This is the whole passage and what is the last sentence means?
In 1877, New York was well on its way to becoming the world's greatest city. This was the year that a group of sporting gentlemen decided that this would be a good time to hold a dog show in Manhattan. It didn't take long before the Westminster Kennel Club, following the lead of its home town, would be on its way to becoming the world's greatest dog show.
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The dog show was becoming the world's greatest dog show. This gave the dog show something in common with its home town (New York), since New York was becoming the world's greatest city. Both the dog show and New York were in the process of becoming the greatest in the world at what they were.
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the last sentence means, a short period of time after that, the Westminster Kennel Club became the world's greatest dog show
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When the Westminster Kennel Club startet the dogshow in Manhattan, that show was in just a little time the greatest and most popular dogshow in the world. Just as their example - the city where the show was hold (New York) - had become the biggest city of the world.
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what DOES the last sentence MEAN?
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