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  A Reversal of Fortune

  By Tom Word - Jul 20
  When Ben Reach heard Bill Bain had gone to work as dog trainer on Twisted Pine Plantation, he cringed. Bill had for many years been a for-the-publi...
  

• Another Man’s View

  Jul 20
  Dave Marshall, who recently passed away, had a lifelong love and dedication to bird dogs and the field trial sport. As a youngster he was always ...
  

• Rosco Staton Has Died

  By Al Gorrow - Jul 16
  Rosco Staton, longtime Brittany handler from Cleveland, Mo., passed away on July 12. Funeral services were held Monday, July 16.
  
• Annual Meetings Held in St. Louis in June

  AFTCA News

  By Piper Huffman, Secretary - Jul 16
  The annual meeting of trustees of the Amateur Field Trial Clubs of America was held June 22 at the Drury Inn and Suites in Valley Park, Mo. Preside...
  
• A Friend for 61 Years

  Sigbot "Bodo" Winterhelt

  By David Fletcher - Jul 13
  We met in 1957 at the Ontario Bird Dog Association trial held on what is now the Toronto International Airport runways. It was the first field ...
  
• Final Endorsements for Candidates; Voting ...

  Field Trial Hall of Fame

  Jul 13
  The Field Trial Hall of Fame [Two ballots are made available to who are charged with voting for two nomination process is underway. The issue of ...
  

• North Carolina Association News

  By John Ivester, NCFTA, ... - Jul 12
  The North Carolina Field Trial Association is in dire need of a tractor replacement for the NCFTA bird feeding program at the Sandhills venue in ...
  
• Bird Dog Foundation News

  The Living Legends Luncheon

  By Tonya Brotherton - Jul 11
  In 2017, the Bird Dog Foundation launched “Luncheon with the Legends” which proved to be a resounding success. A second Luncheon with the Legends ...
  
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  Field Trial Hall of Fame

  Jul 11
  For more than six weeks, readers have had the Persons may be living or dead, and if living having reached opportunity to submit written endorsement...
  
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  A Living Legend — Ray Trimble

  By Bob Fleury - Jul 11
  Ray Trimble of Carterville, Ill., was honored by the Bird Dog Foundation with the designation of Living Legend at a luncheon meeting in June in ...