NEW YORK — A beagle wagging her tail a mile a minute has become America’s top dog.
Miss P pulled an upset, winning best in show Tuesday night at the 139th Westminster Kennel Club at Madison Square Garden.
The 4-year-old is related to Uno, who in 2008 became the only other beagle to win at the nation’s most prominent dog show.
Miss P beat out Matisse, a Portguese water dog that was the top-winning male in show dog history — and a cousin of President Barack Obama’s family pet Sunny.
Judge David Merriam also picked her in the best-of-seven final ring over old English sheepdog from Colorado Springs, Swagger, who clearly was the crowd favorite; a standard poodle; a shih tzu — owned by Patty Hearst, the heiress whose 1974 kidnaping became a political flash point; an English springer spaniel; and a Skye terrier. The Skye was second.
