Afghan Hound
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Bryony Harcourt-Brown. Afghan Hound
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Physical Characteristics of the Afghan Hound
(from the American Kennel Club breed standard)
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The breed continued to gain acceptance, particularly in the show ring where the Afghan Hound has always been a star. The beautiful Ch. Rudiki of Prides Hill, another offspring of Badshah of Ainsdart, was shown in the early 1940s by his then-owner, Mrs. Hayes Blake Hoyt of the famous Blakeen Poodles, who had a brief fling with Afghans. Many felt that he was one of the best that Mr. McKean had ever produced. As Mrs. Hoyt phased out her Afghans, Rudiki was acquired by Marion Foster Florsheim and joined the other winning hounds at her very successful Five Mile kennels in Connecticut. It was wartime and travel restrictions existed, but Marion Florsheim ferried planes across the country for Civil Defense and was able to fly the black-masked golden Rudiki around the country as he built up a record of multiple Best in Show wins and sired some 31 champions, an amazing number for the time. In 1945 Rudiki’s fabulous head study graced the November 26th cover of Life magazine, which included an article on Five Mile kennels. Rudiki’s name continues to be, if one goes far enough back, visible in many US pedigrees.
The 1950s were the beginning of a golden age for the Afghan Hound that extended into the ‘70s and witnessed the rise of two very famous kennels, Sunny Shay’s Grandeur kennels in New York and Kay Finch’s Crown Crest kennels in California. Though each had Afghan Hounds of all colors, Grandeur was known for dogs of great elegance clothed in coats of exotic smoky colors, giving one a mental picture of the exotic and sophisticated New York society, while Kay’s dogs were wrapped in glamorous black-masked red and golden coats, making one think of the athletic boys and girls of the California beaches. Each kennel had dogs that were record holders, with several Crown Crest dogs earning top-winning Afghan Hound of the year honors, and Ch. Shirkhan of Grandeur becoming the first Afghan Hound to go Best in Show at Westminster, a triumph he accomplished in 1957.
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