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In 1898, Chauncy Bennet formed the UKC, a breed registry aimed
solely at the registration and acceptance of pitbulls.
The AKC had wanted nothing to do with pitbulls, so Bennet
sought to create an organization that would represent the breed as
performance dogs.
Mr. Bennet added ?American? and initially dropped ?Pit? from the
APBT?s name but public outcry let to ?Pit? being added back
to the name - thus the American Pit Bull Terrier.
For a pitbull to be accepted into the UKC the
dog had to have won three fights - a requirement that was
later dropped.
Another registry that was started solely for APBT?s, the
American Dog Breeders Association was born in 1909.
The ADBA was started by Guy McCord who was a close
friend of one of the founding fathers of the modern APBT,
John P. Colby.
The ADBA was created to test the performance quality of a
APBT without actual pit fighting; the ADBA?s main focus was
on weight pulling competitions with a spattering of conformation shows.
The AKC decided to register Pit Bulls but under a different name -
the Staffordshire Terrier, which was later changed to the American Staffordshire Terrier
in 1972, or AST. Up until 1936, Pit Bulls and AST?s were physically identical.
After 1936, AST?s were bred solely for conformation and their breed requirements
became much more stringent. | |
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