{"id":493,"date":"2025-11-23T13:24:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T13:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assshirts.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/23\/the-look-of-a-westminster-champion\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T13:24:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T13:24:38","slug":"the-look-of-a-westminster-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assshirts.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/23\/the-look-of-a-westminster-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Look of a Westminster Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The expressions on this dog’s face are priceless, and you don’t need to know his place in history to appreciate the photos of Kippax Fearnought<\/a> that were taken by LIFE staff photographer George Silk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But in fact the dog does have a place in history, which in why LIFE featured this grumpy-looking fellow its Feb. 28, 1955 issue<\/a>. Fearnought had just won the Westminster Kennel Club dog show<\/a>, which was a rarity for a bulldog.<\/p>\n

Here’s what LIFE said about the result:<\/p>\n

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With his whiskers properly clipped and his nose vaselined to bring out the highlights, an English-born bulldog, Ch. Kippax Fearnought, won U.S. dogdom’s top laurels, the best in show award of the Westminster Kennel Club’s show in New York’s Madison Square Garden. First in his breed to win the award since 1913 and only the second to win the award since it was established in 1907, Fearnought was brought to the U.S. 14 months ago by Dr. J.A. Saylor of Long Beach, Calif., who bought him after seeing his picture in a magazine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In the years since these photos were taken, Fearnought’s place in history has only become more precious, because since 1955 show no other bulldog has joined him on the Best in Show list<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But all talk of prizes aside, it’s these looks that are winning. If you can’t get enough of them, check out this Facebook group dedicated to Grumpy English Bulldogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Kippax Fearnought, here going through his grooming routine in 1955, is the last bulldog to win Best in Show at the Westminster competition.<\/p>\n

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Kippax Fearnought, here going through his grooming routine in 1955, is the last bulldog to win Best in Show at the Westminster competition.<\/p>\n

George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Kippax Fearnought, here going through his grooming routine in 1955, is the last bulldog to win Best in Show at the Westminster competition.<\/p>\n

George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Kippax Fearnought, here going through his grooming routine in 1955, is the last bulldog to win Best in Show at the Westminster competition.<\/p>\n

George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Kippax Fearnought, here going through his grooming routine in 1955, is the last bulldog to win Best in Show at the Westminster competition.<\/p>\n

George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Kippax Fearnought, here going through his grooming routine in 1955, is the last bulldog to win Best in Show at the Westminster competition.<\/p>\n

George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Kippax Fearnought, here going through his grooming routine in 1955, is the last bulldog to win Best in Show at the Westminster competition.<\/p>\n

George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Kippax Fearnought, here going through his grooming routine in 1955, is the last bulldog to win Best in Show at the Westminster competition.<\/p>\n

George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Kippax Fearnought, here going through his grooming routine in 1955, is the last bulldog to win Best in Show at the Westminster competition.<\/p>\n

George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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