BEST IN SHOW JUDGES:
JUDGES WHO HAVE JUDGED MORE THAN ONE BEST IN SHOW:
1958William W. Brainard Jr.
1972William W. Brainard Jr.
1976William W. Brainard Jr.
1937George S. West
1945George S. West
1940Dr. Samuel Milbank
1948Dr. Samuel Milbank
1941Joseph Patterson Sims
1952Joseph Patterson Sims
1949Thomas H. Carruthers III
1959Thomas H. Carruthers III
1950George H. Hartman
1960George H. Hartman
1953James Farrell
1966James Farrell
1954Virgil D. Johnson
1963Virgil D. Johnson
1964Len Carey
1974Len Carey
Beatrice Godsol (1958) and Major Godsol (1968)
Dorothy Collier (1997) and Chester Collier (2000)
Edd Bivin (1999) and Irene Bivin (2003)
BREEDER-OWNER HANDLERSHANDLED BISJUDGED BIS
H.E. Mellenthin1940, 19411942
Walter Goodman19691994
OWNER-HANDLERS
(did not breed BIS winner)
HANDLED BISJUDGED BIS
William P. Wolcott19121946
John G. Bates1930, 19311938
BREEDER-OWNER
(did not handle BIS winner)
none
BREEDER-HANDLER
(did not own BIS winner)
none
BREEDER OF BIS DOG
WHO ALSO JUDGED BIS
BREEDER OF BISJUDGED BIS
Anne Rogers Clark20021978
HANDLERS
(did not own or breed BIS winner)
HANDLED BISJUDGED BIS
Percy Roberts1926, 1927, 1934, 19371967
Anne Rogers Clark1956, 1959, 19611978
Frank Sabella19731990
Peter Green1968, 1977, 1994, 19982019
OWNED BEST IN SHOW WINNER
(did not handle or breed BIS winner)
OWNED BISJUDGED BIS
Mrs. Geraldine Dodge (Giralda Farms)1932, 19391933
Thomas H. Carruthers, III19461949
Len Carey1952, 19531964, 1974
James Farrell19681953, 1966
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