TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — Trumpet, a magnificently
bewrinkled and be-jowled bloodhound from Illinois won Best
in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on
Wednesday night, nosing out a tough crowd of competitors
that included a fluffy Samoyed, a silky Maltese, and an all business
German shepherd.
Posing before an excellent big silver trophy
with some ribbons, “I am very surprised!” said
the Handler of Trumpet. “There were seven beautiful dogs in
that ring. You know, I feel like sometimes a bloodhound might
be a little bit of an underdog. I was absolutely thrilled.”
Shockingly, she said, Trumpet competed in his first dog show
in January. Second place, or Best in Show Reserve in the
Parlance of Westminster, was awarded to a winsome French
bulldog named Winston. The show which is typically held in
winter at Madison Square Garden has moved for pandemic
related reasons to Lyndhurst, a country estate in Tarrytown,
for the second year in a row. with his lumbering gait and
ponderous manner, Trumpet, who is 4 years old, was not
necessarily the first choice of spectators who seemed to be
drawn to showier, more effervescent dogs. Stricker was good
that he reached his finale last year. But Trumpet had that
special something that champion dogs have, perhaps because
he comes from winning stock. His great- grandfather, Tigger,
once held the record for the dog with the longest ears,
according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Tigger’s
right ear was 13.75 inches long; his left was 13.5 inches long,.
which was amazing!
bewrinkled and be-jowled bloodhound from Illinois won Best
in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on
Wednesday night, nosing out a tough crowd of competitors
that included a fluffy Samoyed, a silky Maltese, and an all business
German shepherd.
Posing before an excellent big silver trophy
with some ribbons, “I am very surprised!” said
the Handler of Trumpet. “There were seven beautiful dogs in
that ring. You know, I feel like sometimes a bloodhound might
be a little bit of an underdog. I was absolutely thrilled.”
Shockingly, she said, Trumpet competed in his first dog show
in January. Second place, or Best in Show Reserve in the
Parlance of Westminster, was awarded to a winsome French
bulldog named Winston. The show which is typically held in
winter at Madison Square Garden has moved for pandemic
related reasons to Lyndhurst, a country estate in Tarrytown,
for the second year in a row. with his lumbering gait and
ponderous manner, Trumpet, who is 4 years old, was not
necessarily the first choice of spectators who seemed to be
drawn to showier, more effervescent dogs. Stricker was good
that he reached his finale last year. But Trumpet had that
special something that champion dogs have, perhaps because
he comes from winning stock. His great- grandfather, Tigger,
once held the record for the dog with the longest ears,
according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Tigger’s
right ear was 13.75 inches long; his left was 13.5 inches long,.
which was amazing!
