The Gossip Column, October 1, 2021
So here we are on the eve of one of the most anticipated dog-show weekends. Hard to believe it’s been six years since the last MORRIS & ESSEX KENNEL CLUB dog show. Even with the show being held on a Wednesday and fears of the Delta virus, it still drew more than 4,000 dogs, but only seven will be fortunate enough to get in the Best in Show ring for DESI MURPHY to select his winner. DESI is without doubt one of the most knowledgeable all-around dog people alive today. He has spent his whole life in the sport and remembers dogs, people, places and events that most of us have never heard of. He is a walking encyclopedia of the history of our sport. All of us DOG NEWS hope he has a most memorable experience. ...
MORRIS & ESSEX is followed by the Thursday and Friday back-to-back HATBORO DOG CLUB, where the limited entry is approximately 2,200 dogs each day. Saturday is the DEVON DOG CLUB, where the entries drop a bit to approximately 2,040 dogs, ending with the all-terrier MONTGOMERY COUNTY KENNEL CLUB with an entry of some 1,320 dogs.
A heads up: If you are exhibiting at MORRIS & ESSEX and your judge is wearing a face mask, it is requested that you do the same and wear a face mask in their ring. Also DOG NEWS will have a stand at MORRIS & ESSEX; please come by and say hello. I might be wandering around, but DARLENE BELLO and CAROL GROSSMAN will be on hand to welcome you. Also don’t forget that at the conclusion of Best in Show judging at MONTGOMERY COUNTY there will be a celebration of life for the late BOBBY PAUST on the show grounds. ...
Congratulations to newlyweds HANNA & COLLEN STONE. COLLEN is the son of SHANNON STONE and MIKE STONE. ...
DOG NEWS sends our deepest sympathies to Whippet breeder DEBBIE DAVENPORT and her family on the passing of her beloved mother KATHY DAVENPORT. ...
Celebrating Wedding Anniversaries … HILDA & JOHN BRADSHAW, and PHIL & PATRICIA BRIASCO (53 years) …
Celebrating Birthdays … JACKIE GOTTLIEB (Montgomery has never been the same without her presence, owing to ill health), ANDREW GREEN, EDDIE BOYES, ROBIN NOVACK, KAREN MAMMANO, BARBARA RUPERT, DENNY MOUNCE, BARBARA HECKERMAN, REBECCA LYCAN, MICHELLE SANTANA, AMANDA CONNEEN, CINDY HUCKFELDT, GERARD THOMPSON, PHOEBE BOOTH, mother and daughter BEVERLY SIMIS and LESLIE SIMIS, AMELIA MUSSER, DEANN ULMER, ROBERTA LOMBARDI, JEAN BOYD, LENNY BROWN, RYAN WOLFE, SARAH KRICKEBERG, PATTY SOSA and DAMARA BOLTE (90 years young).