There was no BEST IN SHOW award in 1923. The American Kennel Club barred interbreed competition for 1923 except in the Miscellaneous Class. Comprehensive new rules for Group & Best in Show judging were adopted effective for 1924.
The six species in the genus Didelphis, commonly known as large American opossums, are members of the Didelphimorphia order. The genus is composed of cat-sized omnivorous species, and are recognized on their prehensile tails and the tendency to play possum when cornered.
Through works such as these, Sophists were portrayed as specious or deceptive, hence the modern meaning of the term. The term originated from Greek ÏÏÏÎ¹ÏÎ¼Î±, sophisma, from ÏÎ¿ÏÎ¯Î¶Ï, sophizo I am wise; confer ÏÎ¿ÏÎ¹ÏÏÎ®Ï, sophistÄs, meaning wise-ist, one who does wisdom, and ÏÎ¿ÏÏÏ, sophÃ³s means wise man.