleven months old, he is a winning pup of a winning sire, Sturdy Max, which Owner Ellis had bought for $2,500 from Sturdy Dog Food Co. This year Dwight W. Ellis withdrew Max from competition because he could not bear the thought of Daro's beating Max. As it was, Daro outshone his littermates Dora, Mora and Maro. Owner Ellis bred only for utility until two years ago. has since had success on the bench with dogs bred for both...
Dwight Ellis' Maridor Kennels near Longmeadow, Mass, are a canine Waldorf-Astoria, with a lounge, an infirmary, a grooming room. Each dog has an individual concrete run and a little canvas-quilted cot. One of its walls carries a plaque with the names of the A. K. C. champions Dwight Ellis has raised. Judging by Daro's first showing, it will soon bear the name of DARO OF MARIDOR, first setter to win best in show at the Westminster, first American-bred to win since...
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