From 24 states, including Alaska and Hawaii, and from

several provinces of Canada they came, the Papillon

fanciers and their bright. dancing "Butterfly Spaniels," to

participate the celebration of the Golden Anniversary of the

founding of the Papillon Club of America, Inc.

On Friday, May 10. an Obedience Seminar was held at the

Holiday Inn in Ontario, CA. The National Specialty itself 

was held on Saturday, May 11, on the grounds of the

California State Polytechnic University ( Pomona, CA ) 

and drew a record entry of 218 Papillons. The Specialty 

was dedicated to the late Clarice Babbidge ( Jaclair

Papillons ) and many of the winners at this specialty were

descendants of some of the Jaclair dogs.  The catalog 

was, in itself, a work of art, complied by Gloria Coleman, 

it included some fine artwork submitted by PCA members.

The day's judging started off with the "Sweepstakes". Mrs.

Virginia Newton drew an entry of 60 youngsters ranging in

the age from 6 to 15 months.  Best in Sweepstakes was

Larkspur Talisman, a beautifully coated black and white

eight month old male, owned bred and handled by Diane

Noe.  BOS in Sweeps was the 14 month old bitch Loteki

Total Elegance, bred by Lou Ann King and co-owned by 

her breeder and Tracy Halverson.

Judging the regular classes and Best of Breed was Mrs.

Ann Stevenson.  Mrs. Stevenson selected as her Best of

Breed winner the much admired Ch. Cadaga's Chorinne 

( Ch. Cadaga's U-Bet x Cadaga's Tres Jolie ), owned and

bred by Mrs. catharine D. Gauss, one of the founding

members of the PCA.  Chorinne was handled, as always,

by John Qulton and it was very easy everyone to see that

John Qulton and Chorinne were a marvelous "team".  This

beautiful little bitch is a brilliant red and sparkling white ; 

and such showmanship , she walzed around the ring with

her head held high, as if she owned it.  The BOS winner

was Ch. Bannahydes UFO of Beechwood ( Ch. Jaclair's

Howdy Doody, CD x Ch. Florentine's Camille, CD )  UFO

was shown by his owner, Alfreda Myle, in the Veteran

class.  At almost nine years of age, UFO still looked

superb, confirming that the Papillon truly hold its looks 

well into advanced years.

WD/BW came from the 6-9 Month Puppy class, Kvar Classic Josandre' ( Ch. Kvar Red Wings, C.D.X. x 

Luxxor Touch of Mystique ), owned and bred by Pearl George and Mary Jo Loye.  "Sean" was handled by Tammy

( Fields ) Harris.  The WB, Luxxor Touch of Mystery ( Ch.

Glorycole Bachelor Button x Kvar Touch of Class ) , owned

Annette and Carolyn Smith, came from the Open Bitch

class and was handled by Tracy Halverson. It was very

pleasing to see such good entries in the Bred By classes

as well as the Veterans and other non-regular classes.

Getting a brace in Papillons is extremely difficult, since the

dogs come in such a wide variety of colors and markings,

and the breed standard allows for eight to eleven inches in

height with over eleven and under twelve inches being a

fault.  However, despite the difficulty, there were four well

matched braces entered, with Mary Lou Sandvik's brace

placing first.  Also entered  was beautifully matched

Phalene ( drop ear ) brace, belonging to Furnam and Mary

Cunningham who have been working hard at reviving the

original drop eared Papillon.

This was only the second time in history of the Papillon

Club of America that there gad been an independent

specialty and the first to have offered Junior Showmanship

and Obedience classes.  Mrs. Edith Iszant, who passed on

the Junior Showmanship classes gave Best Junior honors

to Katie Wicks, who came from Hawaii to attend this, her

first show on the "mainland".

The trophies were really exceptional, thanks to the

generosity of PCA members.  Included among the awards

were especially designed handcrafted Cece Canaga

Papillon models, each one wearing a painted-on goldtone

chain with a tiny butterfly on its center, inset with a small

German crystal ( there were many poses, the American

Bred model being very patriotic with an American flag ). 

The Papillon Club of America is most fortunate in having

a  number of very talented members, many donated their

works.

The supported entry at the Rio Hondo Kennel Club Show

saw the beautiful Candaga's Chorinne go to Best of Bred,

and, to climax a wonderful weekend, on to a truly well

deserved BEST IN SHOW.  For the many of us who stayed

through BIS judging, after all the photographs and

presentations, Chorinne gave us a display of happy

exuberance as she bounced up and down, coat and fringes

flying and with the late rays of setting sun catching her 

coat which sparkled like glittering copper and silver snow, 

it was a sight at those of us who saw it never will forget.

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Pearl George has been involved with Papillons for 19 years.

Originally from England, Mrs. George has been a member

of the Papillon Club of America for the past 18 years and, 

for five of those years served as editor of the Club's

newsletter " Pap Talk ".

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