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The Shepherd or Police Dog 
bred many good ones, but has helped the breed with 
her clever translations and journalistic work; Mr. 
De Winter of the Winterview Kennels; Mr. Bruno 
Hoffman and Mr. Henri Baer, who owned one of 
the first trained bitches in Hilda von Triebel; Mr. 
Sheridan S. Norton, who owned Ch. Max; Mr. and 
Mrs. Paul Huhn and their Wally Wally Kennels 
were active breeders, as was Mrs. Abbie Rubino, 
who also went into trained dogs. Mr. L. Wie- 
lich was one of the early sponsors for the breed and 
a fine judge. Mrs. T. O’Donnell Hillen was a con¬ 
sistent breeder, and Mrs. Leo F. Wanner was a 
very thorough exponent of the breed. Mr. F. 
Spiekerman and Mr. G. Sabo were constant breed¬ 
ers and were also good judges, both on the bench 
and in the trials. Mr. Ely Buell had the Seneca 
Farms Kennel and Mr. Reginald M. Cleveland’s 
well-known Rexden Kennels were always in evi¬ 
dence. Mr. John Cans was very early a force in 
the Shepherd world, for he gathered a fine collection 
of Champions and made excellent importations. Mr. 
Cans not only imported the best, but also made a 
number of American-Bred Champions. His kennels 
were under the management of Robert McCallum, 
who afterward acquired the South Bay Kennels of 
Mr. B. R. Ruggles, who helped materially in the 
early establishment of the breed. Mr. McCallum 
later went in for importations and brought many 
new dogs to this country. Mr. Anton Rost was 
and still is one of the early sponsors of the breed. 
Coming westward to Pennsylvania, there was at 
Scranton the fine establishment of Mr. Benj. Throop, 
