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GLOSSARY OF SHOW LINGO

NOTED JUDGE--He put up our dog.

RESPECTED JUDGE--He put up our dog twice.

ESTEEMED JUDGE--He puts up anything that crawls.

SHOWN SPARINGLY--Only when we had it in the bag.

SHOW PROSPECT--He has 4 legs, 2 eyes, 2 ears and a tail.

FINISHED IN 5 SHOWS--And 89 where he failed to win a ribbon.

HE HAD GOOD POINTS--His head is shaped like a carrot.

WON IN HEAVY COMPETITION--The others were revoltingly overweight.

MULTIPLE GROUP WINNER--At 2 puppy matches.

SPECIALIST JUDGE--Puts up anything that looks like his own breeding.

WELL BALANCED--Straight as a stick, front and rear.

QUIET GENTLE NATURED--After 4 valiums.

EXCELS IN TYPE AND STYLE--However, moves like a spider on speed.

PERSONALITY PLUS--Wakes up if you put liver up his nose.

LARGE BONED--Looks like a Clydesdale.

GOOD BITE--Missed the judge, got the steward.

LOVELY HEAD--2 eyes, 2 ears, a nose and a mouth.

EXCELS IN MOVEMENT--If he gets loose put on your running shoes.

GORGEOUS STIFF COAT--If the hairspray lasts until the class finishes.

HANDLED BRILLIANTLY BY--Nobody else can get near him.

WON IN STIFF COMPETITION--Beat 4 puppies and a 9-year-old novice.

AT STUD TO APPROVED BITCHES--Those bitches whose owners check clears the bank.

LINEBRED FROM FAMOUS CHAMPIONS--Ch. So and So, appears twice in 6th generation.

GOOD OBEDIENCE PROSPECT--Smart enough to come in from the rain, but he's ugly.

TERRIFIC BROOD BITCH--Her conformation is the pits, but she throws big litters.

GREAT STUD DOG--Mounts anything that can fog a mirror.

LOVES CHILDREN--For breakfast, lunch and dinner.

WINS ANOTHER BEST IN SHOW--His second, under the same judge, our uncle.

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