New York park goes to the dogs for 25th Halloween dog parade
A park went to the dogs in a grand way on Saturday, hosting what was billed as the nation’s largest Halloween dog parade.
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A park went to the dogs in a grand way on Saturday, hosting what was billed as the nation’s largest Halloween dog parade, with hundreds of canines submitting to their owners’ fanciful desires to see them in costumes as superheroes, dinosaurs and the pope. AP
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Thousands of spectators lapped it up, mingling with nearly 400 four-legged contestants around a stage in Manhattan’s Tompkins Square Park. Every imaginable breed was paraded one by one to preen before judges in the hopes of a Best in Show award at the 25th annual outing, which raises money for the park’s dog run. AP
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The prize was won by some Dallas contestants who tapped into the Halloween spirit with a Day of the Dead-themed presentation that included two Chihuahuas and a Yorkshire terrier. Last year, a doggy version of Rose and Jack from the movie “Titanic” captured the title. AP
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his year, there were all types of dinosaurs, perhaps capitalizing on the excitement generated by the recent release of the “Jurassic World” film, and dogs posing as an alligator, a dragon, a fisherman and characters from “The Wizard of Oz” and “The Flintstones.” AP
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One dog, accompanied by a woman wearing a nun’s habit, was dressed as Pope Francis. AP
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Not only were the costumed dogs not barking up the wrong tree in the park surrounded by dog lovers, they mostly weren’t barking at all, no surprise to Krzywicki, who watched Daisy Mae shy away from the affection of strangers. He suggested stage fright had set in. AFP
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