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King, the dog, is enjoying a steak, well-done, at Sardi’s, the famous theatre district restaurant in New York.
King 一只狗 正在享用它的牛排 在纽约著名的影院区餐馆Sardi’s
He deserves it, because he just won Best in Show at the 143rd Westminster Kennel Club dog show, in 2019.
这是它应得的 因为它刚刚在2019年第143届威斯敏斯特犬舍俱乐部赛狗会上获得了最佳表演奖
Then he tried to eat a microphone.
然后它想把麦克风给吃了
King is at the end of the long list of terriers to win Best in Show at Westminster.
在威斯敏斯特赢得最佳表演奖 King是最不被大家看好的梗类犬
But King, as wonderful as he is, will almost certainly not do what this dog did.
但King 尽管它那么优秀 也一定做不到这只狗所做的事
This is the only dog to win Best in Show at Westminster 3 times in a row.
这是唯一一只连续三次在威斯敏斯特赢得最佳表演奖的狗
That’s a 3-peat! How did she do it?
那可是三连冠呢 它是怎么做到的呢？
And was she really the greatest dog of all time?
它真的一直都是表现最优秀的狗狗吗？
The answer involves a breed, a socialite, and the short life of a legend named Warren Remedy.
答案与一只社会名流纯种犬Warren Remedy的传奇狗狗有关 它的一生很短暂
This is not a steak. This is a rat.
那不是牛排 是只老鼠
Terriers made their reputation as rat catchers.
梗类犬最出名的就是擅长抓老鼠
First bred in the British isles, the smooth terrier and wire fox terrier’ crossed over to America.
光滑梗和猎狐梗最初在不列颠群岛繁殖 后来传到了美国
Warren Remedy was a smooth fox terrier while King is a wire fox terrier.
Warren Remedy是光滑狐梗 而King是猎狐梗
The dogs don’t just share a Best in Show title, but also a common fox terrier heritage.
这只狗狗不仅有最佳表演奖的头衔 它还是普通狐梗的后代
With just a few exceptions, the American smooth fox terrier started off in the 1880s in “the oldest of our great kennels,”
除了少数例外 美国的光滑狐梗在19世纪80年代起源于“我们最古老的犬舍”
Warren Kennels, the one started by Winthrop Rutherfurd.
沃伦狗舍 由温斯洛普·卢瑟福创立
Rutherfurd was a wealthy Manhattan socialite - he dated a Vanderbilt before marrying a Vice-President’s daughter.
卢瑟福是位富有的曼哈顿社会名人 在与副总统的女儿结婚之前 他曾与范德比尔特家族的人约会
He was also really into terriers.
他也特别喜欢梗类犬
Rutherfurd was president of the American Fox Terrier club, funding it and working to boost the breed’s clout.
卢瑟福是美国猎狐俱乐部的主席 他为俱乐部提供资金 并努力提高这个品种的影响力
He also raised them at his estate in Allamuchy, New Jersey.
他在自己位于新泽西州阿拉穆切的庄园里养着梗类犬
“Allamuchy Township Tax and Animal Licensing office.”
“阿拉穆切镇税和动物许可证办公室”
Hi, uh, what county are you in? “Warren County.”
嗨 呃 你在哪个县？“沃伦县”
That’s why his kennels were called Warren Kennels.
所以他的狗舍就叫沃伦狗舍
“Ohhh….what kennels?” So that is where Warren Remedy got her name.
“哦 什么狗舍？”这就是Warren Remedy名字的由来
All the Warren Kennel dogs were Warren...something.
沃伦狗舍所有狗狗的名字都叫Warren某某
And all that stuff sets the stage for the confluence of events that would make her not just a dog, but an icon.
所有这些都为一系列事情奠定了基础 让它不仅仅只是一只狗 还是偶像
Let’s go back to King. King didn’t win just for being the best dog.
我们再说说King吧 King获胜不光是因为它优秀
He won according to the standards used by Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show judges — standards of what an ideal wire fox terrier is.
它是凭借威斯敏斯特犬舍俱乐部的裁判们所采用的标准获胜的——一只完美的猎狐梗的标准
“He has small, v-shaped ears of moderate thickness, A flat topline of the skull, A coat with dense wiry texture,”
“它有小小的V形耳朵 厚度适中 头骨上有平平的背线 浓密细紧质地的皮毛”
It’s not just an awesome dog, but the dog that best exemplifies the breed.
它不仅是一只很出色的狗狗 还是它的品种中最具代表性的狗狗
Winthrop Rutherfurd helped write the standards for the smooth fox terrier for his club, and Westminster.
温斯洛普·卢瑟福帮他的俱乐部和威斯敏斯特写下了光滑梗的标准
The Westminster Kennel Club started shows in 1877, just a few years before Rutherfurd’s Warren Kennel started.
威斯敏斯特犬舍俱乐部从1877年开始举办赛狗会 比卢瑟福的沃伦狗舍的成立只早几年
It didn’t have Best in Show — a competition between breeds — until 1907.
以前它并没有最佳表演奖——不同品种之间的比赛——直到1907年才加入这一项
By then, Rutherfurd was a member of the Westminster Bench Show Committee, and guaranteed prize money for the smooth and wire fox terrier categories.
那时 卢瑟福已经是威斯敏斯特狗展览会委员会的一员 并为光滑梗和猎狐梗提供奖金
He ran one of the two top smooth fox terrier kennels in the country.
他运营着该国两家最好的光滑梗狗舍中的一家
Other dogs were measured by the type he’d established.
其他狗狗都根据他所树立的榜样来评测
His dog Warren Remedy won shows around the country.
他的狗狗Warren Remedy赢得了全国各地的表演
The judges called her the “sprightly clean limbed little miss”, and raved that she was truest to type.
裁判称它为“活泼干净的小美女” 并且狂赞它是真正的榜样
But is it any wonder that she won Westminster specifically again, and again, and again?
但它怎么会一次一次又一次地赢得威斯敏斯特比赛呢？
The surprise isn’t that she won three times.
让人惊讶的并不是它赢了三次
It’s that she lost a fourth time to the other big fox terrier breeder out of Texas, Sabine Kennels.
而是它第四次输给了德克萨斯一只叫做Sabine Kennels的大型猎狐梗
Even though Sabine beat Warren Remedy, it wasn’t really a loss for the Rutherfurd type.
即使Sabine战胜了Warren Remedy 这也算不上是卢瑟福品种的失败
A dog from the Sabine Kennel sired Warren Remedy — he was her dad.
Sabine狗舍的一只狗是Warren Remedy的生父——它们是父女关系
So what do we do with Warren Remedy?
那我们是怎么对待Warren Remedy的呢？
Was she really the greatest dog of all time?
它真的一直是最优秀的狗狗吗？
After the reign of the smooth terrier, wire-fox terriers became cooler, all the way up to King in 2019.
光滑梗盛行之后 猎狐梗变得更酷了 一路走到了2019年King的地位
A smooth fox terrier never won after 1910. Regulations also got stricter in 1924.
自1910年以后 猎狐梗就从来没赢过了 1924年规定也变得更严了
There have been a couple of repeat winners since, but no three-timers, and no two-timers since 1972.
从那以后 有几只狗重复获奖 但没有连续三次获奖的 自1972年以来也没有连续两次获奖的狗
That’s over. Before that, even an elite dog like Warren Remedy had a window.
到此为止 在那之前 哪怕是像Warren Remedy这样的精英狗也有一段空窗期
A 20 year smooth fox terrier trend. A short 7 year life.
20年光滑狐梗流行期 短短7年的生命
And 3 years as Best in Show. In 1906, she needed a little size yet, but had time.
三年获得最佳表演奖 1906年 它还需要长点个头 但它有的是时间
By 1909, even when she was queen of all dogs at Westminster, Sabine Kennel dogs were winning other competitions across the country.
到1909年 即使它成为了威斯敏斯特所有狗狗的女王 但Sabine Kennel的狗狗们却在全国各地赢得了其他比赛
But for a couple years, she had the glory. She endorsed Spratt’s Dog Cakes.
但有几年 它获得了荣誉 它代言了斯普拉特的狗蛋糕
She earned all those front page headlines.
它登上了所有的头条报道
Maybe those three wins, maybe they were about socialites, and structure, and trends.
也许是关于它的三连冠 也许是关于精英 形体和潮流的
Maybe she wasn’t the greatest dog of all time.
也许它并不是最优秀的狗狗
But the window’s small for every dog.
但每只狗狗的窗口期都很短
Maybe they’re all the greatest, for a moment.
也许它们在某个瞬间都是最棒的
Maybe all the dogs deserve one night when they get the steak.
也许每只狗都值得在生命中的某一天得到牛排奖励
So maybe you’re curious when the terrier reign over Best in Show finally ended,
所以 也许你会好奇梗类犬独占最佳表演奖的时代是何时结束的
and it didn’t happen until 1913 when a bulldog — this big boy, named Strathtay Prince Albert — managed to pull off the victory.
是在1913年 一只斗牛犬——这个叫做斯特拉泰王子Albert的大块头——成功拔得了头筹
