1906 Chicago White Sox Record holder Frank Isbell and his Best in Show Chow

1928 BIS Ch. Yuan Chu of El Cher Sire Ch. Ledgeland's Sancho — 1928 BIS Ch. Yuan Chu of El Cher Sire Ch. Ledgeland’s Sancho…see photo of the famous Sancho below

I worked so hard to get this newspaper clipping above to give more detail. The original was almost totally black. The man behind the adult chow is baseball legend of the Chicago White Sox Frank Isbell who held the world’s record for hits in 1906 (see bio below)

Frank Isbell’s chow pictured, Ch. Yuan Chu of El Cher had done a lot of winning during the 1920’s. This article is from 1928 when his chow had won a Best in Show. The other 2 people look to be holding chow puppies

FRANK ISBELL BIO – A prematurely bald, round-faced Irishman, Frank Isbell was a fixture of the Chicago White Sox for the first decade of their existence. Best remembered as the second baseman of the 1906 “Hitless Wonders,” Isbell spent most of his career as a versatile utility player — one of the few men to have played all nine positions in the major leagues — before becoming a minor-league manager and magnate. As a young ballplayer, Isbell’s acute sensitivity about his already receded hairline earned him the unappreciated nickname of “Bald Eagle.” SOURCE

CH. LEDGELAND'S SANCHO WITH BREEDER MRS WAGSTAFF ca 1932 — ABOVE: CH. LEDGELAND’S SANCHO, THE SIRE OF YUAN CHU – WITH BREEDER MRS DAVID WAGSTAFF circa 1932

Frank Isabel White Sox Best in Show Chow 32016-02-23

NOTE: The Isbell’s sold their entire kennel to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Krupp of California