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The title of Best in Show is awarded annually to the dog chosen as winner of the dog show Crufts, according to conformation show rules. This title was first awarded in 1928, the initial winner being Primley Sceptre, a fawn Greyhound. Previously, Crufts had used the title of Best Champion, sponsored by the Illustrated Kennel News and awarded from 1905 to 1914. The most successful breed in the modern era since the title of Best in Show was introduced has been the English Cocker Spaniel. Of the breed's seven show titles, all but one of them were owned and bred by H. S. Lloyd from the "of Ware" kennel. Only four dogs have won Best in Show on more than one occasion, and on three of these occasions they were English Cocker Spaniels owned by Lloyd. The fourth occasion was a Labrador Retriever named Bramshaw Bob, owned by the second-most successful breeder in the show's history, Countess Lorna Howe. (Full list...)