1999 United States Open Brittany Championship
By Pat Kammerlocher
The phrase "37th Annual Running" in the advertisement is one clue as to why this particular Championship is deemed especially “prestigious” by Brittany field trialers. The format of one-hour heats with a one-hour second series is another. The selection of judges who will adhere to the highest of all-age standards is yet another. Add to these a board of directors with the experience and knowledge to conduct a first-rate event, and the willingness to physically be there and work at it, and the meaning of the word “prestige” becomes quite clear. The selection of the grounds at Lake Murray is popular because of the horse and dog facilities, restrooms, and camper hookups, and of course, the nearly three hours of continuous running over Oklahoma prairie, along the edge of beautiful green-watered Lake Murray.
Rosco Staton and his wife Janet came from Missouri, Harold Ellis and his wife Roma came from Texas to spend five full days looking at championship hopefuls, knowing how much disappointment and frustration their decisions could engender. Each brace of dogs was analyzed and compared to the standards they had agreed on; their final decision was a natural result of this difficult process. My thanks to both of these gentlemen for their courtesy and assistance with my own efforts.
The Time Machine won his first championship and Chad Holman won his first U. S. Open. After an absence of several years, Chad made the trip from Illinois to test his dogs with the country’s best. Chad and Rimarda’s Gambler had once been runner-up but Chad was obviously very happy to take this win. The Time Machine presents impeccable credentials.
Franklin County Bandit was Top Qualifier in this stake in 1987 and came back to these grounds later in the year to win the National Championship. The Magic Moment won this Championship in 1990 and Rimarda’s Trademark was Top Qualifier in 1991. Rimarda’s Trademark was recently inducted into the Brittany Hall of Fame in Grand Junction. Tony Vescoso of South Lyon, Mich., can certainly know that his dog topped the best field of Brittanys.
Euchee Rocky, owned by Glynn McCauley of Cushing, Okla., also shows a winner’s breeding. To be found in his pedigree are Perry’s Rustic Prince, winner of this Championship and another member of the Brittany Hall of Fame. Royal Britt’s Starbuck of Auten, runner-up, and Ace Duce, a top qualifier, both of this grueling test. Rocky was handled by veteran Loyd Budd.
Gambler’s Ace In The Hole was named Top Qualifier. He also exemplifies the breeding and standards of this Championship. He is the 1998 ABC National Champion. Looking back over the list of winners you understand why this has always been called a breeders’ stake.
This year’s trial drew participants and spectators from great distances and all directions: Jim and Katrina Martin of Montana, Terry Maxwell, Jake and Jojo Schroder, Arizona. Jerry Kendrick of Augusta, Ga., and Larry Savelkoul of Atlanta brought Ben Lorenson from his winter grounds in South Carolina. Wade Haines of Ohio came to see his dog and also scouted for Chad. John Cross, Ed and Judy Tillson came from New Mexico. Phil Dangerfield pulled his trailer from Tampa, Fla. Frank and Donna Pride from Maine have been, for several years, wintering in Booneville, Ark. They are a wonderful addition to the Midwest field trial fellowship. Rounding out the gallery were many from Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri.
A special thanks is extended to Loyd Budd, who took the helm when Dr. Robert Rankin was away with family matters. Loyd delegated jobs and the trial ran smoothly. The weather was gorgeous and lunch was a social occasion at Linda and Tom Milam's trailer. The dog wagon was always on time with John and Judy WeBtTand Donna Pride attending. Bill and Rheta Cartmell and Dud Emde were available for any duty needed. Mary Karbiner handles her secretarial duties expertly plus many behind-the-scenes jobs.
The Running
Lightning's Bismarck (Rohner) provided a nice in hand, quiet type of race down the chute and around the youth camp. At 35 he pointed at a feeder on a slough for a good stance on a pair of birds. He kept to the lake edge a lot, then made a big move uphill to a draw and worked a bit, then pointed in the shallow end of it. A long flush put up nothing, relocation was nil. About fifty yards further uphill, in an island of small trees, Bismark put on the brakes. Rohner flushed a good wild covey for him. Lobo’s Boss Man (Maxwell) took to the right after breakaway and headed for the lake, checked in before the oil well and took to the right again, checked in after the youth camp and took off to the front, around the first pond, then was AWOL.
Aldo’s Sugar and Spice of Gibson (Holman) was on a nice cast to a distant treeline when he wheeled, flash pointed and leapt high in the air. Dancing maybe, but with quail it’s not allowed! Jocin Mister Microtye (Johnson) performed like a pro, listening to Johnson and searching diligently for birds. After the beartrap loop was negotiated, he scored on the big wild covey on the lake edge, counted as a stop to flush because the details weren’t observed officially. He kept forward around the airfield and across Manck’s crossing, dipping into the woods to his right. Very soon scout called point and he had a small group of birds located under a big cedar tree. The feeder just around the first bend was his next stop, at 50, where Johnson kicked out a libby for the staunch Tye.
The Time Machine (Holman) ran an exemplary forward race, checking cover and taking edges without wasting time, listening for Holman’s advice on where to go next. The brace kicked off in tighter country on the backside but when the loop behind camp was made and the chute opened up, so did Trip. A Bunch of Butch (Murphy) was also impressive to watch but his efforts were not as consistently forward or smooth as his bracemate’s. He made a beautiful cast coming from the youth camp point on up around the first pond and into the woods.
Kahlua II (Green) and Blaze Dakota Trucker (Rohner). After lunch, Kahlua was called for all down the chute, finally counted missing after the oil well. Trucker’s race was nice to watch as he bored into a 20 mph headwind all around the youth camp point, clear up to the beartrap, hunting all the way.
Chuy (Green) and Sadie Fair Lady (Johnson). Ya just never know about quaily birds; in this heat and wind we had our only pieces of bird work! Chuy was first to score. After one of his typical big swings he was returning up the lake edge and pointed where the big covey lives, and a few were still home, spread out in the grass. He then continued making big sideways swings and coming around until 33, when after Manck’s crossing he swapped ends under a cedar tree on the left treeline, for a single libby to pop up at flush. Sadie’s bird find was another single “popper” in a plum thicket, at 25, along the shoreline before the rock wall. In catching the front, she ended up backing Chuy at 33. She’s a hustling little gal with lots of style.
Buddy’s Spec Delivery (Holman) and Hildebrandt’s Diamond Jem (Budd). This brace was short and unsweet; neither dog pleased their handler and were picked up at the oil well.
Windagail’s High Hand (Holman) was brought around the hour but with effort. He didn’t appear to like going into the wind. Rimini Robber’s Bandit’s (John) race was a little more forward but she was also reluctant to push into the wind. She and a bird encountered each other at 45.
Judges Staton and Ellis decided to award dog of the day to The Time Machine on the merit of his outstanding heat, which if combined with appropriate bird work they felt was championship quality.
Windagail’s Last Trade (Holman) and Spring Valley Bandit (Milam). Tuesday morning was a lot cooler, though less windy than the day before. On breakaway Trade looked really good down the chute and all around youth camp point. In his last twenty minutes or so he became bullish and was a challenge for Holman to keep on track, though he managed a good finish. Bandit is never slow but has been easier to show. He did make a nice move above the first pond and down onto its point. He also nailed a pair of birds at 32, in a low spot covered with rough grass. Unhappily, unproductives at 35 and 50 took him out.
Rebel’s Tough Is Tyrone (John) was giving no apparent trouble to John but went into cover on a course turn at 25 and wasn’t seen again. Manila John (Budd) made a pretty wide swing at breakaway and was gone awhile, then showed okay until Manck’s crossing, where he went into the woods for a spell. His outs became more than his ins and he was up at 45.
Hanging Jaze Howlalewya (Schroder) and Euchee Rocky (Budd) was a fun brace, turning loose at the far bottom of the course and making an immediate U-turn. Howla missed the turn at first but when he showed up he was making tracks for the front. He and Rocky spent the hour trading off thrilling all-age casts and brief absences.
Ajax VII (Holman) and Tejas Iron Mike (Green). Ajax was in the mood to play sticky today, and had to be dragged off points or out of cover. Mike scooted around the course without giving much trouble to Green, and at 35 was nicely steady for the flush of three or four birds out of the biggest thicket after Manck’s crossing.
Rebel Jac’s Hammerin Hank (Holman) and D Bar K’s Rambling Sam (Green). This was the first brace of the afternoon, and proved a short one for Hank. He took off down the hill towards the lake (a long ways off!) came back, but Holman’s decision to leash him was already made. Sam hit the cover a lot, holding us up awhile at the youth camp, and made his hour hunting but birdless.
Tequila's TJ Max (John) and Lea’s Running Jayhawk (Rohner) were also eye-catchers, though on a slightly smaller scale than the morning’s thriller. Max and “Jake” just kept on going; they had a bit of open before they got to the backside and heavier cover, made it through that with hardly a hang up, then cut loose again. Just before time was called, Jake stopped on a shallow draw; his attitude was lax during Rohner’s flush, so he cut it short and tapped the dog. Jake quickly moved uphill a bit and showed his style as Rohner put to flight a pair of birds in front of him.
Walker’s Gunner (Lorenson) and Dakota’s Copper Nickel (Green) performed well for the gallery’s pleasure, although the gallery thinned out a lot as we swung behind camp! Lorenson was a stranger to these grounds and did a creditable job of directing the energetic Gunner around turns he didn’t know he was going to have to make. Nickel made some very showy casts in the good places along the chute, around the youth camp point, and towards the beartrap, where the hour was finished.
Lea’s Running Jayhawk was named dog of the day, the judges again citing quality of ground race and application of said race, with the plus of a nice piece of bird work.
Rimarda’s Mad Max (Holman) was by himself Wednesday morning when Rambling Rose (Rohner) was scratched. Mac was off to what seemed a good start, headed down the chute, but he veered to the left into the trees and was gone. We waited at the oil well until his time was up.
Gambler’s Ace in the Hole (Holman) and Poki Dot (Johnson) were eager to show how it’s done. Loosed across the road from the oil well, Rocky was on the outside all around the youth camp point. Both dogs went on the high side of the first pond. Rocky showed in front, down on the point after we crossed the dam, while Poki was still up in the woods. She came on through the woods but became dislocated around the next bend and was gone a short while. Rocky pointed on the edge of a draw just after this turn, at 18, where Holman got a single bird to fly. Rocky then high-tailed it for Rex’s point but we didn’t see him there because he was pointed again, higher in the woods, another single bird right in front of him. Poki had caught up by now and she pointed off a big clump of dead branches at 35, where a single bird ran around a lot and hopped about three feet in the air. We rounded the front of the beartrap with no problems and Poki went to the feeder just north for another single find; this one flew well. Her race improved the whole second half, while Rocky’s lost a little of its straightforwardness. Poki finished with yet another single at 55.
TM’s Lady Abbigail of DMR (Smith) had not arrived yet, so Finale (Johnson) set off by himself. He hunted and pushed the cover, always forward, but not with enough distance. He was picked up at 45 on the hill behind camp, leaving time for a fourth brace before lunch.
Orion’s Major Eclipse (Smith) was also absent, leaving the course to Buddy Jac (Holman). Jac ate it up, too, running a huge race down the chute, far to the right on youth camp point and finishing beyond the beartrap. He had an unproductive stand on wild covey point, where Holman couldn’t get anything flushed.
Ramblin Willie (Rohner) was seen only twice in the first half, more the second, but he was “ramblin’.” Blaze’n Texas Son (Carrington) ran a lot, too. but with no real pattern. He got on a roll and had finds at 35, 45 and 50. The first was a single out in the grass; the second a small covey across the road from the feeder on cedar point; the last a running bird in a brushy area under tall trees, where Willie was backing.
Roy’s Thunder (Carrington) and Shambo’s Dark Shadow (John) were turned loose at the beartrap. Clouds had been rolling in and it was cooler but it didn’t help these two much. Thunder had an unproductive at 8 and at 45 failed to back, and in between was here and there, sometimes in front. Shadow had a nice find at 29 in the big thicket after Manck’s crossing; he hit the scent hard and was quite stylish for flush and shot. The point at 45 was a nothing on the fickle finger. His race was also erratic.
Mokan Razzle Dazzle (Rohner) took to the trees left of the chute and that was it. Blueridge’s Grandmaster BB (John) tried, handling well for John and hunting, but by 45 he was clearly not in the race and was put on the wagon.
Wednesday’s day dog was Gambler’s Ace in the Hole. He put together the race and bird-finding to satisfy this Championship’s standards.
Lobo’s Microcopy Sugar Spot (Johnson) and Pride and Joy’s Bunch of Annie (Pride). “Michael” pointed at 7, far off the feeder at the top of the hill entering the chute; one bird was put in the air by Johnson. Michael took one side of the chute and Annie the other, making quick work of it. Deer were seen coming up by the road, so handlers hurried up there but no dogs seemed to be involved. Annie was far to the right and kept on that way. Michael dipped into the trees to the left for a short time. Pride was in the youth camp woods looking but the judges saw Annie on the hillside coming to the front. On through the woods after the first pond Annie took an edge and stopped some yards off the unmowed strip down some from a feeder—a single bird flew while others ran on the ground. As she was going for the front, Michael had pointed at 37, just up the course, and as she rounded the clump of cover, going full speed, she couldn’t stop in time for a creditable back. Johnson flushed a single bird for Michael. He finished his hour with a couple of showy casts on the way to the beartrap, where time was up.
Bar Nones Rockin Robin (Johnson) tried to point at the beartrap feeder but corrected. Both dogs were in hand awhile, then DeCartier’s Ben Jamin (Harris) was out of pocket after a course turn. Several minutes later part of the gallery, short-cutting through the trees, called point for Ben far to the front under a ledge before the rock wall. Robin followed the horse up there and finally backed. A pair of birds was still in front of Ben; he was quite staunch. As the dogs were gathered to be taken on, more birds popped up around the gallery. Robin went on point at a thicket and as Johnson approached on foot she self-corrected, so was harnessed. Ben went into the woods after Manck’s crossing and was gone for good.
Missouri Magic (Holman) and Jim De Bob’s Miss T’s A Dan D (John). “Misty” stayed with us about ten minutes, until she hit the chute and went AWOL. “Mo” stuck out the hour, making a couple of really big moves but mostly hunting at moderate range around the youth camp point.
Scarface (Budd) showed briefly in the chute then was gone. Hi Scor Jac D Ruffian (Lorenson) showed way to the left front, on the treeline, in the chute, then crossed over and went way to the right after the road, crossing at the oil well. He did come in from that on youth camp point, went around the back of the first pond and joined us again, in time to have a find on a pair of birds at 35. His race tempered some for awhile. At 53 he tried to nail something around the feeder on cedar point but was unproductive. Another huge cast took him on across the road when the course turned away from it and on the way back he was seen by scout to slam on the brakes in trees along the road, looking good again for flight of several birds.
Tequila's Joker (John) and Lobo’s Kodiac Cody (Maxwell) each spent a little time in the beartrap, then came on quickly. TJ managed to show nicely several times in the distance. TJ hit cover before Manck’s crossing and was not seen for a long time. After the crossing and around the first bend, TJ had taken the draw straight on, and was thought to be coming back but we never saw him. We stopped and waited, as both dogs were out now, the gallery all spread out and yakking away. Cody was finally brought in and we started slowly forward, and there was TJ, on point just over the ridge all the time we had been waiting for him! Luckily the birds had waited too and flushed nicely. TJ’s race shortened a little after this but he surged for a good finish leaving the fickle finger. Cody had an accident on the way to the fickle finger involving a quail.
Chikamin’s Repete (Budd) and Woods Edge Dream (Milam) woke us up! Immediately on breakaway Pete had to be ridden for, seriously, by Budd, and Dream was not exactly in hand. He had to be “gotten” as we rounded the hill behind camp, as did Pete, again. We got down the chute a ways, then Dream went in the trees on the left, so did handler and scout. Pete stayed visible until the oil well, then he took off, just as scout was bringing Dream back in. So we had Dream for a while, no handler or judge, no bracemate. Suddenly we had everybody, then Pete took off. Dream went on point in a draw after the first pond but took some steps when the birds flushed. We were having so much fun, though, that we decided to finish out the hour and see what happened. Dream only disappeared one more time. Pete was brought in one more time. Dream was picked up fairly easily at time but Pete required three chasers and about ten minutes.
Thursday’s dog of the day was awarded to Lobo’s Microcopy Sugar Spot, with two good finds and a race up to the standards. Judges Ellis and Staton considered the performance on Wednesday of Gambler’s Ace in the Hole to be the Top Qualifier, and the announcement was made of the second series pairings for the next day.
Championship Finals
Ten dogs were named for a final “run for the roses”; two dogs—Hi Scor Jac D Ruffian and Tejas Iron Mike—were held on standby.
The first brace called for on Friday morning was Jocin Mister Microtye with The Time Machine. “Tye” was gone almost twenty minutes from the breakaway, finally brought to the front on youth camp point. He took the long way around the first pond and Johnson was out looking when the dog was seen ahead of us on the course. Bob Rohner rode up to handle the dog and quickly called point; Tye was standing just off a treerow. The gallery was queried and a gun finally located. Rohner flushed a pair of birds for Tye, which took a couple of tiny steps. Another volunteer turned the dog loose and not much later Johnson was back on the scene. Tye was more under control from here on, backing his bracemate at 45, then pointing again himself at 47, on past the fickle finger, for a libby’s flight. Another find at 50 in a group of dead cedars gave Tye just enough time for a finishing cast. "Trip" had also gone over the hill at breakaway but quickly regained the front and pointed behind the feeder at the beginning of the chute by Roscoe's pond where a libby was kicked out for him. Two leaps after release, passing a bull-dozed brushpile, a quail shot out and ran under the dog, then back into the brushpile! Trip froze in mid-air; Holman dismounted and shot for him. His race was then very like the performance that got him to the finals, forward almost all the time and at generous all-age range. He rounded the point in front of us at the youth camp, went behind the first pond but showed through the trees on a draw as we made our way around the pond. Trip made Rex’s point, in and out, made cedar point, around and out. He hadn’t been seen for a few minutes, going to the front, when Holman’s hat went in the air. Trip was on point off a plum thicket in full bloom, with the blue lake water in the background, complete with a flock of ducks. We should have taken the picture and ridden on, for Holman could flush no birds and a relocation was also barren. At hour’s end Trip had cruised the entrance to the beartrap and was headed north.
Blaze Dakota Trucker and Windagail’s Last Trade were hard to see the first bit of course because of the cover, but Trade would always manage to appear in the distance, going for the front. Both were missing at Manck’s crossing. Trucker had been unseen for some time; he showed up far up the treeline in time to make the first turn after the crossing; a really nice bit of work. Trade wasn’t gone long but Trucker was out again for several minutes. This was the pattern of Trucker’s entire hour, a nice big race but not a very smooth one. After the fickle finger Trade was seen topping a hillside to the front when he went on point at 53. The final minutes of the hour were spent flushing and relocating, to no avail. As the dog was taken in hand and led out of the area, four or five birds popped up from all around where Holman had been flushing and where the gallery had been parked.
Euchee Rocky and Lea’s Running Jayhawk were turned loose on the big hill behind camp. Glimpses down the chute, then Jayhawk was way wide at the oil well but came on to the front by himself. Rocky was off to the left at the top of the oil well hill, rejoined us at the youth camp and stayed pretty forward from there on. He had made a long cast across the road to a treeline as we were headed for the beartrap and was on his way back when he checked out an island of brush in the meadow and slammed onto point. Budd flushed and flushed, almost muffing it when the birds turned out to be right in front of the dog, which Rocky handled very well. This was an excellent independent find. Jayhawk seemed to shorten a little in the middle of the hour but both dogs had good going away finishes.
Here we paused for lunch, and this would be as good a time as any to sing the praises of Linda Milam and Donna Pride (and their friend Marie C.) for hustling up a tailgate lunch for us almost everyday, complete with dessert. They were also responsible for all the goodies we consumed during morning and afternoon breaks, along with Judy Webb, dog wagon chauffeur extraordinaire. (You’re good too, John, but the girls are just such a team!)
Gambler’s Ace in the Hole and Lobo’s Microcopy Sugar Spot were not up to the caliber of performance that got them into the second series. Neither did anything wrong; what they did just wasn’t right enough. “Rocky” was rougher handling today and more lateral in his race. He had a nice find at 30 in a ditch after the first pond woods, on a single bird. “Michael” had an outstanding find at 40, to the left side of cedar point, near the water’s edge; a wild covey burst out as Johnson flushed and flew over the water. Michael showed nicely the first half but shortened too much the last.
The final pair of hopefuls was Poki Dot and Tequilas Joker. Ever the bird dog, Poki had finds at 17 and 45. The first was in a dry creek bed, the later in the bottom on the way to the fickle finger, just off the trial, a stubborn libby that would not fly. She was missing for some time before and after Manck’s crossing, as was her bracemate. She came from in the trees to the right, Joker was brought in through the crossing. Around the first bend, where the feeder is, Joker was found pointing across the trail in briars, a couple of birds running around. Several minutes later he pointed again, off a plum thicket, looking very sure, but John failed to flush anything. Although he would always turn up in time, we did not see enough of Joker this hour.
There was no long conference; the judges had seen what they wanted to see in the first and third hours, and the winners were announced and given their laurels.
The Time Machine has placed in two other hour stakes this spring season and previously had won four Derby classics. Anthony Vescoso of South Lyon, Mich., (just west of Detroit) has alot to look forward to with this strong young dog.
Euchee Rocky was in the winners’ circle on these same grounds a couple of weeks ago, named runner-up in the Texas Brittany Championship. He is obviously a tough and consistent contender for owner Glynn McCauley, who lives about two and a half hours north of these grounds.
Once again we thank Purina for their support with advertising and Pro Plan dog food for the winners. We also appreciate the folks who provided goodies for the dog wagon. (Marge J. to name one!)
Field marshalling is not a difficult job here at Lake Murray. Most handlers are familiar with the courses but it is an all-day, everyday chore, inconvenient to combine with preparing for and handling dogs in the stake at hand. Loyd Budd never let us down, and with Tom Milan and Frank Pride as back-up, we were the most on-track, rounded up bunch a field trialers anywhere ever!
Ardmore, Okla., March 20
Judges: Harold Ellis and Rosco Staton
UNITED STATES OPEN BRITTANY CHAMPIONSHIP
[One-Hour Qualifying Heats; One-Hour Finals]—51 Brittanys
Winner—THE TIME MACHINE. 1493835, male, by The County Lawyer—Jerob’s Magic Tradewinds. Tony Vescoso, owner; Chad Holman, handler.
Runner-Up—EUCHEE ROCKY, 1415778, male, by Dutch Master V—Starbuck's Lucky Lady. Glynn McCauley, owner; Loyd Budd, handler.
VICTOIRE NATIONALE DERBY CLASSIC
Twenty-six youngsters were drawn for this year’s running of the prestigious Victoire Nationale Derby Classic, run the two days preceding the Open Championship at the lake Murray grounds. The eventual winner ran in the first brace of the trial on Saturday morning and the runner-up was in the last brace of that same day.
It seemed Roy and Molly’s Bar None Meg (Johnson) and Joker’s Star Buck (Cross) had the first hour’s course to themselves, as no deer herds were observed “leaving Dodge” at our approach. It almost looked like that meant no quail, either, but Meg finally found some home at 47, with an immature find on a handful of libbies. Only a few minutes later she was working very birdy in the open grass, Johnson doubtful but finally believing her when she established point. This was a good covey and her manners were better at the flush and shot this time. A few minutes later at the end of a long cast into a treeline Meg was found pointing in brush just off the road. This, too, was a good bunch of birds, and her reaction was “happier” at their flush but she was easily whoaed. Just cast off from this find, time was called. Both dogs had started with enthusiasm. Meg forward with distance. Buck more “all over the place”. He stayed that way most of the hour; Meg eventually slowed down a little but was easy to handle and kept to the front. Her performance showed a willingness to listen to her handler and a consistency desirable in mature dogs.
TNK’S Holy Terra (K. Johnson) and D Bar K’s Centerfold (Green) were the final pair of the day. The sun was out for the first time. Terra showed heels a lot, several times needing to be rounded up for the next swing in the course, and several times showing nicely far to the front. Star was a little slower to unwind but she gradually gained momentum and was wider and wider by the end of the hour, always trying to find something to point. Several times she stopped but corrected herself. Just before time was called, she pointed with style and stood fairly well for a single bird's flight.
Judges Jack Murphy of Nowata, Okla., (as advertised) and this reporter (filling in for advertised Bob Rankin, who was taking care of family matters) used as criteria the day’s performance plus perceived potential as a mature all-age competitor. Roy and Molly’s Bar None Meg, owned by Dave and Pat Scholten of Broken Arrow, Okla., has been with trainer Lyle Johnson her entire short career, from the age of six months. She sports ten placements in puppy and Derby stakes. D Bar K’s Centerfold was acquired by Dale Barker of Cedar Hill, Tex., from her breeder/trainer, Bunny Green.
VICTOIRE NATIONALE DERBY CLASSIC
judges: Pat Kammerlocher and Jack Murphy
[One-Hour Heats]—24 Brittanys
Winner—ROY AND MOLLY'S BAR NONE MEG, 1478321, female, by Blaze and Lobo's Evil Roy—Rimarda's Molly A Dan D. Dave & Pat Scholten. owners; Lyle Johnson, handler.
Runner-Up— D BAR K'S CENTERFOLD, 1478045, female, by Shasta’s Spike From Evil Roy—Highpoing Sill O Ette. Dale Barker, owner; Bunny Green, handler.
