Group judging according to new AKC rules began at Westminster in 1924. These statistics do not include Group judges for 1924 (when the same two judges officiated for all five groups) and 1926-1927-1928 (when a team of three judges officiated for each group). The names of those judges are in the Group Judging chart. Beginning in 1929, only one judge was chosen to officiate for each Group and for Best in Show.

DIFFERENT GROUPS JUDGED

7

Mrs. James E. Clark

5

Mr. Melbourne Downing

4

Mr. Virgil Johnson

Mr. Peter Knoop

Mr. Theodore Offerman

Mr. Henry Stoecker

3

14 different judges (in addition to all of the above)

2

59 different judges (in addition to all of the above)

8

Mrs. James E. Clark

6

Mr. Melbourne Downing

Mr. Virgil Johnson

Miss Anna Katherine Nicholas

5

Mrs. Dorothy Collier

Mr. Francis F.H. Fleitmann

Mr. G.V. Glebe

Mr. Heywood Hartley

Mr. Henry Stoecker

3

SPORTING

Mr. Fred Hunt

Mr. William Lubben

Mr. William Payne

Dr. Joseph Redden

3

HOUND

Mr. Heywood Hartley

Mrs. Robert Lindsay

Mr. Harry Peters Jr.

3

WORKING

Mr. Len Carey

Mrs. Dorothy Collier

Mr. Francis F. H. Fleitmann

Mr. G.V. Glebe

4

TERRIER

Mr. John Marvin

4

TOY

Miss Anna Katherine Nicholas

3

NON-SPORTING

Mrs. George Wanner

2

HERDING

Mrs. James Clark

Mrs. Dorothy Collier

Mr. J.D. Jones

Mrs. Eileen Pimlott

Mrs. Lynette Saltzman

Mr. Stanley Saltzman

23

Mr. Edd Bivin

Mrs. James Edward Clark

22

Mr. Melbourne Downing

21

Mr. Alva Rosenberg

20

Miss Anna Katherine Nicholas

19

Mr. Louis Murr

18

Mr. Heywood Hartley

Mr. George Hartman

Mr. Virgil Johnson

Mr. Percy Roberts

16

Mrs. Dorothy Collier

Mr. James Reynolds

Miss Anna Whitney

15

Mr. Theodore Crane

Mr. Haworth Hoch

Mr. William Kendrick

Mr. John Marvin

Mr. Frank Sabella

Mr. Henry Stoecker

14

Mr. Langdon Skarda

13

Mrs. Michelle Billings

Mr. James A. Farrell, Jr.

Mr. Fred M. Hunt

Mr. Peter Knoop

Dr. Bernard McGivern

Mr. Gustave Muss-Arnolt

Mr. Elliott B. Weiss

12

Mr. Theodore Offerman, Esq.

Ms. Patricia Webster Laurans

Mr. William Ross Proctor, Jr., Esq.

Mr. Walter H. Reeves, Esq.

Mrs. Augustus W. Riggs IV

Mrs. Betty-Anne Stenmark

Mrs. Sari Brewster Tietjen

Mr. Albert E. Van Court

Mrs. George J. Wanner

Mrs. Dorothy Welsh

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