HISTORICAL RECORDS
Early Entry
1924 Groups (First Year of Competition by Groups)
SPORTING: Basset Hound, Beagle, Bloodhound, Chesapeake Bay, Foxhound (American), Foxhound (English), Greyhound, Harrier, Labrador Retriever, Otter Hound, Pointer, Retriever, Scottish Deerhound, Setter (English), Setter (Gordon), Setter (Irish), Spaniel (Clumber), Spaniel (Cocker), Spaniel (Field), Spaniel (Irish Water), Spaniel (Sussex), Spaniel (Springer), Wire-haired Pointing Griffons, Wolfhound (Irish), Wolfhound (Russian), Whippet.
WORKING: Belgian Sheepdog, Collie, Dachshunde, Doberman Pinscher, Eskimo, Great Dane, Mastiff, Newfoundland, Old English Sheepdog, Samoyede, Shepherd Dog, St. Bernard (Rough), St. Bernard (Smooth).
TERRIER: Airedale Terrier, Bedlington Terrier, Bullterrier, Cairn Terrier, Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Foxterrier (Smooth), Foxterrier (Wire), Kerry Blue Terrier, Irish Terrier, Manchester Terrier, Sealyham Terrier, Scottish Terrier, Skye Terrier, Welsh Terrier, West Highland White Terrier, English Terrier.
TOY: English Toy Spaniel, Griffons (Brussels), Italian Greyhound, Japanese Spaniel, Maltese, Mexican Hairless, Papillon, Pekingese, Pomeranian, Pug, Toy Poodle, Toy Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier.
NON-SPORTING: Boston Terrier, Bulldog, Chow Chow, Dalmatian, French Bulldog, Poodle (Curly), Schipperke.
OTHER: Hound Group breeds in 1930 (first year for the Hound Group): Afghan Hound, Bassethound, Beagle, Bloodhound, Dachshunde, Deerhound (Scottish), Foxhound (American), Foxhound (English), Greyhound, Harrier, Norwegian Elkhound, Otterhound, Saluki, Whippet, Wolfhound (Irish), Wolfhound (Russian).
Herding Group breeds in 1983 (first year for the Herding Group): Australian Cattle Dog, Bearded Collie, Belgian Malinois, Belgian Sheepdog, Belgian Tervuren, Bouvier des Flandres, Briard, Collie (Rough), Collie (Smooth), German Shepherd Dog, Old English Sheepdog, Puli, Shetland Sheepdog, Welsh Corgi (Cardigan), Welsh Corgi (Pembroke).
MISCELLANEOUS CLASS: This class was offered beginning in 1877, but not until the 1879 catalog is there a note that the Miscellaneous Class is “For dogs not specified in the above classification.” The 1889 catalog states that “The Miscellaneous Class shall be understood to comprise all pure breeds of dogs for which no regular class has been provided in the Premium list.”
Before 1924, dogs were occasionally entered by their owners/agents in the Miscellaneous Class despite the fact that there were regular classes available for them. Also, in those early years, some breeds may have been known by more than one name, whether correctly so or not. Occasionally, a mixed breed dog was entered in the Miscellaneous Class. Often a breed would be entered in Miscellaneous before entering in a regular class which, before 1924, didn’t matter as all dogs were eligible for further competition.
By 1924, according to new AKC rules, the Miscellaneous Class winner was not allowed to advance into competition in the newly-formed Groups. The last year that Westminster offered the Miscellaneous Class was 1963.
Miscellaneous Class entries 1877-1963 (Breed names and spellings are taken exactly as they appear in the catalog):
African Dog 1896; Airedale Terrier 1881; Akita 1961, 1962, 1963; Alaskan Husky 1922; Alaskan Malamute 1901, 1920; Angora Terrier 1893; Australian Terrier 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960; Australian Wild Dog 1880; Azorian Terrier 1904.
Basenji 1943, 1945; Basset Hound 1897, 1909; Bedlington 1911; Belgian Sheep Dog 1907, 1912, 1914; Bergere de Beauce 1917, 1927, 1928; Bergere de Bauel 1927; Berghund 1879, 1880, 1881, 1889, 1890, 1893; Bloodhound 1881; Border Collie 1947; Bouvier 1924; Brabancon 1913, 1919, 1928; Briard 1920; Bullmastiff 1880.
Cairn Terrier 1914, 1917; Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 1963; Chesapeake Bay Retriever 1880, 1882, 1912, 1913, 1918, 1920, 1921; Chihuahua (also Mexican Hairless) 1879, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890, 1893, 1896, 1901, 1902, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914; Chinese Crested 1885, 1889, 1932, 1933, 1942, 1953, 1963; Chinese Dog 1880; Chinese Edible Dog 1878; Chow Chow 1883, 1886, 1890, 1896, 1897, 1901; Clydesdale Terrier 1894; Collie (Smooth) 1916; Scotch Colley 1881; Coon Dog 1890; Corsi 1922; Cuban Bloodhound 1880; Curly Retrieving Spaniel 1880.
Dalmatian or Coach dog 1883, 1886, 1889, 1890, 1893, 1896; Danish Boar Hound (Great Dane, Ulmer) 1880, 1881, 1893, 1894; Danish dog 1880; Danish Foxhound 1880; Danish Lion Dog 1881; Dogue de Bordeaux 1896; Dutch Sheep Dog 1913, 1914; English Bloodhound 1885; English Broken-haired Terrier 1880.
English Curly-Coated Retriever 1879; English Harrier 1882; English Retriever 1880, 1881, 1884, 1886; English Water Spaniel 1903; English Springer Spaniel 1921; Eskimo (Eskimo Spitz, Esquimaux) 1894, 1896, 1897, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1930; Eskimo Husky 1922; French Sheepdog 1911, 1912.
German Boxer 1906; German Bulldog 1898; German Mastiff 1883; German Pinscher 1903; German Pointer 1923, 1931; German Sheep Dog 1908, 1909, 1911; German Shorthair Pointer 1934; German Spitz 1909, 1916; Great Pyrenees 1933; Griffons 1889, 1899, 1905, 1910, 1913; Griffons (Smooth Toy) 1914; Griffon Bruxellois 1902.
Harrier 1934; Husky 1919, 1920, 1923; IrishTerrier 1880; Irish Wolfhound 1879, 1899; Italian greyhound 1902, 103, 1905, 1906, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927; Italian Spinone 1932, 1933; Japanese Plume 1897; Lakeland Terrier 1933; Leonberg dog 1879, 1880, 1883, 1884.
Maltese Lion Dog 1877; Maltese Skye Terrier (also Maltese terrier) 1879, 1881, 1882, 1889, 1991, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1901; Manchester Terrier 1881; Mastiff 1909; Mexican Dog 1879; Mexican Hairless 1906, 1907, 1908; Miniature Pinscher (Reh Pinscher, Zwerg Pinscher, Toy Pinscher, Dwarf Pinscher, Deer Pinscher) 1911, 1912, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929.
Newfoundland 1910, 1911, 1912; Norfolk Spaniel 1916, 1917; Norwegian Bear Dog 1913; Norwegian Elkhound 1917, 1918, 1924; Old English Terrier 1895; Owtchar 1906; Pekinese (China) Spaniel 1882, 1897, 1904; Pomeranian 1886, 1893, 1894, 1896.
Poodles: Belgium Poodle 1883; Corded Poodle 1910; Poodle 1879; Poodle (Black) 1880; Poodle (Canniche) 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883; Poodle (French) 1879, 1881; Poodle (French Grey) 1903; Poodle Pointer 1905; Spanish Poodle (imported from Philippine Islands) 1879; Spanish Silk Poodle 1896; Wool Poodle 1932.
Pyrennean Sheepdog 1897, 1935; Retriever 1901, 1902; Rhodesian Ridgeback 1932, 1945, 1956; Rottweiler 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933; Russian Collie 1885; Russian Dog 1878; Russian Pheasant Dog 1898; Russian Terrier 1879, 1886; Russian Setter 1879, 1880; Russian Wolfhound (Breeder listed as “The Emperor of Germany”) 1890; Saluki 1926, 1927; Samoyede 1911; Schipperke 1890, 1901.
Schnauzer: Schnauzer 1924; Giant Schnauzer 1927, 1928, 1929; Risenschnauzer 1926; Zwergschnauzer 1926.
Sheep Dog de la Brie 1925; Shetland Island Terrier 1881; Shetland Sheep Dog 1917, 1918, 1926; Siberian Wolfhound (listed breeder: “The Czar of Russia”) 1889; Silky Terrier 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959; Shih Tzu 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963; Skye Terrier 1913, 1915, 1925, 1927; Slugi 1908; Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier 1948, 1950, 1963; Spitz 1911, 1913, 1914, 1927, 1928; Sussex Spaniel 1912, 1914.
Tenerife Terrier 1898; Terrier 1886; Toy Griffon 1898; Toy Bull Terrier 1902; Toy Poodle 1903; Tibetan Terrier 1914; Tibetan Spaniel 1915; Toy Terrier 1915, 1916; Toy Egyptian Poodle 1927; Toy Poodle 1912; Toy Wirehaired Pinscher 1926; Truffles Hunter 1916; Weimaraner 1942; Welsh Foxhound 1898, 1899; Welsh Terrier 1894; Whippet 1893, 1901, 1913.
Others: Cross between English Setter x Newfoundland 1877; Cross between St. Bernard x Russian Setter 1877; Various mixed breeds and dogs of unspecified breeds entered in early years.
1907 (First Year of Best in Show)
Bloodhounds; St. Bernards; Great Danes; Newfoundland; Russian Wolfhounds; Deerhounds; Greyhounds; Foxhounds (American); Foxhounds (English); Pointers; English Setters; Irish Setters; Gordon Setters; Retrievers; Chesapeake Bay Dogs; Basset Hounds; Irish Water Spaniels; Clumber Spaniels; Field Spaniels; Cocker Spaniels; Beagles; Dachshunds; Whippets.
Collies; Old English Sheepdogs; Poodles; Chow Chows; Dalmatians (Coach Dogs); Samoyedes; Bulldogs; Airedale Terriers; Bullterriers; French Bulldogs; Boston Terriers; Foxterriers; Irish Terriers; Scottish Terriers; Roseneath Terriers; Welsh Terriers; Black and Tan (Manchester) Terriers; Skye Terriers; Bedlington Terriers; Dandie Dinmont Terriers.
Schipperkes; Pomeranians; English Toy Spaniels; Japanese Spaniels; Pekinese Spaniels; Pugs; Yorkshire Terriers; Maltese Terriers; Toy Terriers; Toy Poodles; Griffons Brusellois; Chihuahuas; Papillons; Italian Greyhounds; Miscellaneous (Mexican Hairless, Belgium Sheepdog).
1877 (First Show)
English Setter; Irish Setter; Gordon Setter; Black and Tan or Black, White and Tan Setters; Pointers; Chesapeake Bay Dogs; Irish Water Spaniels; Retrieving Spaniels, other than Pure Irish; Cocker Spaniels; Field Spaniels of any other breed; Fox Hounds; Harriers; Beagles; Dachshunds; Fox Terriers; Greyhounds; Staghounds; Deerhounds.
Mastiffs; St. Bernards (Long coated); Newfoundlands; Siberian or Ulm Hounds; Dalmatian or Coach Dogs; Shepherd Dogs or Collies; Bull Dogs; Bull Terriers; Pugs; Black and Tan Terriers; Skye Terriers; Scotch Terriers; Dandie Dinmont Terriers; Toy Terriers; Blenheim, King Charles, or Japanese Spaniels; Italian Greyhounds; Poodles.
Miscellaneous: Maltese Lion Dog; no other breeds listed, however one dog was described in the catalog as “cross between a St. Bernard and Russian setter.”
