Ch. Everglo's Spark Of Gold ROM
This is the best show photo of Sparky that I have, and it was in black and white. It's been colored in to give an idea of his coloring, gold with no black tipping. Sparky did have ink black pigment, which he threw consistently to his offspring. He was even test-bred to a liver nosed bitch, and produced a litter of five balck pigmented puppies. this indicates that he didn't have a gene for liver , or self color...but was totally dominant for black pigment.
Sparky was 10 1/2 inches tall, and 14 1/2 inches long- from point of shoulder to ischium (back point of pelvis). He weighed about 16 or 17 pounds, and was a soild, chunky little dog- not barrel ribbed, and possessed straight front legs. He was a bit steep in shoulder and lacked angulation behind...but an excellent mover with a "heads up"attitude. He loved the show ring, and would stand in front of me , and bounce straight up to waist level to get a treat of liver...actually, he would do anything for a piece of liver!
Chaing Foo                                                                               Ch. Fu Al Tritio                                                                                     * Fardale Fu Ssi                                                                La-Sa-Gre's Hijo D' AlTrio                                                                                        Chaing Foo                                                                               Ch. Fu La Diabilta                                                                                      * Fardale Fu Ssi                                                                                                  Glen Pine's Chagpo-Ri                                                                                        Ch. Wu Tai                                                                                  Ch. Ming Tali II CD                                                                                         Ch. Ming Kyi                                                                Ch. Miradel's Nima                                                                                         Fraser Don of Lost Horizons                                                                                  Miradel's Fa Li                                                                                         Diminutive Delight                              Ch. Kai-Shang's Clown of Everglo                                                                                                                   Chaingo Foo                                                                                  Ch. Fu Al Trito                                                                                         *Fardale Fu Ssi                                                                  Ch. La-sa-Gre's manchado Dorado                                                                                         Chaingo Foo                                                                                 Ch. Fu La Diablita                                                                                        *Fardale Fu Ssi                                                   Kai-Sang's Tzi-Ren of Miradel                                                                                          Hamilton Kushog                                                                                  Hamilton Sandur                                                                                          Hamilton kyichu                                                                 Ch. Chika Rinpoche                                                                                         Shebo Schunde Of Hung                                                                                 Ch. Yahsih of Shebo                                                                                           Yi of taishan Ch. Everglo's Spark Of Gold ROM
Ch. Fu Al Trito                                                                                  La-Sa-Gre's Hijo D' Altrio                                                                                            *Fardale Fu Ssi                                                                 Glen Pine's Chapo-Ri                                                                                             Ch. Ming Tali II CD                                                                                  Ch. Miradel's Nima                                                                                             Miradel's Fa-Li                                                 Ch. Kai-Sang's Clown of everglo                                                                                              Ch. Fu Al Trito                                                                                 Ch. La-Sa-gre's Hijo E' Altrio                                                                                              Ch. Fu La Diablita                                                               Kai-Sang's Tzi-Ren of Miradel                                                                                              Ch. Hamilton Sandur                                                                                 Ch. Chika Rinpoche                                                                                              *Ch. Yay Sih of Shebo            Tibetan Cookie of Everglo                                                                                               Ch. Wu Tai                                                                                 Ch. Ming Tali II CD                                                                                                 Ch. ming Kyi                                                               Ch. Miradel's Ming-Fu-Tzu                                                                                                 Ch. Ming Tali II CD                                                                                Miradel's Kahn-Dee                                                                                                  Miradel's Fa-Li                                                Ruffway Hun-Nee-Bun                                                                                                  Ch. Fu Al Tirtio                                                                                 La-Sa-gre's Hijo D'Altiro                                                                                                 Ch. Fu La Diablita                                                             Ch. Glenflo's girga                                                                                                   Ch. Ming Tali II CD                                                                                 Ch. Miradel's Nima                                                                                                   Miradel's Fa-Li
Those dogs with an * were brought in from england, by Mrs. De Gray in Southern California. Although listed as Shih tzu on their improt pedigrees, Mrs. De Gray told AKC that for all intent and purposes. Shih Tzu and lhasa Apsos were one and the same. Since Shih Tzu were not AKC registerable at that time, AKC went ahead and incoporated these dogs into AKC status. There was a huge outcry from the English Shih Tzu breeders, as well as Mrs. McFadden in the U.S.....and finally Mr. Neff of the AKC agreed to no longer register any of the " Shih Tzu" from england. AKC did not revoke registration on those doge already registered in the US, on the grounds that too many had been incorporated into breeding programs by that time.   No one knows why Mrs. De Gray did this, but I suspect that since the Hamilton Farms Lhasas were difficult to get at that time, she may have felt this was the only way to bring in new bloodlines. Not exactly an ethical means to an end! It's fortunate for the breed, however, that she did this as the "Clown" line brought in many good qualities, including excellent temperament, good hips, and a general lack of inherited defects. Sparky did not look like the Shih Tzu of my day...regardless of the source of the breeding stock behind those English inports, I'm sure they looked more like Lhasas than the Shih Tzux I was used to seeing. I later visited England and saw their Shih Tzus, and was quite amazed to see how much they resembled Lhasas, rather than the Shih Tzu that I had seen in the US. They were larger, longer nosed, and longer in body....predominantly gray, without the well-defined white markings. The Shih tzus I was used to seeing were short legged with bent pasterns, big round rib cages, big wide skulls with rather protuberant eyes and nose set well up on head between the eyes.    Sparky had a very clean, narrow skull and a 1 1/2 inch muzzle. he did have more stop than desired, and a rounder eye...but beyound the head, he was up on leg with medium bone and substance, and excellent coat texture. The ratio of height to length was exactly what our interpretation of the Standard calls for today, and while "short bodied in comparison to many of the Hamilton and Karma Lhasas in the Show ring of the 60's he was certainly "longer than tall". Our current standard does not say how much longer than tall, that is an individual choice among breeder; however, Lhasas should retain good
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