WILD CASE, MICHAEL SCOTT, FRENCHIE, and UNO THE BEAGLE
The Mary Wild flutter was surpassed by Westminster
flaps over Hulick’s French Bulldog, Uno the Beagle ownership, and
PHA President Michael Scott’s conveniently delayed suspension.
Little Bird
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I
went to Brazil for the winter but knowing people would be full of
chatter after your big show in New York, I flew up to the states to
snatch a few choice tidbits.
The
Mary Wild case has been cleverly delayed over and over. My
bluebird friend in Missouri said subpoenas were served, with one
deputy being served twice. Two attempts to serve the vet, Laura
Ivan, were logged as “Return Serv-Subpoena Non-Est” which means
either they made no contact or the vet refused to hear the reading
or accept the subpoena.
Here’s a coincidence; my feathered friend in Missouri reminded me
that the bluebird is also the state bird of New York so I contacted
her. The first thing she told me is that people were gossiping
about PHA President Michael Scott showing at Westminster
because Atlantic City blizzard caused a lot more problems than were
reported about Saturday’s Boardwalk show.
According
to her, Scott got into a problem when the Superbird cancelled the
Boardwalk KC show without proper permission of the club. That was
straightened out and the shows started late but in the process, a
bench committee was held against Michael Scott for losing his temper
and cursing. She said the AKC Representative told the committee,
which apparently found against Scott, that the AKC staff has 10 days
to act on their recommendation. She said it used to be a show
committee could suspend then and there but in “special cases” like
Scott’s, the AKC reviews it and then decides.
So the
point is, the “10 days” the AKC Rep stipulated delayed any possible
suspension of Michael Scott until after Westminster. My
lovely bluebird friend then fluffed her feathers and said “but
that’s not all!”
It seems
the club held some phone hearings which resulted in Scott
volunteering to take a 30 day suspension to begin after
the four Louisville shows in March! She said “Talk about a
pecking order! Guess that guy is a flock boss for sure.”
And
then she said the big flutter at Westminster was the backstory on
the French Bulldog, the first one to win the Group there.
The owner, Marion Hulick, is the former horse trainer who
arranged for a “hit man” named Tommy Burns, to kill a horse owned by
her boss, George Lindemann, Jr. I couldn’t believe it but she said
that there are professionals who kill other people, and sometimes
animals. We talked about eagles and hawks for a minute but I
finally got her back to the French Bulldog’s owner.
Laughing, she said “Unlike us bird-brains, dog people have long
memories. This happened 20 years ago but Hulick was convicted for
paying Burns $35,000 of the quarter million dollars insurance
coverage to kill the show horse. She served time in a federal
prison but a lot of people think she should have stayed there!”
Bluebird then explained the gruesome electrocution of the horse in
detail I’d rather not go into.
The NY
state bird said they interviewed Hulick like she was some sort of
celebrity but “it sure didn’t go over well to the public… that dog
people could cheer for anyone who deliberately killed an animal.” I
tried to explain that the Frenchie must be a really “good dog” and
surely that is what the people were happy about but she just cocked
her head and looked at me like I’d lost my tail feathers.
Another thing I heard also relates to Westminster. There is a
dispute regarding ownership of the fabulous Westminster Best In Show
winner, Uno the Beagle. It seems there was an “unauthorized,
illegal transfer of ownership.” The registration transfer dated
2/15/08 and showed Caroline Dowell as the sole owner instead of her
and Dowell, Woodring, and Weichert. I think a complaint has been
filed with AKC because the way I understand it, as of February 12,
2008, Uno was owned by Caroline Dowell, Eddie Dziuk, Jon Woodring
and Kathy Weichert and only Eddie’s name was supposed to come off
during the transfer.
This
Little Bird will be heading back to the states in the Spring but my
instinct and your weather people tell me that may be delayed. I
like to perch on the phone wires, that’s how I hear a lot of stuff
but really! Have you ever tried to wrap your feet around a wire
covered in ice? There was an act where a parrot spun around and
around the perch. Me too but it wasn’t planned and it is not one
bit funny when it happens.
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