3.1.2 Edward B. Jenner collection of show poodle photographs, 1971-2004

Owner, breeder, and judge Edward Baker Jenner (1925-2005) was active in the field for most of his life. He attended the Westminster Dog Show at the age of 9, and within two years won his first Best of Breed, never missing the competition again for the rest of his life. At his death he was one of only five people to have two Westminster Best in Show winners: white standard Poodle Ch. Acadia Command Performance (1973) and Pekingese Ch. Wendessa Crown Prince (1990). "Bart," as his champion poodle was known, earned his title as only a 9-month-old at the Chicago International and was a controversial pick at WKC, eliciting some boos and hisses, but defended by the judge based on his "exuberance."

Jenner founded Knolland Farm, originally a famous champion Saddlebred horse farm, in Elburn and later Richmond, Illinois. In the 1970s he converted Knolland into a kennel based in Burlington, in which he also raised Beagles.

He was an AKC judge for over fifty years, and frequently presided over Poodle Club of America specialties. Upon his death, handler Frank Sabella, who appears in many of the images, commented that "it is an end of an era in this sport," as "There are no more people like him who are in the sport just because they love it, not to win. He was as great as a loser as he was as a winner. I never heard him say an unkind word about a judge when his dogs didn't win, never."