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Killearn Kennels in Millbrook, N.Y., were both noted exhibitors and breeders of both show horses and dogs and Mrs. Rawlins showed poultry as well. Killearn Kennels was named after Maclay ’ s great - grandfather ’ s home town in Scotland. James Searle Barclay, Jr., one can gather from Dandiebase, had been a breeder of Dandies and he, Alfred B. Maclay of Killearn Kennels, and Mrs. G. Foster Rawlins of Potford Kennels would exchange dogs for breeding purposes. As to Alfred B. Maclay, the first president of the original club. according to the DDTCA ’ s 75th Anniversary book,

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as an active member until the re - establishment of the club as an active AKC member in 1936. Thus, the original club was registered as an active member of the American Kennel Club from 1910 - 1922.

The original club ’ s officers were:

President – Alfred B. Maclay Vice - President – J. Searle Barclay, Jr. Secretary – G. Foster Rawlins Treasurer – Mrs. G. Foster Rawlins Board of Governors – The officers and Harry Sargeant, James J. Fox, and U. M. Fleischmann.

in 1916, Maclay ’ s mustard bitch Killearn Georgie became the first American - bred Dandie Dinmont bitch to achieve championship status. From his obituary of May 29, 1944, in the Poughkeepsie Journal, “ Mr. Maclay was the first to import a Shetland sheepdog to this country and at one time, he was the most extensive breeder of the Dandie Dinmont terrier in the United States. ” Mr. Maclay was also, according to his obituary, the first vice - president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park in Tallahassee, Florida, still exists today and is a popular tourist destination. The park was created from a 307 - acre portion of the Maclay ’ s winter home (plantation) in 1953. In an Elizabeth Fellows column, around 1930, she cites a letter from Mrs. Simpson - Shaw of Essex, England, which states, “ I was much interested to read of Alfred B. Maclay, but regret he does not now show his Dandies. He had some grand ones in his showing days. ” It is interesting to note that Alfred B. Maclay was a member of the current Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club of America in 1934 (and possibly earlier, though the earliest membership records no longer exist). Around 1931, Mrs. T. M. Simpson - Shaw, in her column “ Dandie Dinmont

Who were some of these early Dandie fanciers? Board member Udo M. Fleischmann was the son of Maximilian Fleischmann, one of the two Fleischmann brothers who founded the Fleischmann Yeast Company. The family was hugely wealthy, equivalent to the billionaires of today. Udo ’ s sister Louise Fleischmann would marry Alfred B. Maclay in 1919. J. Searle Barclay, Jr., was described as a “ Sportsman, ” he was, additionally, a bit of a playboy. In 1929 he married Nita Naldi (born Mary Dooley) in Paris, and they lived in France on an estate Barclay reportedly purchased from the Aga Khan, until 1931, when they returned to New York City and where they took up residence in the Plaza Hotel. Naldi, a former Ziegfeld Follies girl and Hollywood actress, who was 27 years his junior, had appeared as a supporting actor with John Barrymore in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , with Rudolph Valentino in Blood and Sand , and in the epic, The Ten Commandments, directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Sadly, Barclay died bankrupt and destitute in 1944, his fortune having been decimated during the Depression. Founder of the original club, Mrs. G. Foster Rawlins, of Potford Kennels in Red Bank, N.J., and the president of the original club, Alfred B. Maclay, of

Udo M. Fleischmann

J. Searle Barclay, Jr.,

Nita Naldi with Valentino in Blood and Sand

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