Tennis, or Terriers? US Open’s Home Hosts Famed Dog Show

Tennis, or Terriers? US Open’s Home Hosts Famed Dog Show
A handler and his dog compete in the agility preliminaries inside Arthur Ashe stadium during the 147th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on May 6, 2023. Mary Altaffer/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—They’re at the top of their sport. They’re primed to run down tennis balls. So perhaps it’s perfectly natural that about 3,000 top-flight canines are converging on the grounds of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, where the Westminster Kennel Club dog show began Saturday.

It’s a new venue for the nearly 150-year-old event, now back in New York City after a two-year, pandemic-induced sojourn in the suburbs.