Pedigree of AM CH TURKUMAN NISSIM'S LAUREL| Parents |
Grandparents |
Great-Grandparents |
Great-Great-Grandparents |
| Chota Nissim of Ringbank |
Turkuman Pomegranate |
Turkuman Bamboo (late Black Sampson) |
Ch Westmill Tamasar |
| Morita |
| Turkuman Lotus Blossom |
Westmill Delawar Khan |
| Marie of Valdorern |
| Turkuman Night-Flowering Cactus |
Kashibi Khan of Kuranda |
Kulli Khan of Kuranda |
| Lakmina Or Jahmina of Ariana |
| Bibi of Pushtikuh |
Westmill Fasano And Tetrarch of Cheltside |
| Rasti of Istalif |
| Ch Netheroyd Turkuman Camelthorn |
Turkuman Pomegranate |
Turkuman Bamboo (late Black Sampson) |
Ch Westmill Tamasar |
| Morita |
| Turkuman Lotus Blossom |
Westmill Delawar Khan |
| Marie of Valdorern |
| Golden Ranee |
Kassar Khan |
Sia Gavih of Pushtikuh |
| Garrymhor Rayshum |
| Tullah of Pushtikuh (late Kandahar Tullah) |
Ch Sirdar of Ghazni |
| Rasti of Istalif |
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Juliette de Bairacli Levy with photo's of Ch Turkuman Nissims Laurel
Photo copyright Ignacio Vidorreta, Sumava Afghan Hounds, Spain
Sunny Shay with Turkuman Nissims Laurel |
Ch. Nissim’s Laurel dam was Ch. Netheroyd Turkuman Camelthorn bred by
Mrs. Polson, owner Mrs. Abson and Chota Nissim of Ringbank was his stud.
Nissim’s Laurel was exported to Sunny Shay’s world famous GRANDEUR
kennels (now R. Rechler). He was in the ownership of Sunny Shay and Sol
Malkin. He became a "shooting star“ and achieved his U.S. championship
very quickly.
He was a top winner in the fifties and one of his greatest wins were the BOB at
the 1950 AHC American Speciality under one of the most respected judges
in these days, Mr. Alva Rosenberg. He was the first Afghan who won the
hound group at Westminster KC in the same year.
WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB SHOW, FEBRUARY 1950
by George Butz, The Philadelphia Inquirer
The other import in the finals was a striking black Afghan hound. Champion Nissim's Laurel
a dog which scarcely attracted attention upon its arrival here two years ago. The hound's
handler and joint owner with Sol Malkin, enthusiastic Sunny Shay deserves credit for
guiding Laurel so far at the Garden Show.
Mrs Shay persevered in her grooming and training of the Afghan to the extent it finally
came into its own last Sunday winning the top honors at the breed's specialty show
and the praise of Alva Rosenberg judge who told us he had seen few equals of the
dog for type, condition and movement on the day. The Afghan at its peak of coat bloom
and showing form, blocked one of Philadelphia's most serious contenders from reaching
the show finals. This was the Whippet champion Stoney Meadows Masquerade, named "Tony"
for short by owners Mr and Mrs W P Wear, Penllyn.
Sunny Shay with Turkuman Nissim's Laurel
Camden Show December 1950 |
Like his mother, Ch. Turkumans Nissim’s Laurel, was a black with white
feet. The markings could have gone up to the pastern of his front feet,
when one lookes at old photos, but he also had a white mark in his face,
a common thing at the Turkumans!
Mrs. Cynthia Madigan Boissevain got to know Sunny Shay in 1950, made
friends with her, and to cut a long story short, bought a grandaughter
from Nissim’s Laurel. This was the beginning of the BRANWEN kennels in
Spain and the way the Shirkhan blood came to Europe and Nissim’s Laurel
got "back“ to England via the KHANABAD kennels of Margaret Niblock.
Juliette de B.-L. left Britain shortly after the Nissim’s Laurel litter,
lived in Israel, breeding Afghans, lived on a Greek island, breeding
Afghans, reared them "naturally“, travelled a lot around the world, and
became "The Legend“ that is Turkuman. We understand that "Nissim" was the name of Juliette's
brother who was killed in the Spanish Civil War and Juliette perpetuated his name by including
it in the name of some of the Turkuman's.
Ortrud.Roemer-Horn, Germany, 1998
(Ortrud.Roemer-Horn@t-online.de)
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