1.Marie Leary last judged at the National in 1968. She did dogs and she judged it sitting down.She was enormously wealthy. (i believe they owned General foods), She was also quite wild and she and her best friend Anne Carpenter were the subject of many of the early tales i heard from Winfield Smith. I sat with her at one of the dinners and we had a very interesting talk. I sold a puppy from my second litter to one of her neighbors. His name was Fred and they sent him to Winnefred Strickland for training. 2.Josephine rine was an illustrator. I used to baby sit for her children. 3. Adele Colgate sold Connie Beckhardt her foundation bitch Hobby House Katja Of The Hills.So that bitch is in almost every pedigree in America. 4. Geraldine Rockefeller (mrs Hartley Dodge) has an enormous number of biographies on line. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================