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1941 National Specialty – Best of Breed bitch – Ch. Ho Han Beautiful

1940 ho Han beautiful COLLAGE dog news

The photo on the magazine cover which I discovered in one of my old Dog News magazines was a really special find, as I had been searching for YEARS for any image of “Beautiful” to add to the archives.   Recently I was paging through yet another edition of Dog News from 1940 and here was Ho Han Beautiful in all her glory as a youngster winning points at the New England Chow Club Specialty Show.   What a precious photo this is!!!    I’m still searching for newspaper or magazine reports of the actual National Specialty which I will add as I find them.

The United States entered  World War II on December 7, 1941 and all the country’s attention was focused on defense, so news reports of a dog show was certainly not a priority as had been in the past.  There is no record of a Chow Club of America National Specialty in 1942…..  (the following year after “Beautiful” won), most likely because of the war as well.

ho han beautiul 1942


1941 NATIONAL SPECIALTY WINNER –  CHAMPION HO HAN BEAUTIFUL (bitch)


JUDGE- Gaston Valcourt
LOCATION- Katonah, NY
ENTRY- 88
BREEDER- Eva Chase
OWNER- Wm Dawes

1941 national specialty winnerCh. Ho Han BeautifulBitch


 

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