The show started with the Sporting group. The singled out breeds were the Pointer represented by German wirehaired pointer, the Curly-Coated Retriever, the Irish Setter, the Black Cocker Spaniel, the English Springer Spaniel, the Irish Water Spaniel, the Weimaraner and the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon. The top four in order were: the Black Cocker Spaniel, the Irish Setter, the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon and the Irish Water Spaniel. The new breed was that of Boykin Spaniel.
In the working group the dogs represented the Alaskan Malamute, the Boxer, the Doberman Pinscher, the Kuvasz, the Portuguese Water Dog, the Rottweiler and the Samoyed and the top four considerations were the Portuguese Water Dog, the Boxer, the Kuvasz and the Samoyed. Lastly it was the Terrier group. This type of breeds was represented by the American Staffordshire Terrier, the Smooth Fox Terrier, the Irish Terrier, the Norfolk Terrier, the Norwich Terrier, the Scottish Terrier, the Seelyham Terrier, the Sky Terrier and the West Highland White Terrier.
The Houndgroup was the last to be represented. The main contesters included Scottish Deerhound from the Hound group, the Pekingese from the Toy group, the Shar-Pei from the Non-Sporting group and the Bearded Collie from the Herding group. In addition to that we had the Black Cocker Spaniel from the Sporting group, the Portuguese Water Dog from the Working group and the Smooth Fox from the Terrier group.
Hickory the Scottish Deerhound won Best in Show, many believed to be an upset. It is the first time in the Show when Scottish Deerhound breed had won in a surprise against Adam the Smooth Fox Terrier and Malachy the Pekingese.
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