没有最好！只有更好～～135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show（34P）

The premier annual event for dog breeders, dog lovers, and fans of photographs of puffed-out pooches has just come to an end. The Westminster Dog Show attracts some 2,500 dogs from around the nation to two days of pomp and preening before sold-out audiences at Madison Square Garden in New York City and a television audience around the world. Each dog's complete name includes the prefix "Ch" -- for champion, since each purebred entrant has already been a winner somewhere. The dogs are judged by groups, including Hound, Toy, Non-Sporting, Herding Sporting, Working, and Terrier. The top dog is selected in the final contest: "Best in Show.'' Six new breeds were included this year among the 179 eligible: Boykin spaniel, bluetick coonhound, redbone coonhound, cane corso, Leonberger, and Icelandic sheepdog. The show, which started in 1877, is second only to the Kentucky Derby as the longest continuously held sporting event in America. -- Lloyd Young





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Andy, a Papillon breed, is carried by his owner outside the Hotel Pennsylvania for the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City Feb. 11. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

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Green Eyed Dixie Cup, a Chihuahua breed, gets out of its owners car before checking into the Hotel Pennsylvania on Feb. 11. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

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Lilly, a German Wirehaired Pointer from Ft. Worth, Texas, sits in her cage as she waits in the lobby of the Hotel Pennsylvania Feb. 12 (Tina Fineberg/Associated Press)

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Dressed as the Queen of Hearts, Cubby rests as she and her owner Erika Searl of New York, take part in the Pre-Westminster Fashion Show Friday Feb. 11 at the Hotel Pennyslvania in New York. (Tina Fineberg/Associated Press

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Standard Poodle show dogs Mikimoto (left) and Gem sit during a preview press conference for the show. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

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Nine week old Tallulah Blue, a blue Chihuahua, with her owner Cindy Peskoff, of Glen Gardner, New Jersey, left, as they attend the Pre-Westminster Fashion Show Friday Feb. 11. (Tina Fineberg/Associated Press)

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Desert Turquise Elijah, a standard poodle, yawns as it is groomed backstage during the first day of the show Monday. (Jeff Christensen)/Associated Press)

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Jordan the Old English Sheepdog is seen backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

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Vera Hueg looks at her Bullmastiff Tessa from inside a dog cage in the grooming area. The show, one of the most prestigious dog shows in the world, is being held on February 14-15. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

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A West Highland White Terrier in the benching area. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)