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ENGLISH BULL MIDLAND COUNTIES 16 Judge(s): JEAN WILLETTS DCC HOWTHWAITE GRAINSGILL (MR R J & MRS E A BARRETT) Border Terriers I would like to thank the committee of the Midland Counties Canine Society for inviting me to judge at their show. Many thanks to my two stewards, who did an excellent job & kept the ring running smoothly & finally to the exhibitors who entered their dogs for me to judge it was a great pleasure making it an enjoyable day. MPD (6) 1 Bean’s Wintergarden Fly’s Finale to Manorcroft, stood out as he entered the ring for size & balance. Good head & expression, with length of neck to good shoulders. Correct topline which was held on the move. Neat feet with good coat, pelt & tailset, moved round the ring with style & drive. BPD & BP; 2 Matthews’ Tojamatt Moriarty, another nice puppy. Good head, nice front & good topline, in good condition. Moved freely, not quite as harsh or tight coated; 3 Brewster & Green’s Stowthorney Renegade. PD (4) 1 T Moriarty; 2 Golding’s Beaconpike Darkest Night, nice size with correct expression & earset. In good condition, narrow front with good topline. Going round, moved positively; 3 Broomhead’s Bardenfox Liecence To Kill. JD (9,2) 1 McPherson’s Brumberhill Back T’Future, well made stylish b/t. Correct head, eye & expression with big teeth. Good length of neck, flowing into well laid shoulders. Well ribbed up body, strong in loin, super hindquarters. Moved round the ring with drive & keeping his topline & tailset. RCC; 2 Larner’s Hawcoat Mr Fixit, well balanced head with correct eye & expression. Good topline & tailset, with neat feet. Moved out well; 3 Yore’s Southash Deputy Sheriff at Smurfski. YD (6) 1 B Back T’Future; 2 Irvine’s Dandyhow Galloping Gourmet, correct head & expression, good shoulder & length rib. With correct pelt & coat. Kept outline on the move, not quite the hindquarter of the winner; 3 Johnson’s Karison Kosta. PGD (6) 1 Brewster & Green’s Stowthorney Mr Tickle, tall dog with narrow front, good head with big teeth. Good length rib. Kept topline on the move. Very short of coat today; 2 Sneddon’s Kersfell Cool River, good head & expression. Nice length of neck into well placed shoulders. Kept his outline on the move & used his hindquarters very well; 3 Keeffe’s Keebank Charlies Diamond. LD (10,2) 1 Barrett’s Howthwaite Grainsgill, this dog never stopped showing. Typical head with strength of jaw, good mouth & well placed eye & ears. Nice narrow front, good length of neck leading to well laid shoulders, well ribbed up with strong lion. In good condition lean & well muscled. Moved round the ring with freedom & drive. Very accurate on the move. CC & BOB, was pleased to hear he was G4 terrier; 2 Brewster & Green’s Breckgreen Soldier Blue, elegant. Workman like blue. Good length of body, narrow front in good condition. Moved well in all directions; 3 Metcalfe’s Dandyhow Friendly Fire at Chevinor. OD (10,4) 1 Lee’s Ch Tythrop Timepiece, nice size correct head & eye. Narrow front, good reach of neck leading into well laid shoulders & length of rib. In good double coat & pelt. Moved with drive round the ring with freedom of scope; 2 Larner’s Hawcoat Lord George, good eye & expression, with good reach of neck. In good coat & thick pelt. Kept outline on the move. Moved out well; 3 Hall & Ellis’ Ch Brankenfell Bok To Bach. MPB (14,5) 1 Matthews’ Tojamatt Make Believe, feminine head with nice expression & eye. Good length of neck & shoulder. Correct coat & pelt. Moved typically loosely as puppies can. BPB; 2 Baird’s Dowgri Demelza, nice sized bitch with good head & small ears. Narrow front with good topline on neat feet; 3 Brewster & Green’s Stowthorney Clairvoyant. PB (7,1) 1 T Make Believe; 2 D Demelza; 3 Broomhead’s Bardenfox Octopussy. JB (20,5) 1 Hudson’s Shiftyfox Fairydust of Glenoak, this bitch caught my eye when she came into the ring. Nice feminine head with good expression, neat ears. Narrow front, correct shoulder, good length of rib. Kept topline on the move. Moved out well. Did consider her for the RCC; 2 Gilpin’s Charlies Copycat via Otterbobs, lovely size with nice feminine head & eye. Good shoulder & topline. A little short of top coat with a loose pelt; 3 Mooney’s Chesterton Caboodle. YB (10,1) 1 Brannan & Kelly’s Brankell Double Or Quits, nice sized bitch in good condition, feminine head & expression. Good topline & tailset on the move; 2 Roston’s Keebank With Song, good topline, with neat feet. Correct head & eye. In good condition; 3 Taylor’s Diggsad Dizzy Dizzy Dora. PGB (12,2) 1 Barrett’s Howthwaite Gold Dust, feminine head with keen expression, good length neck into well laid shoulders, with good rib & loin. In hard coat & pelt. Moved well round the ring; 2 Pinkham’s Puzzlers Hope Full Hattie at Broadsmill, nice sized bitch in good condition with correct pelt & coat. Pleasing eye & expression. Did not move as well as 1; 3 Nightingale’s Glebeheath Gold’N Girl for Knowbury. LB (13,5) 1 Roberts’ Smaiesmouth Sky Lark, good head with neat ears & keen expression. Straight narrow front, neat small feet. Good length neck & clean shoulders. Racy outline moved round the ring with drive. In good condition & with double coat & loose thick pelt; 2 Moore’s Bardenfox Pussy Galore, nice sized bitch with good head with neat well set ears. Straight front, good length of neck into well laid shoulders. Moved out well though not quite the drive of the winner today; 3 Sansom’s Tarkaswell Doctors Orders. OB (15,4) 1 Lee’s Ch Tythrop Turn Back Time, very feminine bitch with correct head proportions & neat ears, with keen expression Straight front, good length of neck going into well laid back shoulders. Strong loin & hindquarters. Moved round the ring with long stride & style. In good condition, with excellent coat & pelt of lovely colour. CC; 2 Gilpin’s Ch Otterbobs Xolana, very good head, with strength of jaw. Well balanced outline Good neck & shoulders. In hard condition kept topline on the move. Moved well round the ring RCC; 3 Barrett’s Howthwaite In Vogue. JEAN WILLETTS |
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