English Cocker judging at Morris & Essex, 1930.
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The Gossip Column, August 20, 2021

A look back at Morris & Essex, Ma Dodge style

Finally, after almost six years, entries are open for the long-awaited October 6 MORRIS & ESSEX KENNEL CLUB event. The expectation is that the show will reach its limit of 4,455 actual dogs, not counting addition classes. That number is significant because it is one less than the entry of 4,456 actual dogs for the MORRIS & ESSEX KENNEL CLUB show of MRS. GERALD ROCKEFELLER DODGE, which holds the record for the largest outdoor dog show in the United States. In those days there were there were no additional classes. But if you add the additional classes (sweepstakes, etc.) to the 4,455 dogs, entries should rise to more than 5,000. ...

While on the topic of MORRIS & ESSEX, the CEO, the Wizard of Oz, the Don, the Chief Cook and Bottle Washer, the Master Mind, the President WAYNE FERGUSON was feted by his many friends on Sunday evening as they gathered to help him celebrate a decade birthday. The ageless MR. FERGUSON is way younger than 100, but definitely over 50. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CUZ. ...

Professional handlers EVAN & STACY THRELFALL have made the move to North Carolina and can now be found at 8537 Smith Road, Apex, North Carolina 27539. If that address that sounds familiar, it is the former home of judges RANDY GARREN & DENNIS MCCOY. ...

All of us at DOG NEWS were very saddened to hear that GLORIA GERINGER, one of most popular all-breed judges, has passed away. In the judging community, GLORIA reached and got the brass ring of judging, all-breed status. Our deepest sympathies to her husband LUCKY and family. ...

BETSY KURTIS, wife of the late dog-show photographer BRIAN KURTIS from upstate New York, passed away this week. Our deepest sympathies to her family. ...

Celebrating Wedding Anniversaries … GEORGIAN & DON JENSEN, MICHELE MOLNAR & JAMIE DANBURY, and BOBBI & JOE WALTON. ...

Celebrating Birthdays … LISA MILLER, CINDY VOGELS, MERRY JEANNE MILNER, DAVID FITZPATRICK, WOOD WORNALL, TOM WEIGAND, NORM KENNEY, LOREEN HOGAN, MARY ELLEN CAMPAGNON, ALBIN PAUST, LISA BETTIS, ANNE MARIE MOORE, GLEN LAJESKI, ROZ KRAMER, DEVON KIPP LEVY, JUDY VANDERLIP, WENDY PINTO, VICKY COOK, BILL SAHLOFF, LYNN MEYER, NIKKI RIGGSBEE, JEFF HANLIN, RENEE POPKEY, JIM OWEN, CONNERY COLE, KAREN SPEY, DALE KAPLAN, GUSTO MOLINARI, DOROTHEA HAND, MARETH KIPP, PAT LAURANS, THERESA NESBITT, SCOTT KELLOGG, KENNY SAENZ and TONY DINARDO.

 

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