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Mike John

a snowy table linen, he came nose-to-nose with Boston Ladies Luncheon Club did not fully appreciate
his benefactor, the bejewelled chairwoman who her success in creating a “never-to-be-forgotten”
arranged his visit to the party! Chinook gave her a Christmas celebration. There would never be another
friendly snort and for a moment, the frazzled matron Gala to compare for by the end of that year, the stock
felt prone to faint into blessed oblivion. market crash had caused fortunes to dwindle and
China, crystal and silver smashed and scattered Boston’s social scene to be irrevocably altered.
upon the marble floor as a table overturned. The Thanks to five large, friendly sled dogs, the 1929
diminutive Mrs. Seeley, observing the situation, took Christmas Gala at the Hotel Somerset has never
control and mustered up a commanding shout for been equalled, nor will it ever be!
calm and order. Some of the gentlemen had forgotten
themselves and had outdistanced their ladies in their AND FINALLY……….
dash to safety. Meanwhile, Milton Seeley who was Malamute owners will appreciate, and probably
still clinging to the sled, stepped down hard on the associate, with this.
snowbrake, one that was of little value on an icy trail “If your dog digs up the garden, a short sharp spray
and even more useless on the highly polished floor. with the hose works wonders, according to Britain’s
Within minutes, someone had the presence of top animal trainer. But she says you must be hidden
mind to switch on the ballroom lights. By now the so the punishment is not associated with you. Well, I
combined efforts of Milton and Eve Seeley and Santa am here to tell you, you cannot hide this punishment.
Claus had subdued the natural instincts of the dogs In order to spray the dog you have to catch the dog
which had resulted in such unseemly boisterous and, in the process, you get wet, the dog gets wet,
behaviour. Furniture was righted and order was anyone in a garden nearby gets wet and when the
restored. Guests, at first hesitant, and then with Eve- dog doesn’t want to get wet anymore it runs into the
inspired confidence, stepped forward to stroke the kitchen where the kitchen floor gets wet and frankly
tail-wagging, unremorseful Chinook and his relatives, it’s easier to live with a bloody hole in the garden.”
and Santa resumed his booming “Ho! Ho! Ho!” (Anne Robinson, Daily Mirror, 23rd August 1987)
That evening, the Programme Chairwoman of the

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