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DIDNT BUDDY COME FROM J YOUNG KARLSBERG? MAN THAT HAD BOB, SIRE OF INDIE & CARSSON?. YOU ARE RIGHT MATE ABOUT HIS STUD POTENTIAL////, A PROVEN SIRE FROM THAT BREEDING IS TO ME WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD having seen a good number of his prodgeny run i wouldnt be surprised if we all look back in five years time and say Buddy may be the best coursing stud that there has ever been for throwing good quality pups across the board. Also i wouldn't be awfully surprised if the 'cream gene' becomes overly dominant in the world of coursing dogs, those capable of performing to a high standard thro
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DIDNT BUDDY COME FROM J YOUNG KARLSBERG? MAN THAT HAD BOB, SIRE OF INDIE & CARSSON?. YOU ARE RIGHT MATE ABOUT HIS STUD POTENTIAL////, A PROVEN SIRE FROM THAT BREEDING IS TO ME WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD
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Excellent bitch, good enough to win a Forley, but that year there were some exceptional animals in it ,and they could not all win. HERES ANOTHER ONE OF THE MILLENIUM 6. ANYBODY RECOGNISE HER?
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FOXY IS WELL DOCUMENTED & IVE SEEN HER RUN AS MANY HAVE & SHE WAS TOP CLASS. CHARLIE, I NEVER SEEN RUN EXCEPT ON DVD(i think you can only truly comment on a dog having seen it in the flesh) BUT MY MATE B THOMPSON DID & I HOLD HIS OPINION IN HIGH REGARD. SAID CHARLIE WAS A "good un" AS HE PUTS IT, & WAS A DOG THAT WAS NO SLOUCH WHO COULD GO UP & DOWN THE GEARS . JUST LOOK AT THE DOGS HE PRODUCED & THAT TELLS ITS OWN STORY. BUDDY MUST BE 1 OF THE TOP SIRES AROUND, HIS NAME CROPS UP SO OFTEN I DONT IMAGINE THAT PEOPLE WOULD KEEP USING HIM & PAYING GOOD MONEY IF HE WASN
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HERES A COUPLE MORE PHOTOS I FOUND FROM THE 90`s, 1 OF A NAME FROM THE PAST. TOMMY RILEY WITH HIS DEERHOUNDS & OTHER DOGS IN CAITHNESS, THE OTHER FROM THE SCOTTISH KENNEL CLUB SHOW, THE OWNER TOLD ME IT HAD WORKING BLOOD IN IT, BUT MANY SHOW OWNERS CLAIMED THIS AT THE TIME
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FOXY WAS HIS DAM
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BOTH WERE TOP CLASS DOGS OWNED BY 2 TOP CLASS DOG MEN. BOTH MEN KNEW HOW TO BEHAVE WHETHER IT WAS IN DEFEAT OR VICTORY. SADLY I DOUBT WE WILL EVER SEE SUCH DAYS AGAIN WITH THE CURRENT LEGISLATION & THAT`S THE REAL TRAGEDY
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IT CERTAINLY IS D, THE WAY I SEE IT THE BEST WAY TO FORM AN OPINION ON A SUBJECT IS TO EXPERIENCE IT. COUNTRYFILE 2NITE HAS A REPORT ON IRISH HARES & A GOLDEN HARE WITH BLUE EYES NATIVE TO YOUR AREA????. EVERYDAYS A SCHOOLDAY BOLIO MY FRIEND The first hares I've seen were Irish hares on Divis mountain over Belfast in the late fifties with my old man Optimus. I never saw one of those blue eyed buggers in all that time, but I'm sure I wasn't in a silver corsa yesterday on the A77, ha ha!! IT WAS AN ASTRA BOLIO. LOL!
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This dog of yours that represented Scotland would that be Fallon? What was her recall like? Or should I say capture Along with Jim Bell in that picture of the field trials there is also Blinddate on here and Kevin Walker working Cleo Y.I.S Leeview IVE A PICTURE OF THE INITIAL TRIO OF FINALISTS, JIM BELL WITH PADDY,STEVE BARTONS ALSATION X(think it was called Rooney)& KEVIN WALKER WITH HIS BITCH CLEO FM RUFUS THE RED. PUT IT UP WHEN I FIND IT. I THINK THE BEST FORMAT WAS 1 CHAMPION FM EACH UK AREA. WHEN IT TURNED TO 3 FOR EACH TEAM IT WENT A BIT AWRY.
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NO PROBLEM. TRUTH WAS I COULDNT REMEMBER WHY SHE HAD A WHITE COLLAR LEEVIEW,cheers
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yes that is a pic ov maisey mate YEAH I KNOW MATE, BUT I DONT KNOW WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO PHOTOS I TOOK OF THE OTHER DOGS ON THE DAY SHADRACK???? THAT WAS THE BEST DAYS COURSING I HAVE EVER SEEN
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GET A GRIP MATHEW.
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IT CERTAINLY IS D, THE WAY I SEE IT THE BEST WAY TO FORM AN OPINION ON A SUBJECT IS TO EXPERIENCE IT. COUNTRYFILE 2NITE HAS A REPORT ON IRISH HARES & A GOLDEN HARE WITH BLUE EYES NATIVE TO YOUR AREA????. EVERYDAYS A SCHOOLDAY BOLIO MY FRIEND
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Was the Forley Millenium a single handed comp? If so why have a white collar on the dog? Y.I.S Leeview YES AS FAR AS I KNOW THE FORLEY MILLENIUM WAS A SINGLE HANDED COMPETITION. CERTAINLY APPEARED THAT WAY WHEN I WAS AT IT ANYWAY. "why have a white collar on the dog?" TO BE HONEST I DO NOT KNOW. HOWEVER THE FACT THERE IS ONLY 1 DOG IN THE PHOTO THAT I TOOK AT SOUTH KAIME & THE LACK OF A SECOND DOG WITH A RED COLLAR IN THE SLIPS SUGGESTS IT WAS A SINGLE HANDED DAY,cheers
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MOST BEARDIE/BORDER COMPOSITES CAME FM HANCOCKS. HERES 3 GENERATIONS. RITCHARD JONES(beardie/border) HIS SON TAFFY A HALF CROSS & A SON OF PADDYS, JIM BELLS 3/4 BRED WHO REPRESENTED SCOTLAND AT THE NLRC FIELD TRIALS AT BLAIRGOWRIE
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HERES SOME FOR YOU THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST?
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USED TO GO HUNTING WITH MATES FM N, IRELAND. THEY MAINLY DONE CHARLIE BUT AS IM A COURSING MAN I WAS TAKEN OUT FOR A DAY AROUND NEWRY ON THE BORDER WITH THE SOUTH. MORE LIKE AN ASSAULT COURSE THAN A DAYS COURSING. TINY FIELDS. LOADS OF COVER & WIRE FENCES, MUCH WORSE THAN UP HERE IN SCOTLAND. COULDNT GET NEAR THEM AS THEY WERE OFF AS SOON AS THEY SEEN YOU. MANAGED TO GET 1 HARE(IN PHOTO), SO I SETTLED FOR THAT ON A DAY THAT NOTHING WAS GOING RIGHT
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THE ONLY QUESTION OF MATHS IS THAT THEIRS 39pr OF CHROMOSOMES FM THE PARENTS, JUST EXACTLY HOW THEY WILL THROW HEIGHT WISE IS HARD 2 PREDICT. WHEN MIXING WHIPPET WITH GREYHOUND. VARIATION IN SIZE IS AN UNAVOIDABLE FACT WITH THIS BREEDING. THE RACING FRATERNITY PREFER THE SMALLER SIZE, THE LURCHER FRATERNITY PREFER THE BIGGER PUPS
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I TOOK IT AT THE FORLEY MILLENIUM BOLIO. 6 DOGS THAT ON THAT DAY LOOKED OUTSTANDING ANIMALS. QUALITY OF DOGS SUCH AS MAISIE WAS EXCELLENT. HOWEVER BLONDIE WENT ON 2 WIN IT ON THE 2ND DAYS RUNNING
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CERTAINLT A BITCH THAT COULD RUN
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IS THIS THE BITCH IN QUESTION???
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well said dogs are made famous because they maybe once killed 5 or 6 o7 but we all know its consistency that makes a dog i can take you too places where hares would rollover and die then when teh lads get into teh pub and say i caught 7 legendary status falls upon them. i been out with foxy when she only killed one hare in match and won teh problem with lads now they talk about having match dogs and there dog teh best and that but they havent really proved themselves and matched other top class animals.this internet is easy to make legends years ago it was matching that made lege
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THATS TRUE POACHER. IVE KNOWN MEN THAT WHEN THEY HAD A TASTE OF MATCHING THEIR DOGS,EVEN WITH SUCCESS NEVER DONE IT AGAIN. MATCHING COULD TURN A FRIEND AGAINST FRIEND OVER MONEY OR REPUTATION. ALSO THE SLIPS OR QUALITY OF THE HARE COULD COME IN TO QUESTION. TAKE ANY 3 PEOPLE THAT WATCHED A DOG COURSE A HARE & THE 3 PEOPLE CAN EASILY HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON HOW THE CHASE PLAYED OUT, THATS JUST HUMAN NATURE WITHOUT TAKING THE PEOPLE THAT JUST WANT 2 CRAB OTHER PEOPLES DOGS IN TO ACCOUNT. THE "old Meg would have caught that hare" TYPE OF MENTALITY., SO EASY 2 LOSE SIGHT OF THE ENJOYMENT &
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YOU DONT MIND PAYING FOR A DECENT JOB FROM A DECENT VET & NOT SOME OF THE PRACTICES THAT SEEM 2 MASQUERADE AS VETS THESE DAYS. INSURANCE IN THESE CASH STRAPPED TIMES IS A GOOD IDEA, BUT GETTING INSURANCE 4 A RUNNING DOG IS VERY EXPENSIVE. THOUGH IF YOU ARE ON GOOD TERMS WITH YOUR VET THEN A LURCHER IS AFTER ALL A CROSSBRED DOG & CAN BE INSURED AS SUCH
