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W.C.C.'s Assassinator ROM

"Assassinator" was born on June 12,1986. Her father was the 4x winner, Jacobs and Hicks' "Assassin 1". "Assassin 1" won his four matches in dominating fashion. He didn't have an overly hard mouth, but he had the speed and ability to beat his opponent to almost every hold and to out wrestle them once he got there. He could make his opponents look so bad that their handlers would end up thinking their dog was sick or not "Right" that particular day. His brother the 8x winner "Assassin 2" shared these traits. In "Assassin 1's" fifth match he competed against a dog that was considered an Ace by all who had seen him. Goodtimes' "Spike" had won over two good dogs in the mid-west in very impressive fashion. His father was the famous Ch."Jeep" R.O.M. and his mother was Goodtimes' Ch."Sheena". This turned out to be one of the best matches of all time, for the first hour "Spike" took more than very few dogs could withstand, and then turned it around and at the two and a half hour mark, "Assassin 1's" handler asked for a scratch to continue. "Assassin" ran a falling crawling scratch that most there considered one of the GAMEST they had ever witnessed! At about the three-hour mark, "Assassin 1" was nearly finished and "Spike" was asked to scratch to win. He completed his scratch but before he did his handler stepped out of his corner. The foul was granted by the referee and the match was called a draw.

Now you may be wondering, isn't this a story on "Assassinator"?? Yes it is, but to appreciate what she is I believe it's important to understand what her father was. Before this last match, "Assassin 1" was bred to a game bitch from Ch."Boze" and Ch."Hog Dog". Ch."Boze" was a very good littermate to the very well-known Gr.Ch."Miss Rage". Ch."Hog Dog" was a very well bred bitch down from "Tramp Red Boy", so this was line breeding on "Tramp Red Boy". F.Jacobs kept "Assassinator" as his pick of the litter; she looked impressive in her schooling and was matched three times "off the chain". She inherited much of the speed and ability of her father along with a considerable mouth. This may have been the result of a hybrid effect or come from her grandfather Ch."Boze" as his line was noted for strong mouth.

It was shortly after this that we first became involved with the "Assassin" dogs. We had worked fairly close with Goodtimes in the past, he was one who always had an eye for a good line of dogs and always wanted to try some new blood. He talked me into taking a trip with him out to F.Jacobs' place with the intention of picking up a couple of dogs from this line. We went out to South Carolina and came back with several dogs. A few showed promise so we talked to Jacobs about getting some more, Jacobs was looking to get out of the dogs at this time and offered to sell us "Assassinator". We had seen her when we first went to his place but he would not discuss selling her at that time. Now he was willing to sell her bred to "Assassin 2", I've no doubt that part of the reason he was willing to sell her was because he knew we would take good care of her. At the same time that we went to get "Assassinator" we went to the Carolina Kittens place and bought "Devil Deacon", now an R.O.M. producer. While we liked "Assassin" blood we thought we needed some tight "Red Boy" blood to breed back to it to get the type of dog we wanted. The first time "Assassinator" came into heat we bred her to Goodtimes' "Josh", a 2x winner and brother to Ch."Sheena", the bitch that produced the "Spike" dog. He basically bred down from some old Corvino blood mixed with Ch."Rascal" and "Buster" blood. "Josh" was an excellent dog and while this was pretty much a complete outcross, these turned out to be some very good dogs. The next time we bred "Assassinator" it was to "Deacon". "Deacon" was checked out in an "off the chain" roll in such impressive fashion we turned down $5000.00 for him after the roll. "Assassinator" or "Nator" as we called her, gave us a litter of eleven pups and raised them all. It's interesting that we had trouble selling them, probably because potential buyers didn't really know about the "Assassin" dogs at that time. As a result we ended up keeping a large portion of the litter. This probably led to better management of the dogs from this litter than many other litters in that we were fairly careful to put them in the hands of good dogmen.

From this litter came Ch."Betty" a 3x winner and 2x Best In Show winner, (one of her wins was a one match show); Ch."Becky" a 3x winner, all over top competition; Ch. "Doris", DEADGAME in her third; Ch."Ben Aid" a 3x winner, all his teeth were gone by the time he was shown for his first match. He was also DEADGAME in his last match.

Besides these champions there was several other good dogs in this litter, Bart's "Bea Bea" won and lost her third to DSK's "Choo Choo"; "Crybaby" a very game 1x winner; "Keri" was very impressive in her schooling but was held back for brood; another bitch lost all her teeth at a young age and was kept for brood; another male got off his chain at his owners; there was also two other males in this litter that quit. In all that litter eight of eleven showed GAME.

Shortly after having this litter "Nator" developed a spinal problem that eventually led us to having to put her to sleep. A ruptured disc led to her rear legs being partially paralyzed. We had to put her to sleep in 1994, we had bred before her condition got really bad and had a litter of three that all died. Right to the end she was a very affectionate bitch that we were all very found of.

Dirty Red

WCC'S ASSASSINATOR

Crenshaw's Ch Brutus is one of the many produced off the well known, White's Tab ROM male and White's Irene ROM. He has proven himself worthy in many ways, only time will tell if he too will produce like his parents.

CRENSHAW'S BRUTUS

Patrick's Bull Boy Bob ROM

Bull Boy Bob was retired at a young age after winning his first, which allowed him to continiue producing till he was 13 years old. He was a well known stud dog coming directly off of Indian Bolio, he sired many game dogs and winners in every litter. He sired the famous Boyle's CH Bobby Jr., Gonzalez's Gr Ch Midnight, Mason's Ch Hammer, among other winners.

PATRICK'S BULL BOY BOB

Giroux' Ch Booger ROM

Giroux' Ch. Booger was born Nov. 27, 1978. Booger was bred by Dennis McNeil and Stan Duke. At a young age of six weeks, he moved into the home of Geatan Dinelle. There he became a house dog and at the tender age of six months he started, and never stopped.

Booger was very strong and had a very hard bite. He was well behaved and made a good watch dog. When you walked him he was always looking for trouble, and never try to take a bone away from him.

Booger was then purchased by Alan Waldman in 1982, until then he had been rolled but never matched. He was game tested, and this almost cost him his life. But it did prove him to be as great as Dinelle said he was. In May, 1982, his first match was with Timothy Ian, that lasted :38 minutes. His next match was with Lefty in November, 1982, it lasted :20 minutes. His third match was into Angelo & Ashton's Barron. At 10 minutes, his front end was down, but he went on to win in :48 minutes, this was his hardest match.

His ability as a match dog was over shadowed by his ability to produce. He was bred about twelve times and of those twelve breedings about half produced litters. Of those few breedings he sired many winning dogs like Gr. Ch. Booker out of Scarlet. Ch.'s Coco Stanley, Crush and Stryker out of Losco's Coleen ROM. B & W's Ch. Spice and Joker and numerous 1 and 2 time winners.

GIROUX' BOOGER

Fat Bill's Ch Bolero

Many people believe Bolero did not produce since she is not stated as a ROM. Yet, that is wrong. She produced several good dogs as well as known producers.

For example, Fat Bill & TVK's Ripper POR, was an accomplishment of the breeding of Bolero to Frisco. Ripper herself produced Ch Arangadange (mother of Ch Huckleberry), Wicked 3x 2l (dead game), Gr Ch Bo, Ch Sooevil, Ch Tweater, Moon 2x, Nikey 1x, and many other winners.

Another example is when she was bred to Mountain Man's Bandit POR, she produced Fat Bill's Two Eyes ROM. Whom went on to produce Ch Huckleberry, Ch Mr. Rabbit, Ch Pay Day, and other various winners.

This is only a touch of the dog lines Bolero changed.

FAT BILL'S BOLERO (4XW)

Patrick's Commander White Head

Patrick's Commander White Head is not only one of the sons of famous Indian Bolio, but, a triple bred daughter/father son of Indian Bolio. Commander White Head is also the father of Hobb's Tuffy 1x; whom can be found in Garner's Frisco.

PATRICK'S COMMANDER WHITEHEAD

Ratliff's Daisy Mae ROM

Mr.Mark bred an old Loposay bitch named Red Lady to a double bred Ch.Jocko male named Chris Groucho. Out of this breeding came a gyp named Mark's Newland who was bred to a producing double bred Bass Tramp Red Boy named Miller's Red man. Out of this breeding came a bitch named Collin's Red Alert. Red Alert was bred to the above S.T.P.'s Ch.Toro to get Onello's Sherman the Tank and Onello's Twisted Sister. These two dogs were then bred together to get Goodson's Little Man, Onello's Spook, and Ratliff's Daisy Mae(ROM)

Ratliff's Daisy Mae was bred to Gr.Ch.Buck(ROM) to get Ratliff's Ch.Butkus(4XW)(1XLGame), and Undertaker Kennel's Miss Leaky(ROM). This was a phenomenal cross.. Ch.Butkus was used off the chain as a substitute dog in his loss. . He was bred to Miss Leaky(ROM) to Get Super Kennel's Ch.357. Daisy Mae was also bred to a Scatterbred Jeep/Patrick/Zebo dog named Bobby Jack to get Ch.Thunder and Ch.Terry.

RATLIFF'S DAISY MAE

Boyles' Dirty Mary ROM

Dirty Mary is one of the most popular dogs in the Boyles line today. This female has produced Champions and other known producers. A few are Ch Bolt Action ROM, Ch Mr. Rogers, Ch Reno ROM, Lugnut 1x, Clyde the Undertaker 2x, and many other fine dogs. Direct daughter of Gr Ch Hank and out of Red Baby, she was made to produce.

BOYLES' DIRTY MARY

Art's Missy ROM

Art's Missy is a well known name and can be found in many pedigrees today. She is a full sister to Gr Ch Boomerang, Brown's Ch Nel, and Petronelli's Ch Fox.

Though Missy was not a Champion like her littermates, she produced many Champions and Grand Champions in her time along with various other well known dogs. For example Wood's Snooty, Carver's Ch Diamond, Holt's Jeremiah 2x, Hood & Grieves Ch Ty, Jackson's Amos Moses 2x, Jackson's Ch Bocephus, and Loposay's Buster ROM.

Art's Missy ROM had a great impact on the sporting dogs of then and today with their decendants.

ART'S MISSY

Garner's Elmo 1x

Elmo was sent to a person as a gift. He arrived up here as a 15 month old never touched dog. He won into very good comp up this way said partners hands in 37 minutes. He never got BIS either, should have yes, but it was given to the person that hosted the shows that night, even though the dog he showed Skinner had gone into a dog named Disco that was a piece of crap. Elmo had stopped the Disco dog in 17 minutes off the chain pushing over 5 pounds before Disco ever met Skinner. Skinner beat the Disco dog at their actual true weights but it took him just over 20. Skinner was a foul fighter, nothing more. He later went on to go into the Blackjack dog that Shaw had, and it was an easy spot for Shaw to pick. The Skinner dog only got BIS the night Elmo was shown because the show was put on by Skinners owner, and because most knew that he was looking to go into Blackjack next. Many said to the handler of Elmo that he deserved BIS, so did many others, but that's life. Elmo could have easily have been championed out, but some personal issues at that time between myself and a partner got in the way of that happening. It was unfortunate, but those things happen. We both look back at that time now with some regrets, but the partnership and friendship has been able to be salvaged as a result. Elmo was eventually sent back to Tom as a proven stud dog, and Tom replaced him with his belly brother who lived with me for about 3 years and was bred 3 times during that time. He's now down on my partners yard where he will see more breeding in the years to come. He appears at this time to throw more mouth into his offspring then Elmo did. Although we believe that Elmo's brother appears to throw more mouth into his offspring, we are also aware that Elmo was the far more talented dog of the two. Elmo didn't win that night as a result of mouth. He won by pure talent. He never had the opportunity to show his mouth, as his opponenet never stuck there long enough. There was only one scratch by the other dog before he packed it in, and had a handle not been able to be had on the other dog, he would have quit much sooner. Many said it would take one hell of a dog just to stick with Elmo. What Tom has back on his yard is a 1 in 100 dog. He throws talent into his offspring plain and simple. He's proven to produce with cold dogs, and dogs that are less than average, so I'm quite sure for those who want exceptional dogs, they will have no problems finding many winners in the years to come that are off of Elmo bred to bitches off of Tom's yard. Elmo has also thrown the longest Frisco bred show dog to date. The Minnie Mo dog that recently went 3:08, but due to a handling choice that we agree now was in error it could have gone longer (closer to 3 1/2 to 4 hrs.). Both Mo and his opponent where tremendous specimens in exceptional dogmens hands.

GARNER'S ELMO

Garner's Frisco ROM

Garner's Frisco is a well known dog name. Being one of the most known sons of Garner's Ch Chinaman ROM. He died on September 18, 2000 of old age.

GARNER'S FRISCO

Giroux' Ch Gunner ROM

Giroux' Ch Gunner ROM is one amoung many found in pedigrees today. He sired Crenshaw's Ch Otis ROM, Giroux' Ch Trip, Giroux' Ch Ben, and many other winners.

Gunner also has a brother named Cooper's Ch Black Jack.

Kamakazee Kennels' Hunter Red ROM

Hunter Red was originally owned by James C., I spoke to him about Hunter Red about a year back, and he said that he sold Hunter Red to Thomas S. because he was a poor quality match dog.

Thomas subsequently owned the dog for quite a while and the stud fee was fairly low, around .US if my memory is correct. He was bred a lot, some say over 200 times. He has produced well thought with many 1 and 2 time winners to his credit plus a couple of champions. Thomas later sold him to the Tennessean along with some excellent dogs that Thomas had Championed and Grand Championed from Robert H.'s stock. Robert H. got rid of most of his yard when he went over to Iraq during the Gulf War. Who knew such an exceptional litter would have been produced out of Robert's old ROM Booger bitch. Anyways this is a little off topic, but somewhat related. The Tennessean consequently raised the stud fee price for Hunter Red to .US. This is good and bad, first the good. Higher stud fee will get rid of a lot of people who are just looking to peddle paper and will bring in the more serious dogman with good proven bitches. The bad is that some will think that a high stud fee means a great producer. I personally think Hunter Red is a very good producer, who will show better offspring now, because he is being bred to better bitches.

Hunter Red also had two excellent brothers. One is the ROM Deacon dog and the dead game Ch. Radar Man. Deacon unlike Hunter Red was a match quality dog, and has produced exceptionally well considering the number of breedings that were made with him. Some say ROM is not an indication of producing ability, that it could be just a lucky litter. That's true, but Deacon has also produced the multi winning Don King dog, and a number of 1 and 2 time winners. Deacon is also only the second Red Boy male to reach ROM status. the first was Yellow John. Hunter Reds main breeding areas were the southern states, while Deacon was bred in the more northern states. It is true that some would say the Red Boy dogs are soft mouth dogs, but there is no doubt about their gameness. Mouth can always be added. Gameness should still be the primary concern. A lot more could be said about these dogs, so I hope someone will jump in and continue this.

Mr. Jeep

Note: Since I wrote this article Hunter Red has reached ROM status.

***Notes/Adjustments:

There are a few discrepencies in the story, as I have pointed out to the author.

1) HUNTER RED was owned by Mr Duprel before JC got him and Mr Duprel is responsible for breeding the first CH off of HUNTER RED, CH TOPPER(who, by the way, is the littermate to PAW PAW's mother).

2) RADAR MAN was not dead game, he quit his last time up and was put down even though people at pit side were begging to be allowed to take him home.

3) All of the other dogs that made CH off of HUNTER RED were produced by TS, before the Tennessean got him. I attribute this to the fact that the Tennessean was very hard on dogs, even starting them very young and treating them as if they had been schooled out. At times looking at them for :45 TO 1:00 the first time they were touched.

4) The Tennessean originally set the stud fee at , which is what I payed to breed to HUNTER RED in '94. Shortly after I bred to him the fee went up to .


Now here is some info not contained in the story:

1) HUNTER RED produced at least one more CH that JK will not recognize due to personal animosity to her owner. This little b###h, LADY, is a legitimate 3XW all reported but she quit her 4th time up. She was taking a killing when she stood the line. Her owner submitted a request for her CH certificate and when JK didn't put it in the next SDJ, he called JK up and gave him a piece of his mind. JK still has not issued her certificate.

2) HUNTER RED has a number of 1XW's and 2XW's out there although due to the level of competition they went into, a number of them didn't survive to go on to make CH.

3) In the litter that I raised out of HUNTER RED(a 10 pup litter), 2 were sold at an early age to get my stud fee back, 1 froze to death when I was sick and my brother was taking care of my dogs, 1 proved dead game in a kennel accident, 1 busted out all her teeth at a young age(but passed her game test even without teeth, and I still own her), 2 died in accidents before they were old enough to be looked at, 2 were culled(even though one went 1:24 in his test), and 1 after passing her test, was bred once then a nephew got loose and killed her in an accident(there is only 1 pup that lived out of her 1 litter). I often wonder "what if" I had had a little more experience under my belt before trying to raise such a high caliber litter like this one proved to be...

---Hachiman

KAMAKAZEE KENNELS' HUNTER RED

Santa's Gr Ch Mongoose

Bred by Rushin Kennels, Mongoose or "Goose" as he is commonly called won his first three for the Havana Boys. Havana Chico ran into some problems and had to sell him, which is when we acquired him and finished him off for his Grand Championship.

It is hard to describe Goose’s "Pit Manor". You would put him in the box and he seemed to know that he was going to win. While the other dog looked angry and anxious, Goose always seemed calm and determined. Once the ref. announced "Release", he would trot at a medium pace and meet the dog in the center. It was once they met Goose showed his true splendor. Goose was the kind of a dog that fought from his heart straight to his mouth, not the other way around like a lot of hardmouthed dogs do. He would walk into ten hits just to get his one, and when he did the other dog would look up at you, his eyes seeming to say, "Why couldn’t I have been born a Poodle?" He never shook real hard or bit sporadically. He would just grab a leg and sink his teeth into it until it broke, then he’d move to another leg. After that, if the other dog was willing or able to scratch, he would hit the chest. This would accomplish putting the dog out of his misery most times, except for the case when the other dog had enough juice left in him to jump the wall.

Goose was not only tremendous in the box, but he was good around people too. He always seemed to be relaxed, not barking much either. He’d sit and let birds bathe in his water bowl, and roll on his back to let puppies nip at his chest and his feet. And as soon as you showed him the mill, he would jump right on and practically condition himself, hardly stopping to take a deep breath. You couldn’t ask for a better dog, he was an "Ace", and anyone who has seen him go will agree, I’m sure.

Goose is currently under the watchful eye of a close friend, Mr. Bill. Bill’s medical knowledge has made it possible for Goose to still be with us. I am glad to say, Goose is alive and well because of it. Grand Champion Goose now waits to be bred, and have his offspring make him a Register of Merit. Of the dogs he has already put on the ground there are several winners. Hemlock’s Badger 1xw in 1 hr. 14 min., Havana Chico’s Goose Jr. 1xw in 3hrs!!!, and Mr. Bill’s Ms. Goose 2xw.

Yours in sport,

Santa & The Heartbreak Kid

Jersey Boy’s Maniac 23 minutes 32

Cuban Cowboy’s Bullet 14 minutes 34

Brown Shoes’ Champ 25 minutes 33.5

Upstate Kennels’ Nate 1 hr. 14 minutes 35

Frank P’s Benny 28 minutes 35.5

SANTA'S MONGOOSE

Gator Boy's Ch Mickey

Harry Hargroves made a breeding on his yard with Otter's Ch. Tonka Bear ROM bred to his gyp Tramp, who was a daughter of the 6X winner Rufus. She whelped the litter in August 15, 1993. This litter was sold to Benny, of Hard Core Kennels, due to personal problems of Harry's

Mickey was sold and rolled twice at the age of 16 months and was considered to be too shy, by Virginia O. and was offered to Tony from NYC. But, Tony never went to pick Mickey up. The Gator Boyz saw Mickey rolled and liked what the shy dog showed them and took him home with them to NY. Mickey quickly overcame his shyness and by December of 1995 he was hooked into the Havana Boys at 41 lbs. The Havana Boys brought in their killer of two, in rolls, named Antone. Mickey proved to be too much for Antone and had Antone picked up at :22. For number two, Mickey was hooked into Demon Knights Kennels at 40 lbs. and their reputed hard mouth dog Ninja. Once again Mickey proved to be too much, and had Ninja picked up in :57. Now a two time winner, the Gator Boyz started looking to hook Mickey into some of the big named champions of that weight class: Millbuster's Ch. Homie and Second To None's Hugo. Both owners declined as they said their dogs were available only to champions.

Finally, America's Most Wanted had a 2X winning 40 lb. available. Lloyd came out barnstorming Mickey, but by :30 floyd had turned and at :50 and wouldn't go, thus making Mickey, the once too shy dog, a champion.

Now a champion, Millbuster's was called again in regard to Ch. Homie, but he was retired. Later it was said that Homie was involved in an accidental kennel fight and curred out, so Millbusters became nervous about matching him again. Dr. Doolittle and T. Garner was called in regard to then Ch. Simba, but a travel agreement could not be reached. Then another call was made to Second To None to see if Ch. Hugo was open, after some negotiations, a date and weight was set. Ch. Hugo shoots across into Mickey, by :30 Hugo is trying to hold Mickey out and at 1:21 Hugo calls it quits.

Mickey died in a kennel accident on March 1, 1997, he was bred a few times on the Gator Boyz yard.

GATORBOYS' MICKEY

Edward's Molly Bee

Many experienced dogmen but few newcomers know about this great match bitch "Molly Bee". The article is intended to inform those fanciers who are not farmiliar and those who are in question of this great bitch. Molly Bee was a well known bitch in the southeastern united states. Anyone who had a 44, 45, 46 pound bitch who was willing to wage a bet on her was at least aware that they may have to look across at Molly Bee. This bitch could end a match with one hold and most of her matches went only a few minutes. In fact her cumulative time of her eight matches doesn't total two hours!!

Molly Bee was bred by James Edwards and sold as a yearling to H. Hargrove. She won three times with Hargroves when he sold her to Larry Bass. R.E. Meansville conditioned and handled her for Bass and won five more with her. She retired after her eighth win but was stolen from Bass' yard and was never recovered.

Molly Bee was an Eli/Big Boy cross. The Big Boy seem to dominate her genetic make up and was also the make up in her offspring. Big Boy was a three time winner and a brother to Lonzo's Angie, who produced grand champion Zebo. And this connection to Zebo explains where the Big Boy dogs get their power and mouth from. It may also provide a clue on how to breed both these strains. Molly Bee's sire was Felton Stephenson's Big Ben, an Eli/Colby cross. Her dam was Edward's Nellie, who was a cold bitch from the Big Boy breeding. Molly Bee had three litters prior to her theft, Edwards bred her to Wood's Snooty ROM and produced Groves' 4x winner Red Danger, Brewer's Ch Red Lady, Edward's Junk, and grover's Co-Co, all were matched and shown well with the exception of Co-Co. Co-Co was a game bitch, who when bred to Lewis' Satan (Eli bred) produced Grove's 3X winner Boss Hog and Norman's Leroy.

Mr. Hargroves bred her to Finley's Ch Bo ROM who he owned at the time, I have no recognition of the pups off that breeding. There are a few descendants off of Molly Bee alive. Brewer's Red Lady owned by Tom Garner in '87, a bitch from the Bo breeding and Jackson's Warp were the only living dogs off of Molly Bee in "87".

BASS'(EDWARDS') MOLLY BEE

Krazyside's Ch Nino

It was 1997 when I was invited by Hidden Hollow Kennels to attend their five dog show in North Carolina. I was interested in buying a good dog, so I felt this was the perfect opportunity to hopefully come across one. I decided to drive down and spend a few days in the Carolina Hills and thought this would be a perfect time to meet T. Garner and E. Faron, who I had become acquainted with over the last couple of years over the phone. It was after meeting E. Faron that I was introduced to a man who would later become one of my best friends, Billye Roberts. I met a few new people and even bought a couple of dogs, however I still wasn't satisfied. A few days later I decided to hook up with Billye to see his yard. I asked Billye if he knew where I could find a good small male between 35-40 pounds. Billye thought for a minute and said, "Oh yes, there's a dog down the street that's killing everything in the neighborhood." I said, "Lets go", and off we were to see this dog. As we were driving up to the house, one black dog came into focus tied up on a chain in the back yard. Getting out of the car I said to Billye, "That is one Big Dog." I asked the owner why he wanted to sell him, he stated that he was going to college and wouldn't be able to care for him. Word travels quick in his neighborhood and before I knew it, several of his friends had come over trying to convince him not to sell this dog. I knew then I wanted to buy him. I was a little low on cash since buying two other dogs so I turned to my brother-in-law, who made the trip with me, and asked him if he was willing to invest in this dogs with me. The guy was only asking $600 for the dog and I couldn't pass this opportunity up. We had met a couple of guys earlier that day and they were willing to loan us the cash. It turned out to be the best $600 dollars I've ever spent.

The day had come to see the show we had been invited to. The first match was Greasy Corner Kid's Ch. Spanky and Garner's Ch. Simba, winner Greasy Corner's Ch. Spanky. After all the matches were over, we decided to see a couple of minutes out of this dog we had just purchased. Hidden Hollow Kennels had lost with their male and allowed us to bump into him for a few minutes. As I watch him go to work, I wasn't extremely impressed as I shrugged him off as an average dog. My brother-in-law, however, saw something different, he said, "Eljaye, this dog is special." After about 15 minutes we picked him up and headed back to Oklahoma. This black dog, whose name by the way is Nino, got a chain spot and sat on the yard untouched for a couple of months. One afternoon, a couple of friends of mine came by the yard and wanted to roll some dogs, I figured it was about time to see more of him. To make a short story even shorter, he stopped their dog in 15 minutes. I put him back on the chain for a couple more months. I later realized that Nino was turning 4 years old, I decided to see one more roll out of him as I was wanted to bring him out. I called up a very good friend of mine, who unfortunately passed away this year, and asked if he had anything for Nino. Again, to make it short, he killed his dog in 22 min, pushing 10 lbs. up hill. Nino was ready. I called out his weight at 46 1/2, a couple days later, Grinderman & Co. replied with a 2XW named Hall Boy. We set the date and joined a show hosted by SAGASA Kennels. We traveled to Arkansas and had two dogs going in that show, a bitch on Friday, and Nino on Saturday. It was show time, Saturday night, both dogs weighed in at 461/2, we washed them got in the box and released with Hall Boy on the head. It was even until Nino finds the chest. At the 27 minute mark, Hall Boy is picked up.

In the months to follow we healed Nino up and bred him to a couple of our bitches. We didn't have any immediate intentions on bringing him out until Red Man Kennels called us wanting to hook into him with a dog named Bolo. We accepted the challenge and agreed on a weight of 45 pounds this time. My brother/partner worked Nino for me, while I was on the road. I have to admit, I was nervous since I hadn't worked him myself. The match was only a few days away and I returned home for the match. Nino looked great and his weight was on the money. Once again, we weighed, washed and dropped in the pit. Both dogs hit hard in the middle with Nino again finding the chest and Bolo began to cur. Redman Kennels picked him up making Nino the winner in 6 min.

Nino was feeling good and we were looking for a Champion to go into. A month or so passed when we got word that we were allegedly dodging a dog called APK & Elliott's Ch. Red Devil. A couple of phone calls and the match with Red Devil was set at 45 lbs. We traveled to Kansas joining the Rocky Ridge Convention. Nino again was conditioned by my brother and his team. Nino was right on 45 while the other dog came in a pound light. Once in the box, we released with Red Devil on the nose and Nino again finding the chest. Nino was on a down dog when Ch Red Devil is picked up declaring Nino the Champion in 18 minutes. Nino also won Best of Show.

After some time we were unable to get Ch Nino hooked up so I had decided to retire him. A few more months had passed when I received a call from Brickhouse Kennels. They had a 46 male called Ch Benny Blanco. We immediately jumped on the challenge and agreed to travel to their backyard and also let them choose the judge. I called Vietnam Kennels and asked them to send me their War Keep, they told me if I want to win, I'll use it. I took their advice and Nino's conditioning began. I worked Nino the first 4 weeks, when my job took me on the road again. I turned to my brother again for the remaining 4 weeks of Nino's keep. I never doubted his ability to condition him nor his ability to follow the keep to very last detail. I knew Nino had to be ready and my brother was never available for my phone calls, instead his constant focus was on Nino.

I was completely at east until 12 days out from the match I got a phone call that Nino got 12 stitches in his leg from doing roadwork. The days began winding down and as the match date got closer, Nino was strongest at 45. We decided to give up a pound rather than bring him in sluggish. The match would take place in NY. I was already there when my brother, the team and Nino arrived a week prior to the show. It was a 23-hour trip and we wanted Nino to rest after travelling so far. As the show got closer, Nino began to Peak out. We were relaxing in the hotel room allowing Nino to roam freely out of his kennel one day before the show. Suddenly there was knock at the door, some friends from Wichita, Kansas had arrived, meanwhile Hidden Hollow Kennels staying in a room down the hall was walking his bitch who was matching on the same night as Nino. Nino shot out the open door and hit the 2XW in the hallway. After about a minute we got them apart. Neither dog was seriously injured instead, they were hungry for more. The day came and Nino was feeling good, another 45 minute drive to the location and we entered the spot where both dogs were weighed and washed. Blanco was dead on 46 and Nino as expected at 45. We released both dogs and before Nino really got out of the corner, Blanco caught him by the front leg, shook and popped a serious bleeder. Within the first 30 seconds Blanco snapped Nino's ankle. I must admit, I began to worry a little and Nino began to peal him off by the nose. Nino and I both knew that he had to keep Blanco off of him or he could be seriously hurt. It was even for the first 40 minutes, however Nino showing to be the stronger dog. At 45 a turn is called on Nino, with Nino making a hard 3-legged scratch. By the hour mark, we made a handle and Blanco makes a hard scratch. Nino starts to take control of the match as he was biting hard on the head. At the 1:30 mark Nino began to make Blanco sing. I really began to cheer Nino on after 4 scratches each. At 1:48 Ch Blanco is picked up and makes a slow courtesy scratch. Champion Nino is declared the winner. Ch. Nino has proven to us his ability to finish a dog quickly, his intelligence to adapt to his opponent and his gameness in staying in it for the long haul without the use of Steroids. Nino's road to victory has not been an easy journey. He's had all odds against him, travelling, weight, environment and still came out the victor when no one but us believed he could. Nino is being retired due to complications with his leg injury. I would like to thank my team, my brother/partner Teddy, my brother-in-law E-Love. Vietnam Kennels, Black and Blue Kennels, Eric (my yard man) and most of all my wife and the Lord for making this possible.

by Krazyside Kennels

THE ELI/OUTLAW BLOODLINE. WE CHOSE THIS BLOODLINE BECAUSE WE LIKE TO BREED FINISHERS. THIS BLOODLINE HAS SHOWN TO PRODUCE GREAT MOUTH, EXTREME INTENSITY AND GAMENESS. WE OUTCROSS WITH OTHER BLOODLINES TO ADD EVEN MORE GAMENESS AND ABILITY SUCH AS DEACON ROM, BOLIO, CARVER AND FRISCO.

By ELJAYE & MRS. KSK

KRAZYSIDE'S NINO (4XW)

Crenshaw's Ch Otis ROM

Otis is a well known dog of his day and the impact given to the American Pit Bull Terrier Lines. He was the father of GR CH Snake, Jones' Ch Bubba, Mead's Gr Ch Turfman, and many other winners.

CRENSHAW'S OTIS

P.R. Joe's & Machiavelli's Ch Opie

In April of '92, PR Joe had a gyp named Gunny, off of Ch. Coco and a bitch named Sarah, who was a very promising prospect. He was looking to get a male to breed to her in the future and heard about a litter of pups out of Ch. Coco and a double daughter of Cates' Nigerino, named Bathsheeba. Since PR Joe was pleased with Gunny and kept hearing good things about the Nigerino dogs, he decided he had to have a pup from this breeding.

He and his son drove out to the breeder's house and spent several hours observing the pups before he finally decided which pup to bring home. Opie caught his eye, because he was very sure of himself and just sat and watched the rest of the pups like a male lion watching over his pride. They then drove home and let Opie out in the yard to play. He had such a good feeling about him, that he called the owner of Ch. Coco and told him he felt Opie was something special and knew Opie would be a steamroller.

The first time Opie was looked at was when he was 11 months old. In 2 minutes, Opie broke the other dog's foot, at the ankle, and the roll was stopped after 5 minutes. Opie screamed and carried on in the corner like no other dog owned by PR Joe. PR Joe left very happy, Opie was started and he liked what he saw.

When Opie was 16 months old, PR Joe was looking for another roll for him and found out Props Up Kennel was looking to test a match dog they were considering purchasing. He agreed to leave Opie down for 15 minutes and they arranged to have a second dog ready to finish the test. However, a second dog wasn't necessary, because Opie took the dog apart and stopped him in 15 minutes.

Four months later PR Joe decided it was time to find out if Opie was match quality, so he arranged to put him down with a dog that ws 19lbs. bigger than him. This dog went right to Opies's head, near his left ear, and stayed there for 15 minutes, throwing Opie all over the place. The dog then took Opie right off his feet and slammed him on his back. At this point Opie reached up and bit the big dog hard in the throat. Shortly after, we handled the dogs and the other owner told me he thought his dog's heart was no longer into the roll. He felt the bite to the throat had taken the fight out of him and he was right, the dog quit 2 minutes later.

The time had come to match Opie, so his partner Machiavelli hooked him into the Jersey Combine and their dog Charlie. Charlie was off of St. Benedict's Raleigh and was reputed to be a very game dog. Machiavelli conditioned Opie and Mr. Bill did the handling. The match started and immediately Opie was back-peddling. He'd never done this before and he just didn't seem to be himself. At about 15 minute mark, Charlie had a hold on the side of Opie's head and was pushing him in a circle. Steve B. called a turn on Opie and Clamdigger, who was the referee, agreed. Opie wasn't really turning, but regardless, the scratching was started and so was the beginning of the end for Charlie. A handle was made and in the corner Opie finally came to life. He scratched hard into Charlie, who reared up leaving his chest wide open and Opie took full advantage punishing Charlie severely. When he came out of there, Charlie looked as though he'd been blasted with a shotgun. It was pretty much all Opie after that, although at one point, Charlie did get into Opie's stifle. Opie took him out by the muzzle and popped two cutters out of Charlie's mouth in the process. Charlie was picked up game in :28 minutes.

Next, with some help from POW, Opie was hooked into the Duke Boys and their dog Flatliner. Machiavelli conditioned Opie and PR Joe handled him. This was the first time PR Joe handled in a match, so he was pretty much hyped-up. The dogs were released and Flatliner began working Opie's front legs near the ankles. Opie didn't appear to know what to do and the bets were flying from the Duke Boys' side. Finally, Opie took him out by the face and the dogs stayed there for awhile. Opie then began to punish Flatliner's chest and shoulders and the other side quieted considerably. The first handle was made at :20 and Flatliner came across fast. But now Opie was really cranked up and soon Flatliner was fading. At :43, after two hard scratches by Opie and a game stumbling scratch by Flatliner a handle was made. It was Flatliner's turn to scratch and he took two steps out of his corner and fell forward onto his head. Flatliner never took his eyes off Opie and he continued to try to get up, but he couldn't and he was counted out in :44. Opie was then tail scratched for his courtesy and he was obviously eager for more.

Opie's third was into Rocketman and his dog Magic, who was out of Captain America's Gr. Ch. King Arthur and Rocketman's Go Go Girl. Magic had won one in over an hour and PR Joe and Machiavelli felt he would be a real challenge for Opie. Opie was sent to Machiavelli's friend 1C to be conditioned and waited there 'til showtime. 10 weeks later, Joe headed north to meet Machiavelli and 1C. When the dogs were released, they met mouth to mouth and Joe was delighted because he knew what Opie could do to another dog's mouth. They switched to swapping shoulder and shest holds, but it was obvious Opie was stronger and a harder biter. At :19 both dogs took a breather and a after a ten second out of hold count a handle was made. Magic made a good scratch, but Opie was really cranking now and Magic was taking a beating. Joe was standing over the dogs and heard Magic let out a whimper, so he started sending Opie in and he responded. Magic began singing, so everybody could hear and at :27 he took the count. Opie made a hard courtesy scratch. After the match Rocketman gave Opie a very good compliment saying "Opie beat a dog I thought was really good and made him look stupid in the process."

In closing, Ch. Opie did whatever was asked of him and looked damn impressive doing it. His litter mate brother was Yankee Greg's Deadend, who won one and lost his second time out in 3:01 to Captain America's OO Buck.

COOPER'S OPIE

Hollingworth's Ch Pinky

Hollingsworth's Ch. Pinky was born July 7th. 1989 the result of a second generation breeding by Mike & Dot Kelly. They had a deep game bitch named Ruby out of Jone's Ch. Smoker and Frank Rocca's Red Gal that they bred to Patrick's little Tater and they bred a bitch out of that breeding to Laminack's Trouble a son of Ch. Tonka that produced Ch. Tara and Ch. Flint to produce Pinky's litter. Pinky was sold or given to the late E. Hollingsworth as a pup. Ed Farron in turn purchased the pup (Pinky) from Mr. Hollingsworth along with several other dogs. Pinky's first roll came at about 18 months of age, a real rough hard biting bitch by the name of sugar Mae was used and Pinky was the down dog from start to finish @ :25 Pinky never made any bad moves and made a stumbling scratch. A couple months later a young Jeep/Nigerino bitch was put on her, and Pinky was used to start this bitch. When the bitch got onto Pinky's nose Pinky made a lot of bad signs, she even went as far as turning away from the young bitch. At this point most felt that Pinky was a cur. R. Davis really wanted Pinky and asked Ed repeatedly for her. Ed agreed to let Davis have the dog with the stipulation that if she did indeed turn out to be a game dog that they would get pups back from her in future litters.

About 3 months later Pinky had been sold again and at this point it was still thought Pinky was a cur. Looking back Ed felt that Pinky had never turned on @ 18 months, and Pinky was not ruined permanently in her second roll and got another chance that most dogs never get. After all Pinky's littermate Manson had lost his first match in over an hour and won his second dead game.

Far too many dogmen feel that at 18 months a dog should be ready to be tested and rolled hard, while it is not feasible to hold a dog beyond 18 months for most large dog yards. There have been many a great dog that did not turn on till later in life, and have gone on to become Champions and grand champions.

Pinky was sold again to Hilltop Mike and it was Mike who set Pinky down for her game test on a very hard biting bitch and tried to stop her. With all he had heard about her in her second roll he was very concerned she was a cur she went :45 min. with this bitch and never made a bad sign. Mike then decided to match her @ 42 lbs. Pinky came in at 41 and won in :38 after an all out war, with both dogs dishing out lots of punishment. Pinky had won best in show over 4 matches that same day; some of the dogs of mention were the untouchables Ch. Butkus, McDaniel's Feisty & Gaston's Pea. One report in the American Warrior wrote Hilltop Mikes Pinky vs. Newjacks "Leather" females @ 42, Pinky plows a field through leather and leather takes the count @ :38 another match reported was against the Untouchables Vixon vs. Hilltop Mikes Pinky females @41 Pinky a 1x winner Pinky does the barnstorming and Vixon takes the count @ :06 I believe Vixon was lost after that show. And Pinky was on her way to becoming a Champion. Pinky goes on to win another in :17 with a pit kill, she was sold again this time to T.R. he kept Pinky for a while and she was sold again to Killer Bee. At 5 years of age Killer Bee matched Pinky again and she wins in :31 with yet another pit kill. At 6 years of age she is matched again this one went 2:36 with no turn or out of holds and Pinky is picked up game and makes a stumbling scratch, this was by far Pinky's greatest test and with all odds against her she finishes with a game loss.

We had heard that Killer Bee was in the market for some younger dogs and asked if we were interested in Pinky, needless to say we wanted her at any rate we worked out a deal for a 1x winning son of Stratton's Mozart (Bill) out of CBK's Olive Oyle Popeye has gone on to make his GR CH and to date has won 7 shows and made over 30,000.00 in his carrier. Pinky was in rough shape when we got her and we did all we could to get her back to health and bred her to Popeye's littermate Beekman (dead game); from that litter came Whitehead, a good brood bitch we have here and Jake, a winner himself. The second breeding we made was to Stark's Jasper (CBK'S), a double-bred son of Patrick's Macho Jr. dog. While these pups are still young they are showing a lot of promise: one that comes to mind is CBK's "Jinx" and two others that have been rolled and have shown excellent results. We expect to see dogs matched off that breeding this year.

After Pinky's breeding with Jasper her health began to decline rapidly. While she had a lot of problems with old injures, her greatest hurdle was yet to come: heart failure. At this point knowing Pinky could never be bred again we decided she would be just an old dog we would keep around through her later years, and a great conversation piece. Pinky was one of a kind, as I knew her, she was one of those once in a life time dogs that every dog man dreams of owning. Her temperament was un- surpassable and of the kind we would like to see in all pit dogs, her heart was as big as they come, her mouth was as hard as they get and her ability to get the job done was beyond what most of the so called fast lane dogs of today are. At the age of nine her health had declined to the point she was no longer enjoying life the way she always had and I felt it was in her best interest for me to make her final scratch, one of the hardest I have ever made. As she slumped in my arms the tears ran down my face although I had never campaigned her or saw her many victories, her life had flashed before my eyes. In the spring of 98 she was laid to rest in Chapel Hill, NC. Her sons and daughters live on at Cedarbrook kennels to follow their dam's footsteps.

Ch. Pinky was centerfold for the American Dog Breeders Ass. Summer of 98 vol. 22 issue 4. A poem was written beside her picture that reads:

"As we pay tribute to mothers day, its only fitting we do. Select a bitch that lights the way, she's Hollingsworth's Ch. Pinky, tried and true. The path she travelled far, "she's much to young" an old man said, surprise them all, become a star. The bloom of youth did never fade. A look, a sigh, she twirled around, A flirt a bark, "please see me". She even climbed a peach tree. A residential change took place, "perhaps they'll be much kinder. And put a smile back on my face, like my video rewinder. Soon the lustre of the show, remained, just a memory. The bloom was gone indeed, although, she felt was temporary. When born the date was eighty-nine, "she's damn near pink, that red nosed bitch. She's full of spunk, and body fine, She'll be a Champ, without a hitch." She settled down, but still was young; her thoughts were on the future. On show time day she'd come unstrung, as empty crates passed by her. "What's up! ol' gal, you've had your fame, A mother soon you'll be, Reminds me of your mother game, You're like your grandma Ruby.

She wasn't wrong, for dog men say; It's seeing is believing time. There'll always be that one more day, And Pinky she did shine, She's gone on now, a life well lived, Her sons did make her proud. She had it all that life could give, She always played the crowd."

R.I.P. Ch. Pinky I will never forget you.

HOLLINGSWORTH'S PINKY (4X)

Stone City Kennel's Ch Miss Piggy

SCK's Ch. Piggy is a testimony that with these bulldogs....you have to wait on them. Ch.Piggy just would not start. At 4 years old...SCK Tony took her of the chain and told her..."Look, You're out of Gr.Ch.Buck and AwesomeBaby(ROM)...TODAY...either you crank, or you're GONE." Well, Tony said she must have understood cause that day she cranked and scratched 23 times. She was ready.

Her first show was into a legend ..Razorback Kennel's J.C. He had a bad bad bitch of old Carver blood and this turned out to be Ch.Piggy's longest and toughest match. J.C. could really shape a dog. He was the only one on record to beat Rebel Kennels (Gr.Ch.Sandman's owner) twice with the same dog. Piggy stayed on the face and showed tremendous ability. At the 1:45 Mark, J.C. decided to pick up. The losing bitch was gaaaaame. She scratched at the end. SCK now had a one time winner. Number two was against the Beach Boys ..a short affair of 45 minutes. The third was against Cambo Kennels. They had a bitch that was supposed to stop Piggy. At 50 minutes it was over, Piggy stayed on the face and showed great ability again. She was now Ch. Piggy. Piggy was bred to Her littermate brother Gr.Ch.Yellowbuck. Five were born and one died at birth. SCK's Rat killed a female in a kennel accident, the other femalr Tiburona died in an accident as well.

The male died of Parvo, and Evolution Kennel's bought YellowPiggy(Ugly) from SCK at the age of 7 years old. YellowPiggy was bred to Super Kennel's Ch.357 .Five were born but YellowPiggy(Ugly) was a horrible mother and only Evolution Kennel's Miss Superbuck survived. They repeated the breeding again to get Evolution Kennel's Superbuck, Southern Kennel's Lady of Buck, and Tom's Buck Bitch. The breeding will not be repeated. YellowPiggy(Ugly) was given to Southern Kennels. She will be bred to Southern Kennel's Black Face(double bred Gr.Ch.Mayday with SCK's Blondie on bottom) Blondie was a littermate to Ch.Piggy and Gr.Ch.Yellowbuck, and the dam of Evolution Kennel's Macho.

STONE CITY KENNEL'S MISS PIGGY

McGee's Panther 1x

An article written about PANTHER, by the late BARNEY FIFE who conditioned and witnessed him in action.

In my last article titled Greenwood's DELTA, I wrote about the strategy my brother and I used in obtaining good bulldogs. Part of that strategy involved purchasing puppies from repeat breedings that had already produced pit winners. Baker Davis' MIDNIGHT COWBOY (BULLYSON x Long's BABY) had produced winners when bred to his niece Hand's CANDY who was sired by CHIVO out of PIGGY. MIDNIGHT COWBOY was the first bulldog to be judged "Best in Show" in all of his matches. His brother CHIVO won Best in Show in 2 of his 3 wins. We purchased a bitch puppy from the MIDNIGHT COWBOY x CANDY breeding and named her SEA TRAIN after a popular rock band. While still a puppy SEATRAIN was sold to S.T.P. Kennels who raised her to maturity.

At that time I was breeding ZEBO and VINDICATOR dogs and this line was producing pit winners. ZEBO had already sired Stinson's RUBY, Stepp's WILLIE and Nelson's ZIPPER, who were big league match dogs. Those three completed their championships and were joined by Fitch's DIAMOND JIM who was the 4th champion sired by ZEBO. There were many more, on and two time winners, sired by ZEBO who were exceptional pit dogs. I was convinced that ZEBO was the next BULLYSON and encouraged everyone to breed this line.

My brother had obtained ZEBO's sister, ROSIE and had a litter of pups off her bred to Devine's BRUCE. Around this time STP phoned wanting some ideas about how to breed SEATRAIN. I was flattered that STP, ho was heck of a dogman would solicit my opinion. It was no suprise when I recommended ZEBO as a stud dog. STP bred SEATRAIN to ZEBO and sold a bitch puppy to Tar Heel Matt who named her MARGIE. It was MARGIE who whelped Tar Heel Matt's PANTHER, ONE OF THE HARDEST MOUTH BULLDOGS FROM THIS STRAIN.

Tarheel Matt and I were not aware of each other, but we attended a get together, out in the Appalachian Mountains. Super Gnat and Tyree were matching bitches at 39lbs., and they put on an action packed show. Both bitches were said to be sired by ZEBO, which reinforced my view that ZEBO dogs were the best match dogs. Tar Hell Matt was similarly impressed and had also decided to breed ZEBO dogs. Super Gnat's bitch won and to this day, SUPER GNAT'S BULLDOGS CONTINUE TO EXCEL. (EVEN IN 99) They are bred down from that bitch, Stinson's RUBY, Stepp's WILLIE, Stepp's ANGUS and Stepp's CHARLIE (JEEP's bro) so ZEBO's influence is still prominent Tar Hell Matt's MARGIE was a calm, exceptionally intelligent, bitch who ended up as the pet of Matt's father. MARGIE lived the good life often riding in the back of the family sedan with Matt's dad at the wheel. It appeared as if MARGIE had her own chauffeur.

MARGIE had no interest in combat and would be considered "cold". It was like fighting was not dignified, so MARGIE left that activity for her sons who excelled in this area. The bond between Matt's dad and MARGIE was such, that when Matt's dad required hospitalization, his first concern was about MARGIE'S care. MARGIE never fully recovered from his last hospitalization. She refused to eat and continued to grieve over her master's absence. This combined with advancing years finally claimed MARGIES life.

During her younger years, MARGIE whelped two litters sired by Tar Heel Matt's MONZON, who had won TWO MATCHES. PANTHER was whelped in the 2nd litter. MONZON, named after the great middle weight boxing champion, was a good individual and a close cousin to ZEBO. Lonzo's MIKE was MONZON's sire and a winner of TWO contract matches, one of which was against the combined effort's of MAURICE CARVER, LEO KINARD AND DON MAYFIELD. MONZON'S dam was also a two time pit winner named Rick's THISLE who was BIGBOY and BULLYSON breeding. BIG BOY was a 3x winning uncle to ZEBO and a devastating bulldog. Both MIKE and THISTLE were well known for their biting ability.

After a number of years of breeding and matching ZEBO dogs, my enthusiasm for this strain was considerably diminished. While the majority had exceptional ability, they were short winded and lacked deep gameness. I attempted to add other strains like BULLYSON and BOOMERANG to the ZEBO stock in an effort to correct the deficiencies inherent in the line.

Several top bulldogs like StBenedict's DYLAN, Stiltner's LAVERNE and Gregory's BUZZ represented the best of my breeding efforts during this time. However the vast majority of my ZEBO dogs were not up to the level of DYLAN. It was heartbreaking and expensive to raise 30 pups to maturity and not produce one good match dog. So I moved away from the ZEBO line and worked with other strains.

Tar Heel Matt had some good bulldogs from the first MONZON x MARGIE breeding, so he repeated the breeding and produced several more pit winners. Some of these were WILLIE, BILLY 1xW, BONNIE, 1xW, JIMMY (stopped Ch SPIKE), CARLOS 1xW, 1xL, and MONZON JR.

When I received a phone call from Matt about PANTEHR, I was excited and skeptical. PANTHER had been sold as a puppy and did not develop a dislike for dogs until he was over three years old. PANTHER got in a fight with a German Shepherd and was returned to Matt. Matt had a good eye for the bulldogs and recognized that PANTHER was no "run of the mill" bulldog after a couple of rolls. I had developed a reputation as a conditioner and handler and Matt wanted to know if I'd be interested in matching PANTHER. Matt had complete confidence in panther and said I could roll the dog and match him at his best weight. Since I had been disappointed by ZEBO dogs a number of times, I rolled PANTHER and he showed me the Matt's assessment was accurate. The dog could bite like a vise and would scratch when he was so heated, he could barely stand. In addition to being a top match dog, PANTHER was very gentle and quite intelligent. He loved nothing more than to lay upside down in my lap on the living room couch as I watched RV Of all the bulldogs I had conditioned, the only one my girlfriend liked was PANTHER.

I put PANTHER'S weight out at 55lbs. and after a wait, BOSS HOG picked it up. PANTHER was not a true 55lb dog, but I wanted to leave an extra lb. or two in him due to his phenomenal mouth. We were set to go at 5 am, with both of us traveling to the match site. It is critical for a hard biter to be on their feet and moving forward to be effective, just as a boxer deliver his hardest punches in a similar situation.

PANTHER's "keep" focused on strength training which is different than the standard endurance training utilized in most keeps. My plan was to start PANTHER with low intensity, long duration work, and gradually build up to high intensity, short duration work. Since PANTHER's style was the explosive "win in ten minutes" type, he would be ready to come out "smoking" as soon as the ref said "release" PANTHER was basically an easy going bulldog and he became bored with the long walks. To spark PANTHER'S interest, I took a year old bitch named JERSY GIRL, who would run loose, while PANTHER went through his work outs, and PANTHER enjoyed her company. At the latter stages of the keep, PANTHER went through a high intensity drill called the chicken race. During this drill, PANTHER would drag heavy chains in an effort to catch my pet rooster named Fred. I would tuck Fred under my arm like a football and run ahead of PANTHER who would do his best to keep us with us. If PANTHER slowed down, I would run back and encourage him to pull harder. During one workout, a rabbit jumped out infront of PANTHER, and he showed suprising head speed for such a big dog. PANTHER seized the rabbit and bolted it down in a couple seconds. This left me feeling rather useless as I stood ten yards away, rooster in hand.

Just like all my match dogs, PANTHER was free of intestinal parasites as well as external parasites like fleas and ticks. I made sure that PANTHER'S ears were absolutely clean, because any opponent was certain to grab the ears in an effort to hold out this hard charging dog. During the last three weeks I got up at 5 am every morning to get PANTHER accustomed to hard work at that hour. Since bulldogs are creatures of habit just like us, it was critical that PANTHER be at match weight and rearing to go at 5 am.

At the end of the keep I deviated from my normal routine. Normally, I drive directly to the match site with my bulldog rather than drive out a day before the match and get a room at a motel. This time I drove out to Matt's place and put PANTHER back on his old chain. He felt great and spent most of the night running his chain burning up his energy reserves. The next morning I got early to check on him I was shocked to find that he was 2 lbs. under the contract weight and he had not taken his morning bowel movement. It was still several hours until match time and I decided to gamble, by feeding PANTHER complex carbohydrates. I also kept PANTHER with me so he'd calm down, rest quietly and hopefully build up his depleted energy reserves. My gamble paid off since Boss Hog requested additional time so he could get his dog to defecate. I readily agreed to this request, because it gave PANTHER an opportunity to rest and digest his last feeding.

Matt wisely selected a flat low area in a river valley as a match site. Since heat rises this area would still be cool at daybreak. Gusto and Squeky were in attendance along with a number of people who were familiar with PANTHER. BOSS HOGG came with a large boned , white in color, REDBOY bred dog, and weighed in exactly at 55lbs. PANTHER weighed in 2 lbs. Lt. at 53 lbs, but he had recovered from the previous night's activities. PANTHER came out fast trying for the shoulders, but the white dog was adept at holding out PANTHER. The pattern continued with PANTHER trying but unable to get any good holds. At twenty minutes, PANTHER HIT THE FRONT END AND THE WHITE DOG WAS IN TROUBLE. By the 40 minute mark, PANTHER was putting the finishing touches on the white dog, who took the ten second count in his corner making PANTHER the winner in 40 minutes. I kept PANTHER for a while as I had his weight open to match. It looked like PANTHER was going to get a chance at his second win but something always went astray. People who were interested in matching would not put up a forfeit or would reconsider the match weight. For one reason or another, PANTHER'S opponents did not materialize. I had several other match weights under contract so I returned PANTHER to Tar Heel Matt's yard where he stayed open to match for a year or two. In the mean time PANTHER demolished several roll opponents with such speed that his already formidable reputation grew even more. At the age of six years, Matt retired PANTHER and bred the dog to several of his bitches. After several years PANTHER was sold to Rich Cupo. PANTHER sired two champions and a bunch of one and two time match winners. The best of PANTHERS off spring retained the signature trade mark of this strain. They would start fast and if a dog could not avoid their charge, the panther dogs would win in short order.

Another Story about Panther:

Why Panther should be an ROM

Panther was owned by a very low key man "Tarheel Matt" and Panther was only bred 9 time's in his whole life.

1.Hartmans Molly Brown
2.Ch.Bolero
3.Mean Joleen
4.Jilly BUCK
5.Baby Girl
6.Miss Willie
7.Lonzo's Suzie
8.Tar Baby
9.Cash's Mountain Girl (sister to my Buddy dog)

The Bolero,Mean Joleen,Baby Girl dogs all went to Japan to Mr.Kiro who was a very wealthy man and paid far and beyond what the dogs were worth so off they went.The rest stayed in the states and Canada and Panther should be an "ROM" in just 9 litters.He produced,

1.Gr.Ch.Miss Panther 2 points
2.Gr.Ch.Samuri 2 points
3.Ch.Lightning 1 point

and the Japan dogs who won in all large legar conventions,the dogs comp was not all that but,they definately was pitted each time claimed as 300 by standers were there each time in towns square.The Bob Stevens tape was a tape of Panther dogs that did not bite much at all but,his point was they were winning on gameness in 1:30 each time,A poor judgement call on a video but,that was his idea,just kinda rather see the bad asses but,everyone was crying curs,so he showed some game ones to proove his personal point.

Gr.Ch.Rhino
Gr.Ch.Rambo

are off Panther and Japan dogs Rhino won 11x's all in large conventiones but,even if you dont count the Japan shows Panther is still ROM from the state side winners its all easy to check on,more Jack Kelly Anti Zebo crap and one more reason why I never reported to him he was dis-ing my favorite line at that time,so I didnt bother.but,Panther produced enough in 9 breedings to be ROM in the states and if you counted the Japan dogs he'd be well up in the top 15,not bad for a dog bred less than 10 times.I did a interveiw with Matt Mcgee and Rollbar and Bulldogf Revelation can help you obtain the interview of Tarheels own words instead of mine.Hope this helps,we use atleast a 1/4 Panther and it works and according to Tarheel we have the heaviest bred Panther today,but,we don't sell anything more than 1/4 Panther we keep the rest on the yard and cull,cull,cull and keep only the best,we get good and bad both but,the good are real good.

Another Story about Panther:

One of my favorite Dogs

"ONE OF MY FAVORITE MATCH DOGS WAS TARHEEL MATT'S PANTHER , WHO WAS ZEBO/BIG BOY/COWBOY BREEDING. BIG BOY WAS ZEBO'S UNCLE AND A MULTI TIME WINNER AT CATCH WEIGHT. PANTHER WAS RAISED AS A HOUSE PET UNTIL HE TURNED THREE YRS OLD. HE GOT INTO SOME TROUBLE WITH A LOCAL DOG AND WAS RETURNED TO MATT BY THE PEOPLE WHO PURCHASED HIM, IT TAKE MATT LONG TO REALIZE THAT HE HAD BRED A MATCH DOG. MATT HAD COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN PANTHER AND LET ME ROLL HIM AND MATCH HIM. LIKE MANY DESTROYER TYPES. PANTHER WAS SWEET AND GENTLE TOWARDS PEOPLE. EVEN MY LONG TERM GIRLFREIND LOVED PANTHER IN SPITE OF HIS DEADLY REPUTATION AS A MATCH DOG.

I ARRANGED A ROLL WITH IRONHEAD OF THE ODD COUPLES AND IN 19 MINS. IN 97 DEGREE HEAT I SAW THAT PANTHER WAS WORTH A BET. MATT HAD NOT EXAGGERATED PANTHER'S MOUTH SO WE PUT HIM OUT AT A WEIGHT OF 55#. BOSS HOGG PICKED UP THE WEIGHT SO WE STARTED IN ON THE KEEP. PANTHER WAS NOT A ENTHUSIASTIC WORKER BUT WORKED HARD WHEN IN THE COMPANY OF MY HOUSE DOG JERSY GIRL;(GROVES RUFUS X BREWER'S SUSIE). I WANTED SHORT HIGH INTENSITY WORK OUTS TO MATCH PANTHER'S STYLE. ONE OF THESE WORKOUTS WAS THE "CHICKEN RACE", WHERE PANTHER DRAGGED HEAVY CHAINS ATTEMPTING TO CATCH MY ROOSTER WHICH I CARRIED IN FRONT OF HIM. DURING ONE OF THESE "CHICKEN RACES" A RABBIT DARTED OUT IN FRONT OF PANTHER, SHOWING SURPRISING SPEED FOR A BIG DOG PANTHER CAUGHT THE RABBIT AND SWALLOWED IT DOWN IN NO TIME AT FLAT. THE MATCH SITE WAS LOCATED DOWN IN A RIVER VALLEY, WHICH WOULD HOLD THE COLD MORNING AIR. THE SQUARE WAS SMALLER THAN THE REGULATION SIZE, BOTH OF WHICH FAVORED THE BARNSTORMING, HARD MOUTH PANTHER. EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE STACKED IN PANTHER'S FAVOR EXCEPT THE WEIGHT WHICH WAS MY MISTAKE. INSTEAD OF DRIVING PANTHER DIRECTLY TO THE SITE, I PUT HIM BACK ON HIS OLD CHAIN IN MATT'S YARD. RATHER THEN QUIETLY RESTING, PANTHER RAN HIS CHAIN ALL NIGHT LONG LOOSING TWO POUNDS IN THE PROCESS. I WOKE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING TO WEIGHT PANTHER AND FED HIM COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES TO REPLACE THE LOST ENERGY FROM THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. WE DROVE TO THE SIGHT AND WAS HAPPY TO FIND THAT BOSS HOG WAS HAVING TROUBLE MAKING WEIGHT THIS GAVE PANTHER MORE TIME TO FULLY ASSIMILATE THE CARBS I'D FED HIM EARLIER THAT MORNING.

BOSS HOGG HAD A STRONG LOOKING RED BOY BRED DOG WHO WAS BIG AT THE WEIGHT AND CAME IN RIGHT ON 55 LBS. PANTHER WEIGHED IN TWO POUNDS LIGHT AND LOOKED MUCH SMALLER THAN THE RED BOY DOG. IN SPITE OF THIS GUSTO AND SQUEEKIE WERE BETTING ON PANTHER'S REPUTATION AS A SHIP-WRECKING BULLDOG. AT THE BREAK, PANTHER WAS IN THE FRONT END AND HOG THE HEAD AND FOR TWENTY MINUTES PANTHER WAS DRIVING HOG FROM PILLAR TO POST WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO GET A DECENT HOLD. HOG WAS USING HIS SUPERIOR SIZE TO KEEP OUT OF HARM'S WAY. I WAS WORRIED THAT PANTHER WOULD RUN HOT AND WEAR DOWN FROM THE EXTREME EXERTION. AFTER THE TWENTY MINUTE MARK PANTHER GOT WHERE HE WANTED TO BE AND WHEN HE DROVE THROUGH THE BACK DOOR THE MATCH WAS OVER. AT 40 MINUTES PANTHER SHOT OVER ON HIS COURTESY SCRATCH.

THAT WAS PANTHER'S ONLY MATCH. SEVERAL TIMES IT SEEMED LIKE WE HAD HIM MATCHED BUT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER A SECOND MATCH NEVER MATERIALIZED. MATT SOLD PANTHER TO RICH C. WHERE HE LIVED TO A RIPE OLD AGE. PANTHER SIRED A NUMBER OF HIGH ABILITY MATCH DOGS, LIKE GRAND CHAMPION MISS PANTHER, TARHEEL MATT'S ANGUS AND TAR BABY. I WILL ALWAYS HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF THAT AFFABLE OLD BLACK DESTROYER."

BY BARNEY FIFE


Another Story...

Barney Fife purchased a female pup from a Davis' Midnight Cowboy X Hand's Gr. Ch. Candy breeding and named her Sea Train, after the famous rock band. While still a puppy, Sea Train was sold to STP who raised her to maturity.

At the time Barney Fife was breeding Zebo dogs, as Zebo was showing exceptional pit dogs, when STP phone to ask who he should breed Sea Train to. It was no surprise that Zebo was recommended as a stud. Tar Heel Matt purchased a pup named Margie, who whelped Panther.

During her younger years, Margie whelped two litters sired by Tar Hill Matt's Monzon, who had won two matches. Panther was whelped in the 2nd litter. Monzon was sired by Lonzo's Mike, who too was a 2X winner. His dam was also a 2X winner named Rick's Thistle, who was Big Boy and Bullyson breeding.

Tar Hill Matt had some good dogs from the first breeding of Monzon and Margie, so he repeated the breeding and produced several more pit winners. Some these were Willie, Billy (1XW), Bonnie (1XW), Jimmy (stopped Ch. Spike), Carlos (1XW, 1XL) and Monzon, Jr. Tar Heel Matt contacted Barney Fife to condition Panther and put his weight out at 55lbs., when Boss Hog picked it up.

Boss Hog came with a large boned, Red Boy bred dog, and weighed in exactly at 55lbs., Panther weighed in 2lbs. light. Panther came out fast trying for the shoulders, but the white dog was adept at holding out Panther. The pattern continued with Panther trying, but unable to get any good holds. At the twenty minute mark, Panther hit the front end and the white dog was in trouble. By the 40 minute mark, Panther was putting the finishing touches on the white dog, who took the 10 count in his corner making Panther the winner in 40 minutes. For reasons unknown, Panther's weight was never picked up again for almost two years.

In the mean time, Panther demolished several roll opponents with such speed, that his formidable reputation grew even more. At the age of six, Matt retired Panther and bred him to several of his bitches. After several years Panther was sold to Rich Cupo, where he died shortly after.

Panther sired 1 Grand Champion, 1 registered Champion, and many other winners. The best of Panther's offspring retained the signature trade mark of this strain. They would start fast and if a dog could not avoid their charge, the Panther dogs would win in short order.

MC GEE'S PANTHER