Convention Memories: 1992 ARBA Convention Best In Show

The 2020 ARBA convention has been cancelled due to COVID-19 and RHD-2.  It's sad but it's important to keep all the human and rabbits safe.    We are here to share some of the past convention memories.  

The 1992 ARBA convention was held in Columbus, OH.   It's the most memorable one for me and for the all the wool breeds.  This is the first time ever an Angora won a Best In Show.   This is a page from the Result Book: Convention Best In Show judge was Glen Carr and breed judge was Dr. Terry Reed.  There were a total of 12,275 rabbits shown in the convention.   At the time, there were only two finalists: 4-class and 6-class.   "4-class" includes the lightweight rabbits and "6-class" includes the heavyweight rabbits.    

Here is a photo of me In the Domestic Rabbits with my Best In Show winner rabbit: Chu's Sweet Sixteen.

Can you imagine Sweet Sixteen was barely 8 months old.

Sweet Sixteen and me with the trophies for the 4-class and the Best In Show.

 

The trophies are not officially awarded until the ARBA banquet by the ARBA president.  In this photo, then ARBA president Cindy Wickizer awards me the trophies.  In my hand is actually the 4-class trophy, the Best In Show trophy is still on the table at the right.

 

Here is me with the Best In Show trophy.   It's too bad that Sweet Sixteen was not in the photo as the banquet was for human only.