Contributed by Frank Rogers on the history of Crufts:

Crufts had no dog shows in 1940 to 1947, the next show was 1948 but there was no show in 1949. Interesting,

Then way back during WW1 there were no shows at Crufts in 1918 to 1920 but there was a show in 1921. In 1970 a first, a Norwich Terrier "Withalder Locksley" Owned by Major Bradshaw and J Finney won the Terrier Group.

Contributed by Sharon Hardwicke in the UK on Tail Docking:

In the UK back in the 1700's, working dogs with tails also had a tax upon them so they were docked to avoid this. When this tax was repealed obviously people carried on for the reasons already mentioned. Plus thick coated and long hair on some working breeds caused the tail base to become fouled by faeces, docking kept them clean as well.

Contributed by Dorothea Sanderson," Ebenor" on Tail Docking:

Prior to 1895 (If my memory serves me correctly) when cropping was stopped, the breeds , Norfolk and Norwich, were mixed more frequently. Mixing a drop eared dog with a prick eared dog can bring all sorts of ear carriage. I have seen this in person when my mother's Scottie got out and a Dachshund met her. She had five puppies and none of them had the same ear carriage. Cropping during the earlier days was a way to dispense with that problem. Once they had to stop, they were more careful about mixing the ear carriage, and refrained from crossing the two breeds (this cane from the mouth of both Sheila Monckton and Joy Taylor during my visits with both of these fine ladies)
unless the dog involved was a very exceptional dog.

There is another caveat. During WW2, England and its large cities were devastated with the German bombing. Breeding during those years was virtually stopped, and dogs were lost Breeders of the mid forties and fifties needed to reestablish the breed and there were very few dogs left. For them, it was almost like starting all over again. With the knowledge of the old breeders they brought the breed back and certainly used some American dogs who were still whole to do this. The standard of long ago used to say that the tail should be as long as a man's fist. Mine is four inches! Man's would be larger. In addition his back should not be so short that he cannot turn around on himself. Nothing was done willy nilly in those days as they were working farm dogs, and for coats particularly, they didn't have the time for extensive grooming so the coat had to be hard to repel the terraine they had to work in. We all know the problem the WW2 soldiers had getting thought the briar fences that delineated the pasture boundaries, some of them many many years old. They are disappearing somewhat now, but I remember one of the last times I saw Sheila she said that she felt that the disappearance of these old hedgerows was the reason for the decline in the bird populations because it removed their safe nesting areas. Most all terrier breeds were impacted by the devastation of WW2 England.

Contributed by Jill Watson of Norwester Norwich Terriers, Ashburton, South Island, New
Zealand on Ear Carraige and Tail Docking:

Two more reasons for docking were these.   Terriers
often had to be dug out of holes (that's what all that yapping is, a
built-in underground locator beacon, neat or what?).  The risk arose of
accidently docking them with the spade if the matter had not already been
attended to.  And I bet it would have happened, too - these weren't someone's
spoiled darlings yet.  The other obvious method of terrier extraction was the
good old haul/tug on the tail, so the stuck dog, (with sometimes his quarry
firmly attached), could be got out backwards.  This is why the tail should be
long enough to grasp.  As we know, Norwich/Norfolk tails have a part where they
get suddenly thinner, the part that is taken off with docking.  If you pulled a
dog hard by that part, especially sideways, there would be a good chance of
breaking the tail, whereas the docked tail is really strong.  Terrier breeds
with undocked tails - the Border, the Cairn - seem to have stronger tails their
whole length.

About the ears - in one litter we still get those whose ears stick up early and
never droop afterwards, and those whose ears take weeks to both reach the erect
position.  Presumably they are exhibiting different parts of their genetic
heritage, to different degrees.

Contributed by Frank Rogers on our Early Beginnings:

Jack Read (Horstead) got his first Norwich in 1909 by the time of 1935, there were 13 members to make up the newly formed Norwich Terrier Club.The first President was Jack Read, First Secretary was Mr. Normdy Rodwell, the committee was Mrs. Fagan, Mr & Mrs. West, Mr & Mrs Gell,  Mrs Guy Blewitt, Mrs Mainwaring and Major Chambers. Jack Read also drafted the FIRST breed standard for the Norwich Terier and it did contain two points up to this day before separation, one being black and tan and the other prick ear vs drop ear.

Submitted by Frank Rogers   “OAKLEY”

I got my very first Norwich Terrier back in the 1960s after I saw one in Virginia, while visiting a friend's parents over the Easter holiday. I was hooked. It so happened that I was staying in Upperville Virginia and nearby was the Kennel where this little guy was bred so I made arrangements to visit. Within a few months I had two Norwich bitches from Mrs. Randolph.

In 1937 Mrs. Robert Winthrop of Boston then Mrs. Theodora Randolph of Upperville, Virginia obtained her first Norwich Terrier from Mr. West for type and his Farndon dogs were first and foremost hunt terriers. Mrs. Randolph’s original kennel name was “Groton” named for her racing stable. Next she chose “Halfway” which was her home, and today, or until her death at 90 years of age in 1996 it was “OAKLEY”, her magnificent horse farm near Upperville overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Oakley has produced 24 Champions, Mrs. Randolph owned the first American prick eared champion dog, “Apple Jack” by Airman’s Sam Browne whose sire was Tobit. He was also the first Norwich Terrier to Win Best of Breed at Westminster in 1941.

The Oakley prefix is a name to conjure with. For almost 60 years Oakley Norwich were still being bred true to type and size and character…well at least what Mrs. Randolph thought a Norwich Terrier should be. She was not swayed by the show ring or ever swayed from her ideals.. a small game terrier weighing not more than 11-12 pounds. Mrs. Randolph was the first President of the Norwich Terrier Club, breeder of a number of champions of record and stock provider to breed lovers. Theodora Randolph has always preserved the true type temperament of Roughrider Jones breed.

Note: In the 1980’s I was living in Middleburg very near Mrs. Randolph and she had asked me to visit her because she was interested in purchasing a Norwich stud dog. I want over with Norwich Pedigree book in hand, surrounded by standard poodles, German shepherds, giant long haired dachshunds, not one Norwich. After a few hours she was not interested. The look of the Norwich had changed since 1950,  it had lost that rat catcher look just as well.

Contributed by Frank Rogers on the modern history of dog shows:

1940's
During the War years in the 1940's, the continuation of dog shows, obedience trials and field trials was a triumph of American ingenuity and was greatly aided by The American Kennel Club's flexible reaction to the difficulties that arose. Long-standing rules and regulations were interpreted more loosely and, in many instances, disregarded altogether. Shows were approved to be held in the same building on consecutive days; the number of unbenched shows increased and geographic restrictions were relaxed. To comply with wartime attempts to conserve paper, The American Kennel Gazette was reduce in size to a format of 9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches. In the middle of the 1940's, professional judges formed the Professional Dog Judges Association, which included many of the top all-breed judges of the time. On October 1, 1947, a judges' directory entitled "Licensed Judges" was issued.
An important postwar move was the January 1946 appointment of Leonard Brumby, Sr. to the post of full-time field representative. In 1947, Tracking was made a separate class. Until that time, it had been part of the Utility Dog obedience test

• Westminster pre-dates the invention of the light bulb and the automobile, the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Washington Monument, the invention of basketball and the establishment of the World Series.
• Since Westminster held its first show 128 years ago, there have been 24 men elected president and 12 states have joined the union. The dog show has outlasted three previous versions of Madison Square Garden, and is currently being staged in MSG IV.
• Westminster's annual dog show has survived power outages, snowstorms, a national depression, two World Wars and a tugboat strike that threatened to shut down the city.

The First Annual New York Bench Show of Dogs, given under the auspices of the Westminster Kennel Club, was first staged in 1877 at Gilmore's Garden (the forerunner of Madison Square Garden) in New York City, drawing an entry of 1,201 dogs.

Contributed by Frank Rogers on Drop Ear Mishaps:
"... they should know their history that at one time The Norwich P.E. & D.E was one breed, only separated by ear carriage. There was a time, and Barbara Miller recently reminded me about it, when a long time Norwich Breeder, Glenn Wills claimed he bred a Norwich that produced a D.E. Puppy that was extremely nice. He decided to show it at one of the Pennsylvania Specialties in the Open or Bred by Class in the Norwich Terrier D.E. Class. Well the heads were bobbing and the mouths were flapping around the ring as poor Glenn paraded his little dog around the ring as the Judge took a good look, when all of a sudden, and I never thought she had it in her, Ellen Lee Kennelly (NTC President) walked right into the ring as the dogs were going around and asked Glenn to get out. Do you believe it? It was so embarrassing for him. I think he would have won that class too. I think in time he did finish it as a Norfolk somewhere in Kentucky.

The ear thing used to be very iffy years ago and sometimes still today it can happen because I know of another Norfolk person who in the 1980's says her norfolk bitch accidently was bred while loose on the farm and a neighbor's Norwich got her. She had a litter of 4 red puppies. They were all D.E when I saw them and I  asked if they were to go to pet homes with no registration papers. She said, "Oh no, I'm going to register them as Norfolks". So you see a D.E. can still have a pop up ear today. I sold a male Norfolk with one ear up and one down. Well they were both down when he left me at 12 weeks. When it tended to go up, the owners loved it that way. I told them how to massage it and tape it but no way. He ended up in a few print ads and on the cover of a Top Magazine and is as good looking a male Norfolk as ever - well, except for that one ear.  I am a nut for ear carriage on Norfolks. When I had Maxwells O'Henry I taped his ears for weeks at a time, for assurance. They wouldn't have gone up anyway but that was my paranoia, same with Thrumpton's Lady Pauline, I got her a 9 months from the Fords so thay were pretty much set.

Contributed by Frank Rogers :
"Who in God's name ever said Peter's Pence had a docile temperment"? Constance was scared to death of him. I'm not sure she ever touched him even when he lived at Kings Prevention and I don't think he stayed very long. He was bred to Nanfan Corricle (Joy) not sure where he ended up but I Joy ended up her days living with Debbie Pritchard.

When I remember Ickworth's Peters Pence it was the Norwich & Norfolk Terrier Club Speciality in Pennsylvania, and under the groomers tent way in a corner, piled in a stack of Kings Prevention crates, as Constance worked busily on her Norwich, she had also pre-entered Peters pence prior to his arrival in the U.S. so he was also there that day.

I remember this little guy in the middle crate in the stack of three, with a blanket covering this tower basicaly to quiet the dogs and also Constance was having doubts wheather to show him that day for fear he may not be ready for his debut. I don't remember who was showing her dogs, sometimes she had Damara Bolte, or she'd ask friends Anna Bellanger or, Missy Wood.  I had fun showing one of her Norwich, Kings Prevention Sally who showed like a trooper, I got 2 majors with her. 

If you never knew Constance, she was small and petite, her husband Col. Larrabee used to call her Mousy. She had a combination English/South African accent, mostly South African because she spent most of her childhood there. She was soft spoken and timid, feisty and as tough as nails if need be. She felt uneasy that day and decided to pull Peter's pence from the competition. She knew according to Dog Show rules, it was illegal to do so with the dog on the show grounds, unless he was ill. I'm sure she felt maybe he wasn't ready, or how would he react, especially since he only just arrived a few day earlier, and a Specialty was not a place for any embarrassment.

It was no secret to Peters Pence's arrival and word was out the Ickworth Norfolk had arrived and was at King's Prevention. There was another Ickworth dog also making his mark in the U.S. CH Ickworth Nimrod, owned by Betty Fell so naturally Betty was anxious to see the competition.  I remember seeing the huge station wagon arriving at the unloading area with Betty Fell, Jack Simm and his wife Jenny as they unloaded the Badgewood dogs. I couldn't wait to get across the crowded grooming tent to Betty's ear. He's here, Peters Pence is here, where?

Follow me. Betty dropped everything. Mrs. Fell zoomed through that grooming area over to where Constance was standing and without an acknowledgement to Constance tore off the blanket saying "Let me see this little guy" as she opened the crate, to reach in to remove him from his quarters you could hear a loud gasp and the reaction from Constance, as Betty Fell grab that Norfolk, her heart jumped into her throat.  Naturally Peters Pence was just fine as Betty plopped him on a grooming table to give him a quick once over then back into the crate.

I wanted to relay this experience with Peter's Pence because as with Nanfan Corricle, he arrived at the Philadelphia airport so I claimed him and took him home to where Constance would arrive later that day for the night.  It took three adults over an hour to get Peter's Pence out of his travel crate with the possibility of losing a finger with each attempt. It was an impossible feat. I literally had to pour him out of the crate into the back yard. After time to adjust, and gain some trust at least one of us was able to get him back into that crate for his ride back to Chestertown. I had to chuckle to myself as I wished Constancel the best of luck as she drove down the driveway with her addition to her kennel family in tow. 

I guess there is a point to this story. Let them know who's in charge. If they know they can take advantage of you, lots of frustration is sure to follow.  Peter's Pence was bred to Nanfan Corricle and is the sire of King's Prevention Ahoy.

Contributed by Missy Woods:
AKC first offered Sweestakes/Futurity classes in 1965 and the former Norwich Terrier Club offered their first Sweepstakes competition in 1965 at the Greenwich KC specialty in June of that year. The judge was Miss Gene Simmonds of Joppa, Maryland. Sweepstakes classes were divided by ear carraige (regular classes at the time were not divided) and age (6-12 month and 12-18 month) but not by sex and there was no Best In Sweepstakes awarded. From a class of 7, the first 6-12 month drop ear class was won by Barbara Fournier's Bethway The Dutchess. From a class of 4, Barbara Fournier's Bethway John Boy topped the drop ear 12-18 month class.

1) The AKC first offered the Bred-by class in 1950
2) The former club didn't keep statistics on Bred-by points until spring of 1973 so that means a 23 year period in which someone COULD have finished a drop-ear all from the Bred-by class.
I can tell you this much.....in 1974 (when the Maplehurst cup was first awarded for most POINTS from Bred-by in a club year) the winner was Anne Winston with Mt. Paul Tulip. That in no way suggests the dog finished all from Bred-by, just that the dog earned the most points.

Contributed by Frank Rogers:
Terrier Men from Shooting Times and Country Magazine, England
TERRIER MEN. Like the terriers they own, the terrier men are a breed apart. Their dogs are bred for work and so are they. Not for them the atmosphere of the show ring, but rather the long days in the field in all sorts of weather. There are innumerable peoms and prose about Masters, Huntsmen, whippers-in and hounds, but terrier men are the unsung heroes of the chase.

Take for instance, the late "Pino" Newman of the Puckeridge. In his youth Pino had suffered form tuberculosis and the doctor recommended an open air life. Pino promptly became a terrier man and his TB vanished. As well as doing the terrier work for the Puckeridge he whipped-in to the Eastern Countries Otterhounds during the summer. I can see in my mind's eye that little round-shouldered figure with the large pixie ears plodding across the plough. Those who knew him as a shabby old man were very surprised if they went to tea in his cottage they were received by a white-coated manservant and tea was served from a solid silver tea-service. At the back of his cottage there was a drain and he wished when he died that he be cremated and his ashes should be put in the drain so that the foxes could run over them.

Then there was Charlie. He had a tough little bitch called Nellie which was no respecter of persons. One morning he was late and his excuse to the Master was "Sorry I be late, Sir, but Nellie was sleeping on the tail of me shirt and I dursen't wake her lest her bit me in a tender part." If he had Nellie to ground in a big place and decided that it was impossible he could bend down to the hole and call "Nellie, come out, there's a good gal. Us be goin' 'ome and if I gets thur afore thee I'll eat thee dinner." Sure enough out would come Nellie looking very disgtrunted.

The Terrier Bag

Contributed by Frank Rogers: The small terrier had a harder time keeping up with the hunt so the Whipper-in or the Huntsman, not the Master would carry the terrier in the saddlebag so if a fox went to ground the terrier went to work. There never was the intent to carry the terrier that's why they had legs. Back then, this was truly a working terrier and not one that we put in our laps or in our beds. They just couldn't keep up with the hounds and if it were a large field (big turnout) they could get crushed. When I lived in Middleburg they still took the terriers out with them but they ran along and the fox was not hurt intentionally. The prick eared variety retained the Norwich name and the drop eared variety was dubbed Norfolk Terrier. Game and hardy, the little earth terriers were used as house and stable vermin exterminators. Carried in saddle bags they were taken on fox hunts to drive the fox from its lair when the hounds had forced it to ground. Norwich were often around horses and to this day the breed retains a special affinity for the species equine.

...but back then there were the local towns people that worked for the big estates and they had the rat terriers and when the Hunt was meeting that particular day at a particular estate the local people that worked for that Master of that hunt knew where they would be riding. Even today they do. When I lived in Middleburg I would sometimes drive out to certain covens and wait and sure enough they showed up. Now the towns people were there with the terriers and if the fox were chased and went to ground their job was to go in and bolt the fox so the Field would not be bored waiting around for the fox to finally take off. As far as the saddlebag yes at times but I think the rat terriers were not treated with such high esteem. The fox terriers or Boarders probably.
The images below of a terrier in its bag are courtesy of James Fagan Scharnberg

The prick eared variety retained the Norwich name and the drop eared variety was dubbed Norfolk Terrier. Game and hardy, the little earth terriers were used as house and stable vermin exterminators. Carried in saddle bags they were taken on fox hunts to drive the fox from its lair when the hounds had forced it to ground. Norwich were often around horses and to this day the breed retains a special affinity for the species equine.

A little History of the Norfolk Terrier in Scandinavia Circa 1968
(Contributed by Frank Rogers)

The Norfolk was introduced to Scandinavia by Mrs. Hammarlund who in 1964 imported a dog, Swedish Ch. Colonsay Red Mouse (by Gotoground Mouser) and two bitches. Colonsay Punk
(ex Ch. Minx of Furzyhurst) and Swedish Ch. Colonsay Montelimar Della Pina ( by Gotoground Mouser ex Ch. Colonsay Pretty Royal).

Mrs. Braunerhjelm of the Samdemar Kennels, was the next one to fall for the breed and in 1966 she imported Swedish and Finnish Ch. Nanfan Hoppicker (brother of the famous Nanfan Heckle) and Swedish Ch. Nanfan Nullity ( a daughter of Ch. Nanfan Nimbus). Unfortunately Hoppicker was killed by a car in early 1967, but left a bitch puppy ex Nullity. Mrs. Braunerhjelm then bought Swedish Ch. Withalder We Westram (by Heckle), who is the sire of Nullity’s four puppies born in 1968.

There were about 25 Norfolks in Sweden in 1968, with 4 in Denmark, all four are English imports, and none in Norway. The number will increase steadily as the Norfolk’s attract a lot of attention wherever they are shown, as they are such sporting companions, the right size for our modern flats and hardy enough to put up with our trying climate. They should suit most Scandinavian families.

Not easy to have a Nordic CH especially back then. I am attaching her email. I told her I would have you post it. As an extra note in Historical Scandinavia a note: September 2010 received from Elisabeth Matell - Cracknor Norfolks -(Posted exactly as the email is written)

Dear Frank

I am pretty certain that Red Mouse was 'only' a Swedish champion as his owner breeder Anne-Marie Hammarlund did not travel all over Scandinavia to show her Norfolks.

As the Nordic countries are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, to be a 'Nordic' champion the dog has to be a champion in three of those countries which usually meant that the dog won three certificates in his home country eg Sweden, and then one in two other eg Norway and Denmark, which made him a Swedish, Norwegian and Danish champion, usually abbreviated to Nordic champion. (Iceland was always impossible and at one time Denmark was beyond Swedish dogs which could not return to Sweden without quarantine (the pet passports have changed all that) so it left Sweden, Norway and Finland.

Am pretty certain too, that Hoppicker was 'only' a Swdeish and Finnish champion, just as my Nanfan Sweetcorn was 'only' a Swedish and Norwegian champion before he returned to Britain and became an English champion too. The reason was that I had never shown him in Finland just as Ylva hadn't shown Hoppicker in Norway. As Ylva lived near Stockholm, Finland was much easier for her to get to than Norway, and as I lived near Gothenburg Norway was much nearer for me than Finland.

Kind regards
Elisabeth
(Luxembourg has never had the honour to be part of the Nordic countries.)

The following is a short story written by Sheila Monckton of Jericho Kennels, contributed by Frank Rogers

VIXEN AND TAN

          Early in the 1930’s, I was sitting and writing letters and two of my bitches were asleep at my feet, when suddenly they shot out of the room, and I heard their infuriated voices raised in the hall. I went out to find that the local Policeman had called to see my husband. I do not know if he thought the parlour maid was too slow in answering the door, anyway he walked into the house. That was as far as he got, for Vixen and Tan had got him cornered, and in between their barks took running nips at him if he moved. These same two did not always make a row when anything went wrong. Every night they would come upstairs   with me and sleep in their basket beside my bed. I always left the door open so that I could hear if my elder children cried in the night, as Nanny slept next to our youngest and their rooms were down the passage. One night I heard plop, plop, as Vixen and Tan hopped out of their basket and ran to the door, and then there was silence. On getting up to see what had disturbed them I saw a small figure in the moonlight. This was my eldest son Peter walking in his sleep. Thanks to these Norfolk Terriers waking me up and not waking my son, I got him back to bed without a mishap.

Sheila is said to have had Nannies and Parlor Maids and to have lived a very grand life! A quote from Sheila:
" I bought my first Norwich Terrier from Mr. P.V. W. Gell, a puppy called Red Squirrel, which I nicknamed Vixen, and then I bought Neachley Tan. It is from the latter bitch that I founded my Jericho kennel and all my terriers trace back to her".

The American Drop Ear Norwich Terrier
Contributed by Frank Rogers from an early publication

The American Drop Ear Norwich Terrier has improved a great deal in the last few years - and has held his own in competition, winning Best Of Breed at Westminster for the past two years. Although entry wise Westminster does not fare well because of the difficulty of staying three days in New York City it does carry weight because of its quality.

This years Specialty Show saw Mrs. Mallory's Wendover Half Pound win the Reserve Dog and my Mt. Paul Nanfan who won the Puppy Bitch Class, was the only Drop Eared entered. Mrs. Fournier's Bethway Bitter Sweet carried off Best of Winners and Best of Opposite Sex. All of these have English Ancestry close up.

Our two major problems, eyes and front, have improved a great deal. Coats and colour have always bred true in the Drop Ear and cause no concern. Size no longer makes a class appear uneven and they are a pleasure in motion.

Although we hae tried divided classes to encourage some of the many Drop Ear breeders to show, it has not brought out any more entries. The exhibiting breeders are very few, but conitnue to win their share of the Championship Points.

We have been extemely fortunate in having Mrs. Joy Taylor and Mrs. Marjorie Bunting to judge the Specialty Show in 1966 and 1968 and have benefited a great deal from their knowledge and advice.

As always, we watch the Norfolk Terrier news from England with great interest and count on occasional infusions of English lines to improve our type.

We wish the very best to all Norfolk breeders across the way.

Anne Winston

The Earth Stopper by R.E. Edgerton, Warburton, 1834

Terror of henroosts! now from hollow sand-earth,
Safely at nightfall, round the quiet farmstead,
Reynard on tiptoe, meditating plunder,
Warily prowleth,
Rouse thee, Earth-stopper! rouse thee from thy slumber!
Get thee thy worsted hose and winter coat on,
Whils the good housewife, crawling from her blanket,
Lights thee thy lantern,
Clad for thy midnight silent occupation,
Mount thy old dog-horse, spade upon thy shoulder,
Wiry-haired Vixen, where e'er thou wendest,
Ready to follow,
Though the chill rain drops, driven by the north wind,
Pelt thy old jacket, soaking through and through thee,
Though thy worn hackney, blind and broken winded,
Hobble on three legs;
Finish thy night work well, or woe betide thee!
If on the morrow irritated Huntsman,
Backed by a hundred followers in scarlet,
Finds the earth open!

"For Statistical Types" from a 1975 publication, contributed by Frank Rogers

The current roster of owners of Norwich Terriers shows they reside in 34 states, the District of Columbia, and 12 foreign countries. All are either members or subscribers to the News. Take a deep breath:

Arizona, 5; California, 21; Colorado, 8; Connecticut, 61; Delaware, 11; District of Columbia, 8; Florida, 25; Georgia, 1; Hawaii, 2; Idaho, 1; Illinois, 20; Indiana, 3; Iowa, 3; Kentucky, 2; Maine, 4; Maryland, 32; Massachusetts, 58; Michigan, 6; Minnesota, 5; Missouri, 3; North Carolina, 5; New Hampshire, 2; New Jersey, 80; New Mexico, 6, North Carolina, 2; New York, 101; Oregon, 13; Pennsylvania, 65; South Carolina, 8; Tennessee, 1; Texas, 5; Virginia, 21, Vermont, 5; Washington, 1; and Wisconsin, 3.

Early History of Regional US Clubs reprinted from The Norwich and Norfolk Terrier News Jubilee Issue:

The Norwich & Norfolk Terrier Club of Greater Chicago (since breed Division the Norfolk side is accredited as the Great Lakes Norfolk Terrier Club).
The Norwich & Norfolk Terrier Club of Greater Chicago was the brainchild of Sally Baugniet and Steve Hurt. Our first "Fun Match" was acrtually held before our founding meeting on June 13, 1981, at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake, ILL.
The founding meeting took place on June 14, 1981 when the club really came into being. Our first officers were:
Bob Suggs, President; Cindy Chrisos, Vice President; Carol Suggs, Secretary; William Case, JR., Treasurer.
Since then, we have had a regular series of fun matches, luncheons, dinners and demonstrations, culminating in our final Fun Match, appropriately held at the Lake County Fairgrounds on June 14, 1986. Steve Hurt was instrumental in getting us the first supported entry at Chain of Lakes show.
The five years it has taken our club to become recognized by the AKC for sanctioned matches has been a busy, exciting, interesting and, alas, often frustrating time. In retrospect however, it seems right and fitting that this recognition should come at the time of the Norwich and Norfolk Terrier Club's 50th anniversary and we are extra proud to become your first affiliated club on this special occasion.
Many people have worked long and hard, and we have had the opportunity to meet and grow as interested owners, breeders and exhibitors throughout the Midwest Region. We would like to recognize and thank all the judges who have so graciously helped us get to this point in our growth as a club. In chronological order they are Betty Munden, Peggy Haas, Richard Fetzer, Barbi McLennen, Sally Baugniet, Nancy FIngerhut, Don White, Barbara Snobel, Ken Newsome, Marty Weldon-King, Mareth Kipp, Diane ORange, Mabel Gunville, and Dora Lee Wilson.
On August 17, 1986, our first "B" Match was held - again at the Lake County Fairgrunds in Gayslake, ILL in conjunction with the Great Lakes Terrier Association. Our judge was Susan Napady. A Standing joke with our members and friends has been the fact that because we were not recognized, we had to meet either in the Goat Barn on the Fairgrounds, or just oustide the big barn where the Great Lakes Terrier Association was holding their show. August 17th was a milestone in that we finally "got to go inside"! For those of you who haven't been there, you can't imagine what a satisfaction and joy that is to all of us.
Plans are also underway for another "B" Match in late January of early February in the Chicago area.
Happy Anniversary to our parent club. We look forward to working with you - and to our continued growth and maturing into a full-fledged Specialty Club in the Chicago area.
By Elaine Besbekis

The West Coast View by Jessica Jurich James. (since breed Division the Norfolk side is accredited as the Norfolk Terrier Club of Northern California)
When I moved to California from England in the early spring of 1981, I was a relative newcomer to Norfolk Terriers. I had bred a couple of litters in England and had just started showing my bitch puppy there - only two shows - before I left for the States. Still, that was enough to whet my appetite, and I was fired with enthusiasm about 'making up' an American champion, California, here I come!
What a shock when I hit the California show scene; there were no NOrfolk Terriers! I don't know exactly why this surprised me so. I knew that Norfolks were uncommon. They're uncommon in England, too, but they generally manage to make muster at the more prominent shows. When I got my first California entries back and saw that mine were the only two Norfolks entered, my first thought was, OK, maybe Oakland and Richmond are not 'hot' enough shows to draw entries; surely it'll be different at Del Monte or Golden Gate. However, the awful truth became apparent when we arrived ringside at Oakland and were eagerly approached by local terrier people who had never before seen a real live Norfolk!
The lack of competition in the San Francisco Bay Area pushed me to track down Norfolks elsewhere in the State. I called Barbara Jo Weber, breeder of Calabra Norfolk and Norwich all the down south (about 400 miles) near Los Angeles. But Barbara told me that although she did have some dogs, she wasn't showing these days. this Norfolks situation drove me to making annual, sometimes semi-annual, pilgrimages back east to show. That's how I finished my first bitch, my own homebred Ch. Wonderwood Wensday Addams (Leddington Captain Cook x Leddington Folly), who had accompanied me all the way from England as a puppy.
Determined to keep the faith, I persisted in showing in California, entering shows as far away as Santa Barbara. Before long, thanks to Wensday's winning ways, Norfolks had a small but enthusiastic group of supporters. Among them were David Cook and Bill Woodard. Partners i Silverstone Wire Foxes for many years, they were among the curious ringsiders at that first Oakland show. David and Bill eventually wound up with two bitches from me. One is Wensday's full sister, Ch. Wonderwood The Rose (who just produ8ced her second Silverstone litter), and a Wensday daughter, Ch. Wonderwood Watch Her Strut (by Ch. Hatchwoods Creme de Menthe of Cracknor). Stru7t, we have jut learned, was the only Norfolk bitch to make the top ten lit of Norfolks for breed points, tying at seventh place with another west coast Norfolk, George and Kathleen Eimil's Ch. Wonderwood Barnburner (Ch. Surrey Sink or Swim x Wonderwood Wensday Addams).
Another keen supporter of Norfolk's from that first Oakland show was Sharon Curry6. Not exactly a newcomer to the breed, Sharon has been breeding and showing her Shonleh Norwiches for a number of years. She fell in love with that breed while handling several Culswood imports in the early seventies. Ch. Culswood Crunch, after his retirement, spent the rest of his 14 years with Sharon up in the beautiful wine and apple country of Sonoma County. Sharon recently got into Norfolks, having acquired a Bethways bitch and a Chidley dog, both within the past year. Her young dog, Ch. Chidley Bold Dust (Ch. Daffran Dusty x Ch. Chidley Jinx) is already a formidable special, with two California group placements and sixth-place ranking in Norfolk breed points in 1985.
It took almost four years to see major points awarded in Norfolk in the San Francisco Bay area. But, at the San Mateo KC show in December 1984, we managed it - 3 points in bitches. We believe that this was the first major ever in Norfolks in Northern California. During the ensuing year and a half, we have had majors quite regularly in both sexes. Now, besides our local Wonderwood and Silverstone prefixes, and the aforementioned Chidley and Bethway 'imports,' some of the other Norfolk kennels with dogs represented locally are CJ, Maxwell, and Norvik. And I know of at least two Greenfields bitches down in the southern part of the state.
Our Norwich cousins here in the Golden State have not suffered the same neglect as Norfolks. Stalwart breeders and exhibitors have produce some top winners. BIS and Specialty winner Ch. Seaforth Tuffy Travis lives in the Los Angeles are. Bred by Jerry Roszman and Don La Vigne, this super dog is loved and campaigned by David Powers and Ed Flesh. Travis is the foundation of their Temblor prefix, already a kennel to be reckoned with.
Another famous California Norwich is Ch. Thrumptons Lord Brady. 'Billy' has retired to fun in the sun and redwoods, much to the delight of west coast breeders. Billy lives just down the road from me with Dan Kiedrowski, owner of Terrier Type magazine.
California NOrwich enthusiasts have brought some great specimens of the breed to the state both from England and from the States. There were the early Daffran and Culswood imports made by the Pillsburys, Ch. Culswood Crunch having made a particular splash out here. And though they have done only limited breeding under their Tontines prefix, the Perrys down in Riverside have always had a good eye for Norwich. They imported their first bitch in the '70's, Ch. Whinlatter's Candlewick, followed by a dog, Ch. Iscoyd Grand Slam. Grand Slam was No. 2 Norwich in the country while Lou Perry campaigned him. He's still alive and well at 14.
These days, Bay Area shows are attracting Norwich competition from far and wide. We regularly get competitors from Oregon, Washington, Southern California, and Arizona. In fact, Marguette Shoemaker with her Del Rincon Norwiches has visited this area quite recently.
Other prefixes that have had an impact on California Norwich are Toomax and Windyhill, and we have had recent infusions of blood from Todwil, King's Prevention, and Barnstable to name a few.
The flurry of activity that has surrounded Norwiches and Norfolks locally for the past couple of years has included organizing a new club. Top celebrate the first Norfolk major in December '84, a number of exhibitors and friends of Norwich and Norfolk got together for a luncheon after the judging,. That first get-together was the germ of what is now a thriving San Francisco Bay6 Area N&NTC. The official name we will probably settle on is Pacific Alliance of Norwich and Norfolk Terriers (PANNT), and our first elections were held in March.
We are so pleased with the enthusiastic response we've been getting from all quarters on our efforts. Our first Match and Fun Day was held i mid-May of 1986 at Sharon Curry's in Sebastopol, and because we have a policy of trying to get pet owners involved in club activities as well as the show people, besides the obligatory match there was racing and go-to-ground, a talent contest, and obedience demonstration. We look forward to making this an annual affair.
PANNT Officers: Jessica Jurich James, President; Sharon Curry, Vice President; John Thomas, Secretary; Bill Woodward, Treasure; Board Members Paul Bolander, Linda Murphy, Kathleen Eimil.