Governor Moscow

Governor Moscow
Species Dog
Breed Pointer[1]
Sex Male[1]
Born May 11, 1921[1]
Seekonk, Massachusetts[1]
Nation from American[1]
Occupation Show dog[1]
Title Best in Show winner, Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Term 1925[1]
Predecessor Barberryhill Bootlegger (1924)
Successor Signal Circuit of Halleston (1926)
Owner Robert Maloney[2]
Parents Mallwyd Moscow (sire)[1]
Queen Mason (dam)[1]

Governor Moscow was a liver and white Pointer and winner of the 1925 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.[1] He was the first Pointer to take best in show at Westminster,[1] despite the fact that the club's logo prominently features a Pointer.[2]

He was purchased by Pittsburgh coal magnate Robert F. Maloney as a hunting dog,[2] and was noted as being excellent at it.[1] He went on to sire nine other champion dogs.[1] One of his descendants, Chiming Bells, went on to win the 1958 Crufts best in show.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Pointer History and Pedigrees". English River Website. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  2. 1 2 3 William F. Stifel (1 November 2003). Dog Show: 125 Years of Westminster. Globe Pequot Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-59228-263-0. Retrieved 1 June 2013.


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