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                Two-Timing Terriers: Montgomery County Has Crowned...
BY DAN SAYERS continued
   The Miniature Schnauzer, Ch. Mankit’s To The Moon, finished his championship by going Best in Show from the classes at Montgomery in 1968 under judge James A. Farrell, Jr. Photo by Gilbert.
92 Schnauzers at Montgomery to win the breed from the classes under Heywood Hartley. James A. Farrell, Jr. awarded the 14-month-old Best in Show to fin- ish his title. The following year, Robert J. Moore gave “To The Moon” the breed win from an entry of 115 and John T. Marvin awarded him Best in Show for the second consecutive year.
CH. BROOKHILL’S MORNING EDITION (1990 & ’91)
Two Scottish Terriers have enjoyed back- to-back victories at Montgomery, and both celebrated winners were of the fairer sex. Bred by Luis F. Arroyo of New York City, Ch. Brookhill’s Morning Edition is Mont- gomery’s second Scottish two-timer. Han- dled by Peggy Ozorowski Browne for owner Marjorie Carpenter, “Lola” seemed destined for success in Pennsylvania from the start. In 1989, she was Winners Bitch and Best of Winners under Neatha Robinson who awarded John and Barbara DeSaye’s Ch. Sandgreg’s Foxmoor the Breed. (“Foxmoor” won three National Specialties and is the sire of Ch. Koch’s Shadow Fox of Glenlee, granddam of the 1995 Westminster win- ner Ch. Gaelforce Post Script.) In 1990, the all-rounder Michele Billings judged Scotties at Montgomery and selected the Carpenter-owned bitch as her breed winner. The Canadian all-rounder R. William Tay- lor gave her the nod for Best in Show. The following year, Anne Rogers Clark sent the Scottie to the Best in Show ring where the Italian judge, Giuseppe Benelli, rewarded her for a second straight year. (Benelli co- owned the 1975 Crufts-winning Wire Ch. Brookewire Brandy of Layven with Paolo Dondina who judged Best in Show at West- minster in 2011.) In 1992, Lola capped her stellar career with a Group Two at West- minster behind the top-winning dog of 1991 & ’92, Ch. Registry’s Lonesome Dove. The Group judge at the Garden that year was Michele Billings.
CH. CHIDLEY WILLUM THE CONQUEROR (1992 & ’93)
The partnership of Ruth Cooper and Peter Green was rewarded frequently at Montgomery. In 1980, the team enjoyed their first victory when the Norwich Ch. Thrumpton’s Lord Brady was awarded Best in Show under Robert J. Moore. Five years later, the pair celebrated their second win at Montgomery when Henry Stoecker awarded Best to the Wire Fox Terrier Ch. Forchlas Cariad. In 1986, Margaret A. Young did the same for another Wire, the unforgettable Ch. Galsul Excellence. The Cooper/Green Team’s final Montgomery winner proved to be the partnership’s most enduring. In 1992—and again in 1993— their alliance was rewarded at Montgom- ery through another exceptional Nor- wich, this one co-owned with Patricia P. Lussier-Forrest of Lake Placid, New York.
Bred by Karen Anderson, Ch. Chidley Willum The Conqueror was a grandson of “Brady” through his sire, Ch. Royal Rock Don of Chidley. “Willum’s” first Mont- gomery win came about under the prac- ticed eye of AKC Chairman and interim President Louis Auslander. Sandra Goose Allen welcomed the black-and-tan to the winner’s circle again the following year. In 1994, Walter Goodman selected Willum as his choice for Best in Show at Westminster. Just four years later, a daughter of “Don” repeated the win for owners Alexander and Glorvina Schwartz. In 1998, Peter Green handled their Ch. Fairewood Frolic to vic- tory on the Garden floor. The Best in Show judge that year was Montgomery County’s Show Chair, Dr. Josephine Deubler.
ENG. & AM. CH. TORUMS SCARF MICHAEL (2000 & ‘01)
The most recent two-time Montgom- ery winner may well be remembered as the greatest show dog the world has ever known. Ch. Torums Scarf Michael was bred in the U.K. and shown to many wins in Great Britain by his breeder, Ron Ramsey. The exciting Kerry Blue Terrier was awarded Best in Show at the last five English shows in which he was entered. Following his victory at Crufts in 2000, four-year-old “Mick” embarked on an American odys- sey that would be unbelievable if it weren’t true. Guided in the U.S. by Bill McFadden for owner Marilu Hanson of Newton, New Jersey, the import went straight to the top at the 2000 Great Western Terrier Associa- tion of Southern California. This was the Kerry’s first show in the States. The team next headed East to attend the revived Mor- ris & Essex Kennel Club show held at Giral- da Farms in Madison, New Jersey. At this highly anticipated event, the Kerry Blue was awarded Best of Breed from the classes by Anne Katona. The Hon. David C. Merriam judged the Terrier Group and sent Mick on to Melbourne T. L. Downing who fin- ished the dog’s American championship by awarding him Best in Show—in the dark of night. At Montgomery a few days later, Aus- tralian H. Peter Luyten awarded Mick Best in Show. The following year, Alessandra Sommi Picenardi of Italy repeated the win. In 2001 and 2002, Mick won the Group at Westminster and established himself as the number one dog all-breed both years. In 2002, his mythology only intensified when Connie Barton awarded the Kerry Blue Best in Show at the AKC/Eukanuba Invitational. Not to be outdone, Mick also won each of the country’s largest shows that year. (The total number of dogs he defeated at just the top half dozen events equaled 22,525!) Still, a Westminster win eluded the living legend. This situation was remedied in 2003 when Irene Biven rewarded Mick in the company of one of the finest collections of purebred dogs that has ever been assembled anywhere in the world.
 Ch. Brookhill’s Morning Edition was handled by Peggy Ozorowski Browne to the Scottie’s first Montgomery win under Canadian all-rounder R. William Taylor. Photo by Ashbey.
  In 1993, Sandra Goose Allen awarded the Norwich Terrier, Ch. Chidley Willum The Conqueror, and handler Peter Green with the team’s second Montgomery win. Photo by Ashbey.
 Bill McFadden and the Kerry Blue Terrier, Ch. Torum’s Scarf Michael, earned their second Montgomery Best in Show award under Alessandra Sommi-Picenardi of Italy. Photo by Ashbey.
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