I just read about him in the book The Dog Show 125 Years of Westminster. Annie said that he was the best Yorkshire Terrier she had ever had her hands on.
I was showing in 1978 but I didn't pay much attention to Yorkies.
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Originally Posted by YorkieRose  I am not too proud to admit my age...so I am old enough to have been there to see many of these past champions in the ring and talk to the owners and breeders at one time or the other.
Higgins was sold to Bill Switzer as pet for his wife...his breeder, C. D.Lawrence did not think Higgins would be a good ring dog, size factor...the Switzers daughter, Marlene showed him...and he was a super showoff...he could almost talk...very animated.
Anne Rodgers Clark was the judge at the Garden who gave him the win...
PS...on another forum whenever I post something one member disagrees with, she always says...."things are different now, you are from the olden days...LOL |