Kennel Club

Anne SlagleHomemaker, volunteerAnne Vernon-Williams Slagle, a homemaker and volunteer, died Monday of heart failure at her Golf Course Road residence in Green Spring Valley. She was 82.She was born and reared in Ro land Park, the daughter of Frederick Royallie Vernon Williams, an investment banker who emigrated to Baltimore from England. In his youth, he had been a page in the court of Queen Victoria.She was a 1930 graduate of Roland Park Country School and made her debut at the Bachelors Cotillon in 1931.

Delightful dogsThe region's finest canines strut into the 5th Regiment Armory at Howard and Preston streets from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday to put on the dog at the Maryland Kennel Club's annual all-breed dog show and obedience trial. More than 2,000 dogs, representing 140 breeds, will vie for ribbons, kennel club points and the coveted title "Best of Show." And vendors will offer a variety of dog-related items. Tickets are $4, $2 children and seniors. Call 410-879-0862 or 410-747-5974.'A Voice I Will Send'Discover ancient West African religious traditions and examine African-American identity when "A Voice I Will Send: Sisters Talk About a New Millennium" is presented tomorrow through March 7 at the Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St. The play -- written and performed by Denise Gantt, Lakia Green, Tanisha Brady Christie and Ieasha Prime -- is presented by the Medusa Theatre Company, the Artistic Connection and the Baltimore Theatre Project in partnership with Towson University, 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays.

IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE that Jake's ribbons and awards take up more space than he does. The toy Manchester terrier weighing in at 11 1/2 pounds has won countless awards and has been named Best of Breed in many national competitions. His status as top dog was recently ratified when he won Best of Breed in the toy Manchester terrier group at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City - for the third time. Jake, owned by Jim Burrows of Ellicott City, shows under the name Ch Fwaggles Tapman at Burmack.

Dr. Leon SeligmanDentist, dog breederDr. Leon Seligman, who practiced dentistry in Baltimore for almost 50 years and who bred terriers and judged dog shows, died yesterday of cancer at his home in the Annen Woods Apartments in Pikesville.Dr. Seligman, who was 83, retired in 1983 from his Northwest Baltimore practice. He was a specialist in prosthodontics -- dentures and similar devices.Born in West Fork, W.Va., he attended West Virginia University then came to Baltimore to attend the University of Maryland Dental School from which he graduated in 1933.

The Northeastern Maryland Kennel Club, Inc. offers a $3,000 scholarship for the first place applicant toward the field of animal sciences. Qualified scholarship applications are taken through June 1 and reviewed by the Scholarship Committee. The winner will be announced by Aug. 1. The scholarship is generally awarded by the second week of August. If interested in receiving a scholarship application and a copy of the guidelines, please contact Norma Skillman, scholarship chair, at 410-273-7996.

Ruth Ann Ford gently dabbed tears from Rock's eyes as the two waited to have their picture taken. "It's probably from stress," Ford said of Rock - short for Forever Rock Hudson, her 8-month-old papillon that had just won the Best of Winners ribbon for 6- to 9-month-old pups in the Toy Division at the Maryland Kennel Club All Breed Dog Show. "He's doing pretty cool," said Ford, of Osceola Mills, Pa., as she held the tiny white, brown and black puppy in the palms of her hands. Organizers estimated that about 1,000 people ventured out yesterday to the 5th Regiment Armory, where 1,681 dogs, in 142 breeds or varieties, were entered.

Services for Harry Z. Isaacs, a horse breeder and retired clothing manufacturer, will be held at 2 p.m. today at his home, Brookfield Farm, 14123 Mantua Mill Road, Glyndon.Mr. Isaacs, who was 86, died Sunday of cancer at his home.He was long associated with I. C. Isaacs & Co., started by his father, which manufactured men's and women's pants. It has plants in Milford, Del., and in Mississippi. Mr. Isaacs sold the company in 1984 to a group of employees and other investors, but he remained as a consultant until retiring last year.

With a 50-foot-wide American flag hanging proudly from the rafters, about 2,000 people packed a dog show in Baltimore yesterday to ogle affenpinschers, browse the dog diapers and beef ear puffs, and watch 1,725 dogs compete for canine glory. The Maryland Kennel Club's 92nd annual All-Breed Dog Show at the 5th Regiment Armory on Howard Street brought out vendors, pet fanatics, breeders, dreamers -- and schemers. Beth Flierl, a housewife from Beaverdam, Va., brushed the coat of her 145-pound Irish wolfhound, Bran, as she explained her secret for crushing competition in the ring.

A beagle was chosen best in show yesterday, beating more than 1,600 dogs in the Maryland Kennel Club's 80th all-breed show at the Fifth Regiment Armory.Owned by Jeffrey Slatkin and Eddie Dziuk of Chantilly, Va., the 13-inch beagle is named Champion Lanbur Miss Fleetwood and called Judy. The hound has been named best in show five times previously.Best-in-show judge, Fred W. Fraser of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, said of Judy, "I've been judging dogs for 40 years and I've never seen a finer beagle.

Despite taking two dogs to the country's most prestigious dog show and doubling her chances of success, a Perry Hall woman on Tuesday was unable to advance in the competition. Lisl Dutterer had entered her champion Samoyeds Halo and Easter in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show with hopes that one of them could win best of breed and compete on live television for the working-class trophy against Siberian huskies, boxers, Great Danes and mastiffs. But neither Halo nor Easter made it past the breed round.