"Winter" is a slow maturing Whippet.  Despite his still looking very much the puppy, we decided to take him out and see what he would do in the ring this spring.  Winter delighted us by picking up his first 2 points under sighthound judge Lloyd Allewell.  Though it was tempting to keep on showing him, we realized that he needed more time, so kept him home over the summer with the idea to bring him out in the fall of 2000 to compete for his championship.