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  1. OldPhil
    Yes, Ted's dogs were lovely Norfolk Lurcher style animals,. .they definitely had the film star looks, as did many other's that were around at the time. Ted was very coursing orientated,.. he had little use for a Moucher's type of animal My own thinking was a bit different,. .I demanded that my Smithfield 'look-a-likes' acted and behaved, in the manner of their original Herding ancestor....for,. if they were not tractable and easily schooled,.. then for me,.. the entire project would have been a waste of fecking time.... I freely admit,.. I failed abysmally on several occasions, and some
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    Yes, dear friend ,..I was possibly being a bit pedantic,..in as much as,. very few antique books (if any) especially on the subject of Poaching,.. have been penned by actual Poachers,...and,.. it stands out a country mile
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    Hmm,...The problem I have found with the early reference books, is that the information offered, is frequently nothing more than hearsay, and is often woefully inaccurate... Whilst I am no scholar and have received scant formal education,..(which makes me a tad on the thicko side)..I was raised on a sheep and cattle farm,.. and saw many types of herding dogs. Very few were pure bred,. .indeed, amongst the bare -skinned Border Collie/Welsh Collie litters, there was often a Bearded collie throwback kinda critter.. These occasional hairy ones, made me think that the Border and Beardie , ar
  4. OldPhil
    Interesting to hear a bit of 'Smithfield banter'....
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    We cross various 'types' to improve upon the 'Type',.. Nearly all F1 Hybrids are the start, and rarely the end product,...it takes time, to produce the genuine article. I did tell the dreaming scholar this fact,. but,... it went straight over his silly fecking head
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    That is a real useful hybrid,.. and if you are lucky,.. you can get the best of both worlds..
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    True words Joe,...and it is a hackneyed phrase to simply say that, "we had the best of it",.. but, feck it,...it's 100% true.. An old pal mentioned this very thing to me only yesterday,.. and he asked, "What went wrong" ? For me, it don't take much thinking about,...and as a lifelong Hunting man, I can only say,...."We just got too fecking civilised".... Anyway,.. all the best to all genuine lads,...have a good Xmas,.. and pray for a prosperous and healthy New Year....
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    Dave and me, were pals,...and occasional business partners... Back in the day,...I was dealt a bit of a blow,... Dave helped me out, and probably saved the day. He loved having the craic, and was always amused by my silly tales and crazy anecdotes,...we had some good old times... I believe his legacy and writings about the terrier world, will live on.... RIP Dave Harcombe..
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    Go with your heart...I always do....
  10. OldPhil
    I believe that everything on the subject of what lurcher a man should keep, has already been said.... We all keep the style of hunting dog that best suits our needs...
  11. OldPhil
    So beautiful... What exciting adventures await ,.....I'm so envious.....
  12. OldPhil
    Yeah, a poor specimen,...something definitely not right...
  13. OldPhil
    He knows....
  14. OldPhil
    Quite Amazing....
  15. OldPhil
    I grew up around Sheepdogs and Cattle curs, and we did have collie saturated lurcher dogs,...but, nobody I ever knew,.. had an actual Greyhound There was one about somewhere,. obviously,.. but our lurchers were mostly bred 'like to like',.. and they worked well enough.... The Greyhound element has always seemed the obvious choice when producing a lurcher, and back in the day, these superlative running dogs were in abundance and could be relied upon to produce a reasonably level end product...and even more so for those wishing to sell litters, on a commercial basis.... However,.. th
  16. OldPhil
    Bred several litter of F1 hybrids,.. using Collies and Greyhounds as Sires and Dams,...and other than the Greyhound bitches producing larger litters,.. we have found very little genetic difference.....Facts are,.. with this particular hybridisation,.. although physicality is obviously of prime importance,. the most essential quality to aim for is,...TEMPERAMENT.....because if you ain't got that, and tractability in abundance,.. then really,...you have achieved nothing...
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    No,. it's not her....
  18. OldPhil
    I've been a lurcher enthusiast for over 65 years,...met a lot of lads, some good 'un's, and predictably,. some not so good. Yes,. I believe that you are a genuine Hunting Man..
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    Hi, yeah, I would probably have met the Guy,...I seemed to cross paths with the majority of folk mentioned in the early jottings , books, articles, etc.... Facts were, back then, I used to get about a bit ,...I always had an almost perverse urge to meet various people, described as being, genuine hunting men... It took me a few years,.. but, I eventually grew out of it,...I stopped searching for heroes, and then everything became, a whole lot clearer...
  20. OldPhil
    Well,.. I hung out with an Army guy for a few seasons,.. we mostly did the rabbits and a few Roe,.. and I pretty soon realised, that being in the Military was a bit different to working in a Factory, or for some building firm.. He had to abide by certain rules. There was obviously a few fiddles and opportunities to slink off,.. more so if you had a bit of Rank, and had been in a Regiment for several years, and knew how to work the system... But,.. on the whole, my pal had to toe the line and be available, if called upon. The guy I was rabbiting with, was permanently based on Sa
  21. OldPhil
    We use Marketplace extensively to sell items,...of course you get Scammers (daily) and time wasters and dreamers abound... It is so easy for folk to ask, 'Is this item still available,.. I am interested"....to do so, costs them nothing,.. its just pressing a button on their keyboard.. The real trick, is to separate, the clowns from the genuine buyers,...and obviously, not to take anything too seriously... We have found that if people are really serious, and want to buy or view your items,...their interest is fairly obvious.. Sometimes you come unstuck, and it is disappoin
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    Mother Nature schools a dog to find his quarry,...we just watch his movements,.. and general demeanour....very carefully....
  23. OldPhil
    Personally,...I think its all wrong to be hunting down, hunting men,.. considering the plethora of violent folk that are wandering around the UK.. Whatever has this fecking country come to...
  24. OldPhil
    You knows.....
  25. OldPhil
    Good luck, and a long life to them all....
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