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The
last year that
Westminster held regular
classes Chorinne went
Winners Bitch, Best of
Winners and Best
Opposite Sex.
She
began her specials
career while still very
young and at both the
1983 and 1984 National
Specialties she was
awarded
Best
Opposite Sex.
The following
year marked the Golden
Anniversary of the
Papillon Club of America
( only the second time
that an Independent
Specialty had been held
) and the entry was a
record 218.
Judging that day
was Mrs. Ann
Stevenson
and "she selected
as her Best of Breed
winner the much admired
Ch. Cadaga’s Chorinne,
owned and bred by Mrs.
Catharine
D. Gauss, one of the
founding members of the
PCA.
Chorinne was
handled, as always, by
John Oulton and it was
easy for
everyone to see that
John and Chorinne were a
marvelous "Team".
This beautiful
little bitch is a
brilliant red and
sparkling
white and such
showmanship; she waltzed
around the ring with her
head held high, as if
she owned it."
The following
day
was the Supported Entry
and again Chorinne won
the breed and then
proceeded to win the Toy
Group under noted
toy
judge Frank Sabella.
[Up until this time
Catharine Gauss had not
bred or owned a Best in
Show Pap, she had bred
multiple group winners,
Westminster
Breed Dogs, and National
Specialty winners but
the Best In Show rosette
had eluded her.
She told John (
and
several other Papillon
breeders) that she would
‘die a happy woman’
if she had but just one
Best in Show.]
During
the Best in Show judging
that day a beautiful
butterfly gently floated
across the ring and for
a brief second
hovered
above
the team of Chorinne and
John, perhaps an omen ?
As relayed by Pearl
George:
“The Supported
entry at the Rio Hondo
Kennel Club Show saw the
beautiful Ch. Cadaga’s
Chorinne go Best of
Breed, 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
bounded up and down,
coat and fringes flying,
with the late rays of
the setting sun catching
her coat which
sparkled like glittering
copper and silver snow;
it was a sight that
those of us who saw it
will never forget.”
Chorinne went on to win
the National Specialty
again in 1986 and won
another Best in Show at
the prestigious
Westchester
Kennel Club.
She was the
number one bitch in the
country during the years
1983 – 1986 and became
the dam of
three champions
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