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...down a gangplank into the U. S. last fortnight and headed for Madison, N. J., where he assumed his judicial ermine (not his usual German sporting togs and feathered Alpine hat but a grey business suit) at the stylish Morris and Essex Kennel Club show. He, Capt. Max von Stephanitz, one-time cavalry officer in the German army, was the man responsible for the social climb of the Shepherd dog from its lowly position as a German field worker into the world's social register. Thirty-one years ago Capt. von Stephanitz formed his famed Verein...
...world's best known and most respected judge of Shepherds, Capt. von Stephanitz has often had his selections sharply criticized. Some fanciers say that instead of considering the virtues of the dog before him he thinks more of its influence on the future of the breed. This, because the seiger (winner) is in great demand for breeding purposes. He is held responsible for the fact that the German Shepherd has been bred longer in proportion to height, has a longer stride, is sturdier...
...these characteristics are visible in the dog which Judge von Stephanitz designated at Madison as best-of-breed (and by this judgment, style-setter for 1930) : Champion Utz von Haus Schutting of Mardex Kennels, Ardsley, N. Y. Champion Utz is a long, low, dark dog with powerful forequarters, splendid. It was a friendly sniff which Champion Utz gave his judge. He had smelled him before, last year in Germany, when Judge von Stephanitz once before pronounced him seiger...
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