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HOW "ART" THOU?

"Lady and Spaniels"etching and stipple on chine collé by Thomas Landseer ARA (1795-1880). It was published in 1841 and is a portrait of Miss Ellen Power, niece of Lady Blessington. The original picture was painted for Robert Vernon ("an art patron, collector, and public benefactor") and was presented to His Majesty The King of the Belgians by H.R.H. Prince Consort. approximately 18½ x 22 inches...with the Hamshere Gallery.

Ellen (‘Nelly’) Power (b. c.1817) was the niece of Lady Blessington. With her elder sister Marguerite she lived with Lady Blessington and with Alfred, comte d’Orsay. Landseer was a frequent visitor and is said to have proposed to Nelly. On 13 March 1840 he wrote to d’Orsay, telling him that he had got into a ‘scrape’ with Queen Victoria for staying away from Buckingham Palace to draw Miss Power.

the engraving is approximately 18½ x 22 inches...with the Hamshere Gallery.

WESTWARD HO...

The West of England Cavalier Club Ch Show, held in February in Weston Super Mare, is the 1st Cavalier specialty show in the UK calendar. The West Country had recently taken the brunt of the excessive rain and dreadful floodings that the UK had been experiencing but the weekend of the show saw a dry, bright day with even a hint of sunshine. The venue is situated quite far West so the entry was made up of mainly Midland, South East, South West and Welsh exhibitors with a smattering of people from further North. Distance and cost plays a major factor in entering shows these days and the far flung shows such as those in Wales, Scotland and the more extreme parts of England can see their entries smaller than the more well situated show venues. Frank Kane, a well known "All Rounder" and one of the "voices of Crufts" judged Bitches whilst June Hazeltine (Juzandia Cavaliers) did the Dogs. There were 189 Cavaliers entered and during the lunch break Debbie Coole (Jolainey) did the Special Awards clsasses. Below is a photo of the final line up of winners plus some other fun pics in and outside the ring.

Dog RCC, Dog CC, Bitch CC, B Veteran and B Puppy

Michael Levy and Alan Hall

Bitch judge Frank kane chats with Diane Fry and daughter Marianna with Diane Searle looking on

Alan Hall, Mark Smith and Gordon Inglis

Lucy Koster

Dog judge June Hazeltine with ring stewards Lorraine Long and Richard Cornaby

Debbie Coole (Jolainey) who judged the special awards classes. Seen here with ring steward David Moger (Gayhalo)

Terry Stanley...Chancellor of the Exchequer! and Becky Jaramillo

?? ?? Lana Turner

The usual suspects, Veronica Hull, Michelle Chapman and Jenny Wightman

the best of the crop...Lisa Gamble and new hair

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"I could tell you a few stories that would make your hair stand on end!"

Liz King-Smith, Hilary Bartlett, Anne Rennard

?? Katherine Li

Aum, Linda Goodgame abd Mark Sedgwick

Ruth Mochrie

Diane Searle. Anne Bayliss ??

Norma and Rosemary Eustace

Sheena MacLaine and Deirdre Thomas

the newlyweds Mary Forrester and hubby Brian

Helena Parker and Sarah Rees

....Steve Coole checks out some of the Silent Auction items

Pam Lewis

Rachel Surman enjoying lunch...

CAITLIN, HER CAVALIER and the

Trudi Coniberefrom Exeter in Devon has nominated her god daughter Caitlin Channon, who is 11 years old, for THE YOUNG KENNEL CLUB OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERSON AWARD 2014. The Shaun McAlpine Outstanding Young Person Award was introduced by the Young Kennel Club to acknowledge the achievements and promote a positive image of young people within the dog world. The Kennel Club wants to recognise and celebrate its young dog enthusiasts and the award is presented annually at Crufts to a young person who has achieved something outstanding within the dog world. Here is her nomination...

"I Nominate Caitlin Channon for the Shaun Mcalpine Award because I feel she is a very hard working young lady, both with her homelife and her life with dogs. Caitlin has had a passion for dogs since the very young age of 18 months , where she would often be found sitting in their beds cuddling them or following them into the garden to play. At the age of 5, she asked if I could teach her how to show dogs, as she would really like to have a go – I told her to come back and ask again when she was 6 years old if she was still interested. On her 6^th birthday she phoned me up and said “ can I start learning now? “ So began Caitlin, the young handler. She started to train with one of my dogs at the weekends – her mum brought a dog to show as well. She started training in October 2008 and entered her first handling competition at Devon County Show in May 2009 where she came 3^rd and quailified for Richmond semi finals (something she has done every year since). Next saw Caitlin take over showing her mum’s Cavalier as she could no longer show him due to ill health. Caitlin is currently a young carer for her disabled mum and does this as well as looking after their dogs at home, going to school and showing most weekends. Her Mum has many health issues which mean she needs a lot of help at home with almost all household tasks and on some days, some personal tasks. Caitlin is always willing to help her mum when and where she can. She has worked so hard over the last 5/6 years to be where she is today. In Feb 2012 she was given her own puppy by her parents, a Chihuahua Longcoat named Charlie. He was 5 months old when he came to live with Caitlin and had never had a collar or lead on, so Caitlin began to train him and with lots of patience she had him in the ring showing just 1 month later. Continuing to work hard, in March 2012 she qualified for the YKC handling finals at Crufts and came 3^rd in her group and just one week later she again qualified for Crufts 2014. Caitlin is also seen at most shows handling for other people. Anything from a Chihuahua or Cavalier to an Ibizan hound or a Norwegian Buhund , and has recently been asked to start handling a Bulldog and some Shetland Sheepdogs. She attends ringcraft training most Wednesday evening where she is very helpful in any way she can be – often being asked by adults if she would just the run their dog for them. She is on the junior Sub committee for Exeter & County Canine Society where she helps at shows setting up , taking down and running many of the events including 2 Open shows a year. Caitlin will also be competing at Crufts 2014 in the YKC ring in the Handling Finals with her Tricolour "Codi" aka Faulklea Secret Obbsession. GOOD LUCK, CAITLIN

M AND M.....sweet taste of success

Huge Congratulations to Melissa Phillips who together with her Cavalier Maddie, won Welsh Junior Handler of the Year for the second year running.

WHAT'S ON YOUR FRIDGE?....some Cavalier magnets