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Date Posted: Tue, Feb 21, 05:45:50pm CST
Author: Rex
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Subject: Re: dog history
In reply to: Bob Munson 's message, "Re: dog history" on Mon, Feb 20, 07:19:22pm CST

>>I truly enjoy looking at old leopard history. I like
>>the old yearbooks, pedigrees, dog photos and
>>especially personal experiences. Several of you were
>>fortunate to hunt with many of the foundation stock
>>and many older leopards. Believe me I envy you. While
>>looking at a coule old yearbooks on this cold weekend
>>I have a couple to ask about. 1st Burr Oak Preacher
>>owned by Bob Munson. I remember Sherman Borders
>>speaking highly of him. He was considering breeding
>>his Yell-o-belle female to him. Can't recall if that
>>happened or not? You rarley see him in a pedigree.
>>Lets hear from a few fellas on him. Next would be a
>>dog owned by a fella I felt fortunate to call a
>>friend. The dog was Bennitt's Hoosier Matt,owned by
>>Dale Bennitt. I believe Dale got him out west. Kansas
>>comes to mind? Anyone hunt with him or know if he was
>>bred? He was I believe the last living son of Matt
>>Dillon(Buckhorn Valley Matt). would also like to hear
>>from anyone that was fortunate to hunt with Bennitt's
>>Buck and the Black Gal. If you have an intersting
>>story about a dog not mentioned above feel free to
>>ring in!
>Perry,
> To answer your question about "Burr Oak Preacher",
>everyone that knew or hunted with him ,knew him as
>"Block".Yes Sherm did breed him to Belle. I had a nice
>blue male from that litter that started early. A
>friend had been hunting him for me and coyotes killed
>him. Don't know what happened to the rest of the
>litter. I only bred Block to a couple of females. I
>was mainly a hunter, and I guess you'd have to say
>Block was a once in a lifetime type of dog. He was a
>stand on the tree every breath treedog. No tree or
>dog fight in him. He would tree a layup that hadn't
>been on the ground, or an old long gone track just
>about any night of the year that you took a notion to
>pull your boots on. I kept him til he died of old age.
>I guess I'll go back to lurking now. Good hunting
>fellas, Bob Munson
The good ole' days! As most know, i grew up hunting with many of the early breeders and dogs directly off foundation stock. Owned several first generation dogs, such as Doe Valley Queen, who was sired by Ottis Edge's old Treivor, dam was Cumberland Valley Jezebell. My first Lep, Dutchman Creek Ranger, was from the famous cross, O'Neill Bennett's Buck and Black Gal. I never hunted with either, but hunted with many off them. Oneill's Mack, Tex, Tommy Byrd's Dolly, Noah Leggett's Sugar Blossum, to name just a couple. They were all extrodinary track dogs, ran ever track like it was red hot. Many thought this cross was what put the track power in this strain a few of us still have today. I owned many dogs sired by the Gold Nuggett, and trained several others for friends. Nuggetts pups were very hard, wide hunters and never seemed to wind down. Hussle is what I saw in them. Hunted many dogs sired by Nimrod and Elrod. Two different dogs, and ddifferent type offspring. O'Neill Bennett's ole King was sired by Elrod, out of Black Gal. King was a tireless hunter, it seemed that on our many "all nite Hunts", after about three in morning, King really shined, he finished bad tracks and found trees other good dogs missed. When King treed, you knew it! He was a very loud, powerful tree dog. Stood straight up on tree. When he treed, the coon was usually there. Often, King would tree alone , near dawn, and O'Neill would say "come on, let's go get something to eat, and then go get King's coon". After breakfast, we'ed go get him, and the coon, and take fresh dogs and hunt til aftewr sun way up.King was one of my very favorites. I gave ole Queen to ONeill and he bred her to King. Figure out that pedigree! My Radar dog was from that, looked like a Plott Cur.
Thomas Lee Goodwin ALWAYS kept real good dogs. He was real fond of Skiles' Hammer, who he got from Larry Singlton. I have a letter, Larry wrote me,telling about how he told his wife , how he justified paying such a big price for Hammer, and then, Delilah !! Have good pictures of them, and fond memories of Larry coming to our hunts, here. Thomas Lee talked me into buying "Little Lep" from John England, as both him and my buddy Noah Leggett, thought those dogs had tree power and were using that to cross on our eastern strain. Lep was indded special, and I'm glad to have owned him. I,d like to tell about Noah Leggett and Wayne Rogerson, and their dogs: but that's another story....Rex

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