HISTORICAL RECORDS
Judging
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)
TOTAL NUMBER OF GROUPS JUDGED
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
MOST TIMES JUDGED EACH GROUP
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
MOST YEARS JUDGING AT WESTMINSTER (ALL ASSIGNMENTS)
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