Showsight - March 2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS 16 FROM THE EXECUTIVE EDITOR EMERITUS Joseph Neil McGinnis III 40 LINES FROM LINDA by Linda Ayers Turner Knorr 50 ON THE LINE by BJ Andrews 52 BECOMING by Jaquelyn Fogel 72 DEGENERATIVE MYELOPATHY by Ana Paolo Diniz 84 THREE TALES OF AN IRISH ICON by Dan Sayers 114 KENNEL CLUB OF BEVERLY HILLS 120 CACIB SHOW: BELGIUM by Karl Donvil 129 EVERYONE’S A SPECTATOR AT WESTMINSTER by Dan Sayers 144 SURVEY SAYS 157 WESTMINSTER 2018 158 WESTMINSTER by GAIL MILLER BISHER 165 BETTY ANN STENMARK An interview with Westminster’s BIS judge 166 WESTMINSTER’S 142nd; MY 39TH by Joseph Neil McGinnis III 182 TAKE THE LEAD FUNDRAISER Photos by Susan Sprung & Tom Weigand 192 AKC MEET THE BREEDS® AT WESTMINSTER Photos by David Woo, AKC 202 MTB BEST BOOTH CONTEST 213 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WORKING DOGS 245 IRELAND’S MAGNIFICENT BREEDS by Allan Reznik 262 LOOKING BACK THROUGH LINDA’S LENS by Linda Ayers Turner Knorr 265 ADVERTISING RATES 266 SHOWSIGHT IN CIRCULATION by Daniel Cartier 270 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Hanifa Arapovic Vice President

Michael Veras COO

Samantha Adkins Advertiser Relations

Daniel J. Cartier Web/Distribuution

Linda Ayers Turner Knorr Contributing Editor

BJ Andrews Contributing Editor

Arlene Czech Contributing Editor

Jacquelyn Fogel Contributing Editor

Allan Reznik Contributing Editor

Dan Sayers Contributing Editor

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