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In 1967, the membership of the UICL Dutch The standards still creating problems, as
Club of Sighthound lovers was cancelled we read in the minutes of a FCI standard
because of its abolition. France was still committee in those days: judges
being troublesome, as the French Kennel sometimes used a very free
Club SCC forbade the French Sighthound interpretation of the breed standard
clubs to become members of the UICL. when judging. It was about time that the
countries of origin handed over the
standards to the judges.
Which was not all that easy because at
that time for example there was no
Galgo español standard because the
Spanish Kennel club had not made one .
To fill in that gap, partly, the UICL sent
all their standards in 1971 to the FCI.
There was also not always the so
preferred united board, undesirable
individual actions were taken but most
of the times the folds were smoothened.
Years passed by without very much
special topics, but in the early years of
the 80s there were Afghan Hounds
coming to the race tracks, in large
numbers, who proved to be unbeatable,
Scha’iq Schuru-esch-Schams, the first Sloughi to be very light build, very little coat, a bit
awarded the prestigious UICL certificate for Beauty
and Performance. Owners Herta & Gerd Ibold, desert-type, but also with
breeders Ingeborg & Eckhard Schritt. Photo added characteristics which were not typically
to this article by Sloughi Review. Afghan. In the Netherlands they were
All sorts of subjects were discussed, some immediately called “atypical” Afghans
more important than others. Regarding and for the “normal” Afghans there was
breed standards, there was the Italian no fun in competing any more.
Greyhound standard which was for many
years the subject of discussion.
