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BORDER MANCHESTER 16 Judge: Mrs Ruth Ann Naun (USA) BEST OF BREED : 1317 HALL & ELLIS Messrs C & L Ch Brackenfell Bok To Bach JW Border Terriers I would like to thank the Manchester Dog Show Society, as well as Kate & Ronnie Irving who were my hosts while in Britain, I thoroughly enjoyed my judging & your hospitality. MPD (7,2a) 1 Baxter’s Mysulan Going Solo, nicely well balanced, moved well. Good headed with a strong scissors bite. Good bone, with nice feet & good pads. BP; 2 Lowry’s Ravenside Starman, did not show, on the day, as well as 1. Nice head with nice eye, & good bite. Overall a nice young pup also; 3 Haughton’s Chorbeck Chatty Man. PD (4,1) 1 Anscombe’s Orangebox Dark Energy, excellent coat & hide. Nice front & shoulder, & rib carried well back. Tail nicely set on; 2 Johnson’s Karison Kosta, preferred the head over that of 1. Seemed a little heavy in body on the day; 3 McCall’s Brumborder Willow Balm. JD (7) 1 Barber’s Alcumlow Parsley, very sound throughout, with ribs carried well back. Strong bite & a good eye. Lovely jacket on the day. Good topline. Driving, & strong in rear; 2 Hamilton’s Stineval Basil of Cromlechs, lovely hide & jacket, balanced with good flowing outline of head into neck into shoulder with nice bone. Appealing otterlike head; 3 Fawcett’s Carrock Carnegie. PGD (12,3) 1 Metcalfe’s Dandyhow Friendly Fire at Chevinor, well built front & rear, good rib carriage with great balance & a good topline. Lovely appealing head. Nice jacket & hide a little heavy coated on the day; 2 Castel’s Flutorum Artful Dodger, good eye with a nice strong backskull, nice expression. Good rib well carried back. A little short on coat on the day; 3 Keeffe’s Keebank Charlie’s Diamond. LD (11,1) 1 Waller’s Question Master, lovely balance, easily spannable, good topline, preferred movement over 2 as well as head. Great drive in rear; 2 Clark’s Gameway McVitie, also nice head & good movement; 3 Hopper’s I Esyntona Reindeer Moss. OD (10,2) 1 Hall & Ellis’ Ch Brackenfell Bok To Bach, nicely balanced throughout, very sound & fit. Beautiful head. Driving short hocks. Spot on in presentation, & showed enthusiastically throughout while in the ring. CC & BOB; 2 Stockley’s Ch Foxfactor Pied Piper, also very sound, a serviceable dog with a little less bone than 1. Has nice head & eye. Preferred hock of 1 over 2. RCC; 3 Spencer’s Ch Cobstoneway River Magic. VD (3,1) 1 Fryer’s Ch Irton Up Helly Aa, still competitive, nice dog throughout. In heavy coat on the day with a great hide. Preferred head & movement over 2 2 South’s Borderella Day Tripper, also still competitive, with a good head. MPB (13,1) 1 McDowell’s McBrock Chantilly Chateau, showing well, good bite. Preferred bone over 2 South’s Imperterrito Agenda by Borderella, also showed well, good bite; 3 Mooney’s Chesterton Caboodle. PB (14) 1 Brannan & Kelly’s Brankell Double Or Quits, nice young bitch, should do well. Good jacket & hide. Good tail, nicely set on. Preferred head over 2, especially the foreface. BPB; 2 Straw’s Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin, also nice young bitch, nice topline with flow from head into neck into shoulder. Nice jacket & hide; 3 Pickering’s Picer Flora McIvor. JB (13,1) 1 Fryer’s Irton Scotch Mist, strong & feminine bitch. Nice otterlike head. Good tail set & length. A little overcoated on the day; 2 Dixon’s Foxcraig Magic Diamond, also a strong feminine bitch with a good head. Good bone, nice feet & pads. A little undercoated on the day; 3 Ritchie’s Ianteg Red Rubi. PGB (16,2) 1 Ruth’s Hemlockstone Diana at Bowencloud, best movement in class. Well built & balanced. Good forechest. Very good jacket. Preferred head & expression over 2. Also preferred feet & pads over 2. RCC; 2 Foulger’s Byrewick Princess Kate, similar in many traits to 1. Also very nice bitch; 3 Freeman’s Borderella Snap Dragon. LB (16,2) 1 Roberts’ Smalesmouth Skylark, liked for balance & movement. Moderate head with good teeth, bite & expression; 2 Hall & Ellis’ Beaconpike Night Sky at Brackenfell, nice bitch, a little reluctant to show. Nice expression with great topline & very nice tail; 3 B Princess Kate. OB (15,2) 1 Sansom’s Ch Tarkaswell Double Agent, refined bitch but not over fine in bone. Good balance throughout & excellent movement. Nice carrot like tail well set on. Preferred head over 2. CC; 2 Freeman’s Borderella Snap Dragon, overall a nice bitch. Lost on head & eye to 1; 3 Lowry’s Ravenside Time Passes. VB (3,1) 1 Baxter’s Am/Can/Int Ch Sulan Fancy That, good movement front & rear. Rib well carried back & proper spring of rib. Good jacket & hide; 2 Quinn’s Stonelynn Miss Polly, nice head with good Border expression. Also good coat & hide. Lost to 1 on rib & movement. RUTH ANN NAUN |
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