| 1999 Fall Festival Best In Show winner, Strathcona's Trifle with judge Jack Simm and Breeder/Owner Brenda Coleman |
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Last year, Brenda Coleman's beautiful red bitch Strathcona's Viva La Rouge was named Best in Show at ANTA's Fall Festival. So, this year Brenda brought her litter sister Strathcona's Trifle and duplicated the feat.
Judge Jack Simm's practiced eye selected winners from the puppy classes on up that were sound, well-balanced representatives of the breed. With nearly sixty dogs to choose from, the judge kept the classes moving along at a brisk pace, all the while allowing each exhibit every chance to strut his or her stuff.
The Best in Show bitch came from the Merry of Beaufin Bitch Stakes class. For the second year in a row, Mary Fine's Ch. Tylwyth Just Riley, CDX, took top honors in the Biffin of Beaufin Dog Stakes. Best Adult in Show, Redford's Alliance at Avalon was a bitch owned by Lori Pelletier, Joan Rawlins and Sal Garofalo. Best Puppy was Carol Falk's 6-9 month puppy dog, Ben Kelev's Poker Chip.
Following the day's judging, Dr. Katherine Evans delivered this year's Joan R. Read Memorial Lecture. Dr. Evan's spoke of the use of acupuncture in veterinary medicine, and she also addressed other topics including vaccine alternatives for pets, favorite herbs and supplements, and the basic differences in the quality of available pet foods. Her Labrador Retriever demo dog went to sleep in the middle of Dr. Evan's presentation, but the rest of the audience was attentive and involved.
Sunday's events included the always popular lure coursing and flat racing, along with the re-introduction of AKC Canine Good Citizenship testing. Especially rewarding was the reaction of novice dogs being introduced to earth work for the first time. Robert Lachman, ably assisted by Peggy Metcalf, spent hours patiently introducing Norfolks to the joys of "getting that rat!" and some future earthdogs undoubtedly got their start on this beautiful fall weekend. Lori Pelletier's Charlie once again proved his prowess as an adult flat racer, and the long-tail puppy entry of Sally French and Holger Nissen, Todmorden First Home Run, proved fleetest of foot in the puppy races, as well as demonstrating real interest in rodents.
Special thanks go to all who helped make this event the success it was. We are especially grateful to Victor Sattler who quickly stepped in to run the lure coursing when ANTA's equipment took a scenic detour in the back of Barbara Runquist's car.
Thanks, also, to all exhibitors. We'll see you next year.
Sheila Foran
ANTIC, December, 1999
| 1999 Fall Festival Best In Show winner, Strathcona's Trifle with judge Jack Simm and Breeder/Owner Brenda Coleman |
1a Puppy Dog 2-4 Months (No entries)
1b Puppy Bitch 2-4 Months Abbedale's Fiona. Penn x Missy. Breeder/Owner: Joan Eckert
2a Puppy Dog 4-6 Months Flurries Cross Rip Light. Ch. Avalon's First Step x Flurries Matinicus Light. Breeder: Peggy Metcalf Owners: Lori Pelletier and Peggy Metcalf
3a Puppy Dog 6-9 Months/Best Puppy in Match Ben Kelev's Poker Chip. Ch. Max-Well's Wild Card x Am. Bda. Ch. Ben Kelev's Chance of Rain. Breeder/Owner: Carol Falk
3b Puppy Bitch 6-9 Months Ben Kelev Winds of Sheer Bliss. Ch. Max-Well's Weatherman x Ch. Sheer Bliss Sylvia Ben Kelev. Breeder: Carol Falk Owner: Betsey Bliss and Carol Falk
4a Puppy Dog 9-12 Months Flurries Ausable Point Light. Ch. Zebedee Jacob's Ladder x Flurries Matinicus Light. Breeder: Peggy Metcalf. Owner: Kerry M. Hurst
4b Puppy Bitch 9-12 Months Birkenshaw Windhaven's Folly. Buckeye Yankee Clipper x Birkenshaw Countess Casha. Breeder/Owner: Sally Harrington.
5a Puppy Dog 12-18 Months Rathedon Toby Mug. Ch. Reidmar Mad About the Boy x Pickwick Jane Austin. Breeder/Owner: Elisabeth and John Baker
5b Puppy Bitch 12-18 Months Franaro's Fair Play. Ch. Greenfield's Step to the Rear x Ch. Pinchbeck Primrose. Breeder: Joe Franchi and Fred Bizzaro. Owner: Elizabeth Baker.
Adult Dog/BOS Yeouil Empire Apple. Ch. Wenwagon Winchester x Yeouil Wally's Sweet Pollyana. Breeder/Owner: Susan E. Haines
Adult Bitch/Best Adult Redford's Alliance at Avalon. Ch Nanfan Culver x Ch. Dakota's Fiddle Dee Dee. Breeder: Joan Rawlins and Sal Garofalo. Owner: Lori Pelletier, Joan Rawlins and Sal Garofalo
House Pet Dog Yeouil Gravenstein Apple. Ch. Wenwagon Winchester x Yeouil Red Duchess Apple. Breeder/Owner: Susan Haines
House Pet Bitch Sandpiper's High Tide. Ch. Reidmar Rio Bravo x Sandpiper's Windjoy. Breeder: Val Beckwith and Greg Siner. Owner: Barbara Runquist
Veteran Dog (No entries)
Veteran Bitch Ch. Ginger and Pickles O'Sandpiper. Ch. Ragus Pass the Buck x Ch. Bear Hill's Marigold. Breeder: Gail Studney Young. Owner: Vallie Beckwith
Biffin of Beaufin Dog Stake Ch. Tylwyth Just Riley, CDX. Ch. Copperplate Alexander of Venerie x Ch. Tylwyth Fatal Attraction, CD. Breeder/Owner: Mary Fine
Biffin of Beaufin Bitch Stake/Best in Show Strathcona's Trifle. Ch. Nanfan Culver x Ch. Strathcona's Boozy Rouge. Breeder/Owner: Brenda Coleman
Family Class The entry of Sally Harrington's Birkenshaw Kennels.
I can still hear barking (shrieking), applause and voices from all the attendees of this year's Fall Festival. Unlike the weekend before (Montgomery County Kennel Club the latest in mud baths), this event dawned with a fine fall weekend. We all need to express our thanks to the event organizers, Sheila Foran, Henrietta and Robert Lachman, and Elizabeth Baker for the excellent job they did in organizing and producing the event. Also, all the other volunteers including Jane Anderson, Peggy Metcalf, Victor Sattler, and Cathy Heimbach who pitched in and played significant roles in making the weekend a success.
I chaired a brief Annual Meeting as Ed Plummer was unable to attend due to an inopportune foot injury (since healed) the end of September. Significant business included the announcements: That a Nominating Committee will have to be appointed in the coming months as several positions on the board will become available. All members need to think of people who would be good candidates to serve on the Nominating Committee, as well as potential officers and board members. And that ANTA will publish a Pedigree Book update with planned availability at the 2000 Fall Festival. Pedigree Submission forms, which were available at the event, are included in this mailing.
The seminar on veterinary acupuncture, herbs, supplements and vaccine issues by Katherine Evans was well received.
I would like to extend a special thanks to Priscilla Twombly for providing the beautiful Mums that graced the ring, to Robert Lachman for making the Norfolk placement markers and to Victor Sattler for standing in for Ed Plummer in setting up and running the lure coursing. I had picked up the ANTA equipment from Ed and had transported it to New York. However, I got confused getting to the site on Sunday and took an unplanned (hour and half) tour of the scenic roads in Westchester County. I can assure you that the trees were in beautiful color, the roads are winding, and there were geese in some pastures. All in all, a nice scenic tour if I had not felt pressed for time.
I hope everyone agrees with me it was a wonderful event and we're looking forward to attending again in years to come.
Barbara Runquist
ANTIC, December, 1999
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