Field Trials

• Field Trial Report

  Kansas Hunting Dog Club

  By Josh Palmer and Jim Fry - May 21
  The 17th running of the Kansas Walking Derby Classic hosted by the Kansas Hunting Dog Club will be forever remembered as the “Classic that ...
  
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  Mid-Atlantic Red Setter Club

  By Roger W. Boser - May 20
  April 6-7 the Mid-Atlantic Red Setter Club trial was run under near perfect weather conditions. A course adjustment this year allowed the avoidance...
  
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  Georgia-Florida Invitational

  By Tommy Rice - May 20
  The judges for the 2013 spring version of the Georgia-Florida Invitational Shooting Dog Stake were Tim Moore of Colquitt, Ga., and Alan York of ...
  
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  International Brittany Shooting Dog Championship

  By Lisa Pollock - May 17
  The 2013 International Brittany Shooting Dog Championship began April 1 at the Union County Bird Dog Ranch in Thayer, Ia. We thank Purina, our ...
  
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  Grand Valley Bird Dog Club

  By Jim Cipponeri - May 17
  The long gray winter experienced here in Michigan and most of the Midwest was evident at the Ionia Field Trial Grounds during the kickoff of the ...
  

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  Region 17 Amateur Shooting Dog Championship

  By Doug Meyer - May 20
  The Region 17 Amateur Shooting Dog Championship, hosted by the Greater Iowa Field Trial Club, was held on March 29-31 at the Hickman Ranch west of ...
  
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  Commonwealth Bird Dog Club

  By Jim Pendergest - May 20
  The Commonwealth Bird Dog Club held its spring trial March 30-31 at the Miller Welch Central Kentucky Wildlife Management Area, near Richmond, Ky. ...
  
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  Utah Field Trial Association

  By Glen Wiese - May 17
  Bluebird weather, not typical for March 30, shone on our two-stake trial at Howell, Utah. Rio’s Rising Renegade (Ace), three- year-old German ...
  
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  Jockey Hollow Trials

  By Lloyd Miller - May 17
  The Jockey Hollow Field Trial Club ran its spring trial slate of stakes March 20-24 on the Greenwood Wildlife Management Area in Lacey Township, ...
  
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  Clovernook Pointer and Setter Club

  By Ray Wheeler - May 17
  Tri Valley Wildlife Area near Dresden, Ohio was the venue for the spring Clovernook field trial. These grounds provided open country for a dog to ...
  

Dog & Horse

• Appreciating Sir Lancelot

  One in Ten Thousand

  By Robert Franks - May 16
  The hope — the anticipation — of the next great dog burns within the soul of all good bird dog men and women. Finding that 1 in 10,000 prospect ...
  

• Regarding Setters and Field Trials

  Readers Respond. . .

  By Dennis Lutynski - May 13
  To Mr. Rand Constalie in response to “Some Considerations” in the May 11 issue. “The English Setter breed has no breeder with the patience, ...
  

Obituaries

• Tribute to a Friend

  By Mark W. Provost - May 09
  I knew Guy Rezzardi for almost 40 years. We grew up together. Well, at least half of us did. I know some of his deepest secrets and his most ...
  

Upcoming Calendar & Events
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May 24, 2013
7:00 AM		DuBois Beaver Meadow Field Trial Association
7:30 AM		Edmonton Pointing Dog Club
8:00 AM		Region 1 (AFTCA) Amateur Horseback Shooting Dog Championship
May 25, 2013
7:00 AM		Southern Wisconsin Pointing Dog Club
7:30 AM		Central Maine Brittany Club
7:30 AM		Northern Colorado Brittany Club
7:30 AM		Kalamazoo Southwest Michigan Field Trial Club
7:30 AM		Kalamazoo Southwest Michigan Field Trial Club
8:00 AM		Northern New Jersey Field Trial Club