Each breed is judged separately, and at night the breed winners are brought back for the group judging.

Four of the seven groups were judged yesterday, breed by breed, with the breed winners returning at night for the group judging.

These best of breed winners then compete to win best in show.

Leo the Komondor, probably the most imposing and unusual of the 91 returning breed winners from 1991's Westminster, put his white dreadlocks in motion and kept his winning streak alive yesterday by capturing his 260th consecutive best-of-breed blue ribbon.

Breed judging was held yesterday morning and afternoon in four groups, and the breed winners in each group were judged last night for group honors.

The breed winner was Ch.

Over two days of judging in the chaotic breed rings, the 2,500 contenders, 90 of them returning breed winners from last year's show, are whittled down to seven group winners for the best-in-show round.

Eighty-two breed winners, in 1992, are again entered.

The show was becoming more focused now, with breed winners all gathering in the central ring for the seven group competitions.

Last year, he repeated as breed winner, captured the group award and then finished a close second to Ch.