Uno, a 15-inch beagle, looks at his championship ribbon following his win in the hound group at the 132nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden.Uno the beagle turned Madison Square Garden into his own big, green backyard.
He barked and bayed. He nipped at a newly printed sign. He tried to grab his leash. He took a flying leap at a piece of filet mignon.
"Snoopy would be proud," handler Aaron Wilkerson said Monday. "He was being his merry little hound self."
He also did something out of character: He became the first beagle to win the hound group at the Westminster Kennel Club show since 1939 — that's 483 years, in dog years.
America's top dog competition has presented best in show 100 times and a beagle has never won. Uno's victory assured him a place in the final seven Tuesday night.
Beagles are always among the most popular dogs in the country, yet Wilkerson was at a loss to explain why they've never done better here.
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Uno, a beagle, jogs on a treadmill inside the Pennsylvania Hotel in New York, Feb. 8, 2008. The 2-year-old dog could become the first beagle to win Best in Show at the prestigious dog competition.
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