THE P-ULl NEWS VOL 4- No. 2 MARCH-APRIL 1956 CLIF. WOODS, Editor

SHOW WINNERS

The American Mid-winter Dog Show season of '55-'56 should go down in histo;y as the great Feather Weight Derby. At Philadelphia, New York and Boston, by a curious coinci­dence, judges picked a squirt of a 5 lb " Toy Poodle, named Wilbur, for Best in Show over the finest hounds, terriers, cockers, sport­ing and working dogs in the country .

The farce came to an end at the Interna­tional Show in Chicago on April 1, when a boxer took top honors.

Many people, including the writer, have long been of the opinion that Toy breeds should be judged in Pet Shows along with Persian cats, Parakeets and Tropical Fish. But the present fad for French Poodles, en­couraged by kennels and handlers who find easy sales and a brisk demand for grooming gives strong competition to other breeds.

At PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1955 two of our pop­ular members took the top PULI honors.

B. of B.-KIS LANY, Bitch, Owners, Dr. & Mrs. Richard Kaufman, Breeder, Rev. Chas. Coriston.

B. of ~P· SKYSYL CHIEFTAN, Owner, Miss Mary Devlin, Breeder, Skysyl Kennels.

Open Dogs, Reserve-BIJE BUCANEER, Owners, Breeders, Dr. & Mrs. Richard Kaufman.

Open Bitches, Reserve- 13LJE DUSKY MOUNTAIN, Owners, Breeders, Dr. & Mrs. Richard Kaufman .

At WESTMINSTER, N.Y. Feb. 1956. Skysyl Kennels dominated the Pulik entries.

B of B. CH . SKYSYL APETER PAN, Owners, Breeders, Skysyl Kennels.

B. of Opp. KYLEND'S DEMI-TASSE, Owner, Skysyl Kennels, Breeder, Avis Prior.

Winners, Dog- SKYSYL EXTRA SPECIAL, Owners, Breeders, Skysyl Kennels.

Reserve, Dogs- BIJE BUCANEER, Owners, Breeders, Dr. & Mrs . Richard Kaufman .

Puppy Dogs- First, GRAN MARBLE, Owner, Breeder, Mrs . Richard Maloney.

At Boston, Feb. 1956. A big snow storm held down the competition .

B. of B.- SKYSYL EXTRA SPECIAL, Owners, Breeders, Skysyl Kennels.

B. of Opp. KYLEND'S DEMI-TASSE, Owners, Skysyl Kennels, Breeder, Avis Prior .

CALIFORNIA WINNERS

At SAN BERNARDINO, Cal. Jan. 1956. B. of B. - NIKKITO, Owner, Breeder, Mrs.

Benjamin Vezerian. B. of ~p. - SKYSYL CHARM, Owner, Mrs .

Winifred Preston, Breeder, Skysyl Kennels.

At Glendale, Cal . March 1956. IO Entries. B. of B.- TISZA-YUSTAN, Owners, Mr. & Mrs.

John R. Fletcher.

B. of Opp . EDES-KISLANY, CAmers, Mrs. Luella Gray.

RESERVE Winner, Dogs, ARPAD, Owners, Breeders, Mr. & Mrs. S. C. Reynolds .

Amer. Bred, Reserve, Dogs- Skysyl Csiko, Owner, Mrs. Ben Vezerian, Breeders, Skysyl Kennels.

At HARRISBURG, PA. March 17. B. of B. BIJE BUCANEER, Owners, Breeders,

Dr . & Mrs . Richard Kaufman. B. of ~p. FEKETE KUTYA, Owner, Miss Mary

Devlin, Breeder, R. G. Hill. RESERVE WINNER, Dogs- SKYSYL CHIEFTAN,

Owner, Mary Devlin, Breeder, Skysyl Kennels.

At MANCHESTER, N.H. March 17, 7 Entries. B. of B. KYLEND'S DEMI-TASSE, Owner Skysyl

Kennels, Breeder, Avis Prior . (Championship) B. of Opp. Sensational Puppy, SKYSYL FOR­

ESTER, Owner, Mrs. Henry Closson. Breeder Skysyl.

RESERVE WINNER, Dogs- SKYSYL EXTRA SPECIAL, Owners, Breeders, Skysyl Kennels.

RES. WINNERS, Bitches- SKYSYL BERES, Owner, SKYSYL KENNELS, Breeder, Rev. Chas. Coriston.

At the INTERNATIONAL, Chicago, April 1. 10 Entered.

B. of B. Ch . MARTIN'S ZSA ZSA, Owner, Breeder, Rena Martin.

B. of ~p. Ch. CASSIO of CEJRO, Owner, Breeder, Cecile Shapiro.

B. of WINNERS, Sensational Puppy Dog, MARTIN'S VENTURE AGAIN. Owner, Breeder, Rena Martin.

RESERVE WINNER, Dog- HERCEG SZERENSE, Owner, Breeder, Mrs. Stanley Drobac.

WINNER,Bitches- SARI-BABA, Owner .• Julius Bartholomew, Breeder, Clif. Woods.

RESERVE WINNER,Bitches, KYLEND'S BOLD VENTURE, Owner, Rena Martin, Breeder, Avis Prior .

Out of a total of 75, only half a dozen members have failed to pay their 1956 dues. Nice if we could make it zero

P.C .A. TO JOIN A.K.C.

The Directors of the Puli Club of America have voted to join the American Kennel Club. This will happen when the A. K.C. determines that the Puli Club has qualified for membership by having held three annual Specialty Shows in three successive years and has met financial requirements .

This calls for an initiation fee of $250, one year's dues of $25 and a 2~ tax, the whole totaling a sum of $330 , A financial statement of the P.C.A. Treasury as of April 1, follows ~

On hand,Sept.30,1955 $272.04 Receipts from dues October to March 210.00

Total $482.04 Expenditures,Printing,Postage 48.92

Balance on hand $433.12 To withdraw $330 from our treasury at this

t ime and to meet the expenses of printing Puli News and those of our annual Show in September would, to put it mildly, leave us in a vulner­able position.

So, the Directors have suggested a most in­genious and sensible plan for augmenting the Treasury without putting any but a voluntary and at the mosta small burden upon any of the members.

This plan is a Joint Membership for another member of the same family at increased dues of only $2.50 a year. Where a member does not wish to increase his family membership, he is in­vited to make a donation of from $1. up.

To start the ball rolling, half a dozen of­ficers and directors have already sent in an extra $2.50 for family memberships. With a total of 75 members, increased revenue in 1956 is expected to be well over $100.

MEMBERS IN THE N»>S

Miss Mary Devlin of Baltimore is taking over where Miss Avis Prior, another young Puli enthusiast left off. Mary and her Puli "Chief" appeared on Television Station WBAL for the Board of Education recently. Chief had his pic­ture in the local papers . Mary was also guest speaker on the Puli at the Catonsville Kennel Club, and had her picture in the papers.

The cleverest Puli picture we have ever seen is one by the Gene Marchand Studio of Princess Woodsmoke and her seven puppies,owned by Mrs. Charles Anderson, each looking out a window and the front door of the Cedwood Ken­nels.

An unexpected heart attack prevented Dr. L.J. Meduna of Chicago from showing his valu­able pair of Pulik at the International. We hope that the famous doctor i~ weii again.

Our Sympathy and Condolences from the Puli Club to the family of member Mathew Deback of Boardman, Ohio, who died suddenly as he was preparing to attend the Chicago Show.

NE.W MEMBERS Park Ave., N.Y., Lake Shore Drive, Chicago,

Beacon St., Boston have their Pulik and now we have a Puli parading aristocratic Brazilian Ave.

Seen at Westminster, N.Y.- Dr. & Mrs. Richard Palm Beach, Fla. He is "Sailor Boy" donated by Kaufman, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Maloney, Mrs. Ger- member Deke Vermilye of Penn Yan, N.Y. as a trude Clark and mother, all from New Jersey; prize in a polio fund auction and bid in by Dr. & Mrs. Allen Hussar, Mr. & Mrs. Gioia, Mr. new members Mr. & Mrs. Howard Chilton. Mrs. & Mrs. A.B. Roddick of New York; Miss Mary Chilton recently had a 2~ col. story in a Devlin and sister from Baltimore, Md; Miss Lu 1 Florida newspaper with pictures of herself and Granniss from Stamford, Conn.; Mr. Henry Puli. Clos son and sister from Holderness and Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. O'Brien Jr. of Wilmette, Sr.huyler Owen from Lyme, N.H. Ill. have joined the live Chicago Puli colony

after buying one of the good Stensland Puli At the International Show at Chicago, an in- pups from Virginia.

teresting Mid-West group included Pres. and Mrs. Tallulah Roberts, Rt. 3, Miller Road, Mr. Martin M.Martin and daughter of Highland Lithonia, ua. has eight prospective members in Park, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas O'Brien of Wilmette and a healthy litter of black pulik now about 12 Mrs · Charles Smith of Chicago, Ill.; Dr'. & Mrs· weeks old. Grandparents are two champions, Stanley Drobac of Lansing, Mich.; Miss Cecele Skysyl Peter Pan and Magyar's Czafra. Shapiro of Columbus and Mr. & Mrs. Julius Mrs. Mary Desky of Annandale, N.J. has Bart holomew and family of Youngstown, Ohio. joined our large New Jersey Pulik Colony.

A card from "Rudi" and "Posie" de Wardener Mrs· Gertrude Clark and Ch. Duke Janczi tell s of their doing Southern France in a min- have moved from Bound Brook into the country iature jeep after spending some time in Austria, . just outside of New Brunswick where they will Hungary and Switzerland. They expect to enjoy : have room for more pulik. Springtime in Paris until they embark for home in June.

A letter from those good California members the Reynolds of Bakersfield gave us some Show news and also tells about the rapid growth of the California Puli Club. Mrs. Reynolds is the Secretary and our members Vezerian, Pearce and Byrne are either officers or directors.

Cllr only Canadian member, Mrs. R.D.~Lellan of 4962 Ponsard Ave., Montreal, P.Q. is a veri­table mine of information on the history and characteristics of the Puli. Wish we could pub­lish her article in Canadian Dogs on "How the Hungarian Shepherds Name their Pulik". She makes t his important point about Standards. The latest Puli Standards was adopted by the Federation Cynologique International in August 1954. It is Morded in French but has been translated into English by Mrs. MCLellan . A.K.C. is a member of F.C .I. The 1954 Puli Standards supersedes the standards published in the current A.K.C. Com-plete Dog Book.

We welcome two more members to our large New York delegation in Mrs. Ellen de Echardt of 1060 Park Ave., New York City and Mr. Joseph J. Huber of 109 l34th St., S. Ozone Park 20,

1 New York.

WILL DIRECT SHOW

Popular member Miss Lu Granniss of Stam­ford, Conn. has accepted the job of Bench Chairman for our annuel Specialty Show which will be held again at the OK Ridge Kennel Club, Darien, Conn. next September 22. Lu is very much on the job and most members have al­ready heard from her.