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On Saturday 2 June I was fortunate enough to be able to judge the Cairn Terrier Club’s National Specialty at the fairgrounds in Caledonia, Canada. The judge elect was Elaine Short but due to her accident earlier in the year she was unable to travel. Alan and I spent the
first few days in Toronto doing some sightseeing. Wow! What a city. We
also enjoyed a trip to Niagara Falls, it was stunning. Despite rumours to the contrary we did not
zipwire across the Falls! The night before the
cruise we enjoyed a boat cruise with fellow judges from Erie Shores Kennel
Club All Breed Show. Frank Kane was
there judging several breeds and my fellow Cairn judge who did the Regional
Speciality the day before, Lydia Hutchinson. I had an entry of 47,
which apparently is good. My BOB was
the male, Ch Nordcairns Rocket Man (Nordcairns Indian Summer x Rottrivers A
Kind of Magic, he was bred by Lotte and Soren Thomsen from Denmark and owned
by Mieke Jansen from Holland. He was
handled by Liz Scougal and is returning to Holland in August. It was a fantastic weekend for all
concerned because Rocket Man did the double, winning BOB under Lydia the day
before. BOS was Chikki Mair’s Ch
Skerryvore Dance with the Wind, bred by Lois Tubbs and Chikki. Winners Dog and Best Puppy was Gaelen
Gordon’s Gaegordon’s Aurora Blaze, a typey red youngster, owner bred but out
of a bitch bred by Pilan Klebo (Cairnstone’s). Winners Bitch and Best of Winners was a bitch who never stopped
wagging her tail, Pellinore’s Wild
Magic, bred and owned by Sara Thue and Merril Schmitt. I was pleased to see that
John and Barbara Kornylo’s veteran dog, Ch Thistlegate Nordic Silver, out of
Cairngold Quicksilver, is still going strong and showing well at the age of
fifteen and a half years, the ringside cheered him whilst he went around the
ring. After the show the club
held a dinner which was very enjoyable.
They had a silent auction and a live auction. Dick Mair did a grand job and managed to
raise a lot of money for the club and for rescue. A postcard from the late
Betty Hyslop’s collection depicting Ch Redletter Miss Splinters and a photograph
of Walter and Mrs Bradshaw with five Redletter Champions raised over 110
Canadian Dollars, about £63, and two Midland Year Books raised the same
amount. I met up with old
friends, Bob and Louise Hooper and made some new friends too. It was a delightful show and Alan and I
were made very welcome.
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