Signal Circuit of Halleston

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Signal Circuit of Halleston
Species Dog
Breed Wire Fox Terrier [1]
Sex Male [1]
Born August 11, 1923 [1]
Nation from English [1]
Occupation Show dog [1]
Title Best in Show winner, Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Term 1926 [1]
Predecessor Governor Moscow (1925)
Successor Pinegrade Perfection (1927)
Owner Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Halle [1]
Parent(s) Fountain Crusader (sire) [1]
Peri (dam) [1]

Signal Circuit of Halleston was a Wire Fox Terrier and winner of the 1926 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. [1] This was the 50th Westminster show, and the fourth Fox Terrier to win best in show. [1]

Wire Fox Terrier Dog breed

The Wire Fox Terrier is a breed of dog, one of many terrier breeds. It is a fox terrier, and although it bears a resemblance to the Smooth Fox Terrier, they are believed to have been developed separately.

Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show annual conformation show in New York City

The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is an all-breed conformation show that has been held in New York City annually since 1877. Currently, the breed and Junior Showmanship competitions are held at Piers 92 and 94, while the group and Best in Show competitions are held at Madison Square Garden. The number of entries is so large at nearly 3,000 that two days are required for all dogs to be judged.

Conformation show dog sport

A conformation show, also referred to as a breed show, is a kind of dog show in which a judge familiar with a specific dog breed evaluates individual purebred dogs for how well the dogs conform to the established breed type for their breed, as described in a breed's individual breed standard.

Signal Circuit was one of 200 Fox Terriers present at the show. [1] He was handled by Percy Roberts, who had imported the dog from England [1] and had "just stepped off the boat before the show". [2] The show was judged by Wintrhop Rutherford, the owner of Conejo Wycollar Boy, a Fox Terrier that took best in show from 1907 to 1909. [1]

Conejo Wycollar Boy

Ch. Wycollar Boy was a Wire Fox Terrier who won best in show at the 1917 and 1920 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, in New York City. His owner was Mrs. Roy A. Rainey.

Signal Circuit was described as having "phenomenal length of head and sound movement". [1]

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Fox Terrier Dog breed

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References

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