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One of Ch. Dersade Bobby’s Girl 48 BIS
at Chester Valley 1975 under William Bergum.
There were many Rinklestone champions. A stalwart supporter of the breed, Pat was considered one of the great authorities on Sealyhams. Unlike most of her contemporaries, Pat’s dogs were always owner-han- dled. Her long service to the American Sealyham Terrier Club made her the most significant contributor to that organization’s success. She was mentor to many who followed, including Barbara and Jack Carmany, Sharon Cowen, and Sharon Yard.
Dorothy Fullerton Adelheim Wimer (Mrs. William W. Wimer, III) was an extremely popular breeder from the 1950’s until the 1980’s. Doro- thy lived in Churchtown, Pennsylvania, where her Pool Forge Sealys, Welsh Terriers, Airedales and Beagles were famous. She owned many of the top Sealys of the period, including studs GBR/USA Ch. St. Margaret Steve and GBR/USA Ch. Alcide of Axe (Group One at Westminster). Dorothy was the owner of 1977 Westminster Best in Show Winner Ch. Dersade Bobby’s Girl.
Sue Keitle Sutliff’s first Champion was Rinklestone Tam O’Shanter from whom almost 800 US champions and 75 British champions descend through two of her daughters. Twenty-two of her dogs placed in Groups and four won six Bests of Breed at Westminster. Her GBR/USA Ch. Jenmist Dougal was the first Sealy to rank as high as #5 Terrier in the US.
Martha Thayer “Patsy” Wood (Mrs. Richard Gilpin Wood, III) had been raised with Sealys and was living in Houston in the mid-1960’s when she decided to breed Sealyhams. Upon returning to her native Pennsylvania, she established one of the breed’s great kennels. There were many important Penllyn champions, including some famous studs: Pound Sterling and Pimpernel being just two. Patsy left us in 2018. She mentored so very many of those who are active today and her legacy to the breed is inestimable.
Also of note in the second half of the Twentieth Century American Sealyham history is Nabila Amina Knaum Afffendi (known as Princess Emina Toussoun, also Mrs. Cornelius Bretsch), first cousin of Egypt’s King Farouk. Her kennel was Aboukir. Also, Bill and Shirley Hitt (Sher- wood Hill), Howard and Myron Stone (Stonebroke), Peggy Browne (Pegfield), Cheryl Jennings (Tintern), Nancy and Ray Dunleavy (Cher- rydun), Betty Terry (Suncoast), and Sally Sweatt (Bushaway).
The Westminster Kennel Club Show is where Sealys have had enormous success with four of the breed taking Best in Show: (1924) Ch. Barberryhill Bootlegger; (1927) Ch. Pinegrade Perfection; (1936) Ch. St. Margaret Magnificent of Clairedale; (1977) Ch. Dersade Bob- by’s Girl. Five other Sealys have won the Westminster Terrier Group. Sealys also took Best in Show Team in 1943 in addition to the previous awards mentioned.
Famous professional handlers who worked for Sealy Kennels includ- ed Percy Roberts (Pinegrade), Joseph Thompson (Barberryhill and Robin Hill), Frank Ortolani (Hampton Hill), Andrew De Graw (High Orchard), Al and Bernice Ayers (Pool Forge and Sutliff Farms), Peter Green (who came to work at Pool Forge in November 1963), and, of course, breeder-handler Margery Good.
Sealys have also had considerable success at Montgomery County. The first Best in Show there was won by Ch. Wolvey Noel of Clairedale in 1936. Forty-three years later, Margery Good piloted her homebred Ch. Goodspice Tarragon to Best. In 1995, Gabriel Rangel handled Ch. Fanfare’s Goodfellow to the top and, in 2006, he showed Ch. Stonebroke Right On the Money to the top award. Just two years later, Margery went Best for a third time with Ch. Efbe’s Goodspice Easy Money. Other Sealys have placed nine times in the Group at this show.
Ch. Wolvey Noel of Clairedale held the Best in Show record of 22 wins for bitches for four decades. Ch. St. Margaret Magnificent of Clairedale’s record of nine Best in Show awards for dogs stood for over 30 years until Ch. Jenmist Dougal (Al Ayers handling) earned his tenth Best in Show in 1972. This record stood for just two years until Dou- gal’s nephew, Ch. Roderick of Jenmist, shown by George Ward, took 22
HISTORY OF THE SEALYHAM TERRIER
Another of Bobby’s Girl BIS. Judge Melbourne Downing. Boardwalk KC 1975.
Handler Leonard Brumby with 1936 Westminster BIS Ch. St. Margaret Magnificent of Clairedale.
Wenatchee KC 2006, Stonebroke Right on the Money—one of his 67 BIS. Judge: Jane Kay; Handler: Gabriel Rangel.
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