THE PARENT'S CLUB 75TH ANNIVERSARY
RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW
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In 1997 The Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of Zimbabwe, The Parent Club founded in 1922, organized the Championship Show for celebrating the 75th Anniversary since its foundation. The Show provided a unique and unforgettable opportunity to see the gathering of many Rhodesian Ridgeback from Zimbabwe and some from abroad and admire quite a number of them.
This remembrance of that Anniversary Show is a tribute to the breed, to The Parent Club and to the people who took up working for the breed since 1922, when Francis Richard Barnes formed the Rhodesian Ridgeback Lion Dog Club and drew up the Original Standard of the breed in Bulawayo. People of the past, whose names belong to the history of the breed, up to more recent times, when a fundamental contribution is certainly due to Margaret and Sam Wallace from Harare (formerly Salisbury).Beyond being breeders of outstanding subjects, the Wallaces have been the guardian of the tradition and "culture" of the breed through their action within The Parent Club of which they have been Secretary and President respectively.Sam Wallace was an international judge of the breed and he, sadly, passed away in early 2007.
THE CATALOGUE |
THE OPENING |
THE SHOW |
VETERANS PARADE |
RESULTS |
CLASSES |
PEOPLE
In recalling the 75th Anniversary Show, lies my attempt to taking remembrance into life for those who have an interest in that event taking place in a part of the world, Zimbabwe, which underwent dramatic changes since then. Zimbabwe was one of the richest countries in Africa, but Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's long-standing president, has turned it into an impoverished state of fear based on a regime of corruption, suppression of political opposition, mishandling of land reform, economic mismanagement, deteriorating human rights,widespread starvation of the population, disregard for ethics,disintegration of education and health system. When you think of the country of the origin of the Rhodesian Ridgeback do not forget about Zimbabwe.
