Sport: The Longhair Showman
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Just as they have not been able to dandify all the guts out of poodles (once great retrievers) or stultify the courage of bulldogs, wolfhounds and Kerry blues, the show breeders and household pamperers have not squeezed all the stamina out of the once self-sufficient Afghans. "The other finalists at the Garden," said Miss Shay, "were beautiful dogs, "but they were tired and they showed it. They let down just a bit. Shirkhan never did—even for an instant. That's why he won."
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