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are full of clever and humanized exhibits and of men and women to whom
the success or failure of their canine friends is a matter of intensest
personal moment. Wherefore the small show often gives the beholder
something he can find but rarely in a larger exhibition.
A few dogs genuinely enjoy shows--or are supposed to. To many
others a dogshow is a horror.
Which windy digression brings us back by prosy degrees to Bruce and
to the Hampton dogshow.
The collies were the first breed to be judged. And the puppy classas
usualwas the first to be called to the ring.
There were but three collie pupsall males. One was a rangy tri- color
of eleven monthswith a fair head and a bad coat. The second was an
exquisite six-months puppyrich of coatprematurely perfect of headand
cowhocked. These two and Bruce formed the puppy class which paraded
before Symonds in the oblong ring.
Anyhow whispered the Mistress as the Master led his stolidly
gigantic entry toward the enclosure
cheap louis vuitton, Bruce can't get worse than a third-
prize yellow ribbon. We ought to be a little proud of that. There are only
three entries in his class.
But even that bit of barren pride was denied the awkward youngster's
sponsor. As the three pups entered the enclosure. the judge'syilai:
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