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TERRIER RACES
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at awards banquets. Then teens discovered cars, football and dating. Although the trials are still held, there are far fewer events.
Willowdale is maintaining the tradition with its races. Dogs typically compete by category: male, female, short, tall, puppies and seniors (over age 12). Many owners enter more than one dog. As loyal to
the breed as their dogs are to them, Jack Russell owners frequently have multiple pooches. “I don’t know why anyone ever gets just one dog,” says Halpin. “They need a friend,”
Halpin’s mother, Jacquelyn Robinson, has raced terriers at Willowdale for more than 20 years. She was first smitten by Jack Russells when her mother took her and her sister to the Devon Horse Show. “They’d be the dogs who’d be following the owners, unleashed, around the stables,” she recalls. “I thought, continued on page 44
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