[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Rebuttal to James Moses from Dorothy Linn
- From: "Nancy Harper Mulvaney " <nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:51:06 -0400
Tom Brown was nominated by the Centennial Chair to head up the historical
chair position and was subsequently approved by unanimous vote of the then
current Board. Tom and Vivian were in NY attending, I believe, the AKC
Delegate Meeting, Tom consulted the NY telephone directory and lo and behold
he discovered the Eristoff name,(Anne Tracey's married name) an unusual name
indeed. Tom called and was in touch with a gentleman relative who referred
Tom to another elderly lady relative who stated she had some of Anne's
items in a trunk, I believe in the attic. So Tom and Vivian made the trip
to the house of the relative and scanned some of the documents, and of
course they were in Anne's hand - no computers in those days. I believe Tom
planned to use some of the information from the old New England issues in
the Centennial Booklet to be entitled "THE EARLY YEARS". Tom and Vivian
also spent many, many hours in the AKC archives going through piles of
documents, letters, catalogues etc. The original plan was to have an "EARLY
YEARS BOOKLET" for attendees. Those not able to attend would be able to
order "THE EARLY YEARS" at a later date. "THE EARLY YEARS" booklet was
canned in favor of a 100 year book as it was our 100th year. The 100 year
book is a work in progress. The formation of a Historical Committee was
suggested. As we lose many of our older, experienced members we lose our
History. For example when the knowledgeable Bob Penney passed away his
collection went to the dumpster. What a pity!!! We need to be collecting our
history while we can. Connie Beckhardt's husband Ted is gratefully still
with us. As a pillar of our breed in her day, I sincerely hope the
Historical Committee has approached Ted regarding historical items left
behind by Connie. Where is Connie's history, will it also end up in the
dumpster? Let's hope not.
Nancy Harper-Mulvaney
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Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Rebuttal to James Moses from Dorothy Linn
COMMENTS:
Re Jim's statement, " the original GSDCA Standard from 1928 was based on a
point system, 100 points allotted, NOT ONE single point allotted for gait"
Fact: The original GSDCA Standard was written by Anne Tracey (Eristoff)) in
1912 ( NOT 1928) prior to utilization of it during the formation of the
GSDCA in 1913. (Anne Tracey was one of the 7 founding members and one of the
first GSDCA Presidents)
The original Standard's first page DID indeed list a German type 100 point
system , BUT was followed on subsequent pages by detailed Paragraphs with
specific headings ( including GAIT) describing in detail the virtues
required of the German Shepherd Dog. Quote: " GAIT --- when running the
legs should move evenly and in harmony with each other and with the back.
The strides should be long and elastic, lifting the feet only just clear of
the ground. The higher he lifts his feet, the lower his speed. "
Re whites " doubt it really presents problem for GSD's"
Fact : Whites and off colors (blues , livers, paling colors) DID present a
growing problem against preserving the integrity of the GSD Breed and
directly resulted In the creation of the present Standard.!!
With a permissive 1943 Standard that stated ONLY that washed out colors
were " not preferred" and " white dogs are not desirable" and were to be
DQ'd only " if showing albino characteristics", the mismatched and
indiscriminate breeding of colors pro-ported to be "unusual" and "rare" were
all too frequent. Popularity of the GSD was extremely high at that time, and
puppy mills rampant, with little or no attention to preservation of
character and breed type. Litters of blues , pale looking brown pups,
whites with tan and lack mantels , were hawked to an unsuspecting and
gullible public at prices hundreds of dollars more than " a mere black and
tan" puppy. I am familiar with these situations, as my first GSD pup was
purchased in 1957 , and thank goodness I was steered clear of these
disasters. ($50 for my pet pup sired by Ch Llano Estacados Fernando)
The defense against this destruction was to create a breed Standard with
teeth. The 1968 Standard of today took from 1959 to1968 to craft with
COMBINED GSDCA Boards AND MEMBERSHIP Input, documented in Minutes and
Presidents Reports appearing in the GS Dog Review in those years.
It is interesting to see that some want HISTORY TO REPEAT ITSELF, which is
certainly evident in the parallel wording of the 1943 Standard and the
"revised GSD Standard "
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