| Master
National Tuesday/Wednesday September 19-20,
2000 |
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| Callbacks
were given yesterday at 4 PM for Group B and at
10 PM for Group A. Those dropped in Group A
were: 1, 9, 23, 42, 43, 61, 65, 70, 83, 89, 95,
107, 114, 117, 123 and 124. |
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| Those
lost in Group B were: 36, 38, 39, 71, 72, 90, 91,
105, 107, 120, 121, and 123. (See below for later
callbacks) |
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| Since
we are leaving the field around 7 PM and the worker’s
party was last night, these numbers weren’t posted
until today. There were 69 dogs called back
to the third series in Group A and 80 dogs in Group
B. |
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| Late
yesterday afternoon (around 4 PM) Group B had their
first test dog running Test #2, which is a land/water
series. The scenario for that will be below.
This morning Group A moved to Test #7 which is also
a land/water series that B ran the first day.
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| Today
there is supposedly a storm front moving in so there
are high clouds and the temperature started out
around 60 degrees. Rain should be here by
this afternoon and hopefully it won’t be one of
those horizontal gale force things that can easily
happen in this part of the country. |
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| Last
night’s Worker’s Party was a hit, especially since
the food was great, there were a few door prizes,
and a band. Woody Thurman sang his traditional
song along with the new verse that was composed
especially for this event. He dedicated it
to Frank Prendergast and Russ Reavis for their valiant
and successful effort to help Bruce Bachert during
set-up. I’ll have the verse for you tomorrow,
since Woody is on the field right now and I’m at
the hotel. This is also the first time Woody
has had a band to back him up and it was great.
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| Trivia
and Stats |
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| Oldest
handler in this event: Walter Carrion at 78
years young. (He’s been heard telling everyone
that this is the “only game in town!”
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| Youngest
handler in this event: Bo Taylor at 28 years.
I asked for 2 days and I couldn’t find anyone else
younger (See Wed/Thurs report for youngest handler
- Brian Urgonski) |
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| Oldest
dog entered: Beaver of Thunder Ridge MH born
on 11/22/88 #67A Handled by Walter Carrion
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| Youngest
dog entered: Country Club’s Super Sabre MH
born 10/17/98 #1B Handled by Todd Manuel
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| Several
dogs broke in Group A in series #3 that was run
yesterday, but Group B only had a few breaks.
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| (Special
Message: Mom---Joe’s doing great!!)
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| Scenario
Test #2 Land/Water |
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| Land
Test #2 |
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Test #2 is located in the middle of a field where
there is a small pond that contains a lot of old
dead standing trees in the left area. The
dogs will be crossing the small pond 2 times but
on the right side to retrieve 2 birds and a blind
that are up the hillside. This series
contains 1 flyer, 2 pop/throws, and 2 blinds, neither
of which are hot. |
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| Today
our group of hunters is going on a duck hunt in
a public hunting area. But since it is also
pheasant season, we will be keeping our eyes open
for them as well. We decided to start out
in the afternoon and as we approach our duck pond,
we find that there is already a hunter situated
there across the pond. We also find
out that another group has situated themselves up
the hill behind a large bush. No problem as
the area is large enough to accommodate all of us.
We get settled with one hunter and his dog in front
of the pond, a buddy left to go between a couple
of trees to our right and our third friend went
around the pond and slight up the hill. It
doesn’t take long before a pheasant is flushed and
the group up the hill shoots. But now that
also spooked the flight of ducks that had started
to circle into the pond. Since our friend
up the hill wasn’t quite ready, the gunner across
the pond gets the fun because he gets two shots
off and his land in the middle of the hill and off
to our right. We send our dog to get all 3
birds and as soon as he gets back with the last
one, lo and behold the pheasant hunters had shot
2 extra birds earlier and had not had time to get
them before we came in. One bird is up the
hill at the base of a slot into the bushes &
trees. The second one is to our right about
82 yards out. |
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| Note:
On the digital picture of this test, the line is
off the picture a bit. The panorama is so
large that not all of it would fit. The line
to send the dogs on the marks & blind #1 is
about 5 yds to the left & in the trees.
There is a second line just in front of the trees
to send the dog on blind #2. |
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| Group
A completed their test and callbacks listed the
following as dropped. They are: 36, 47, 56, 74,
81 and 120. Group B is not finished as yet.
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Youngest Handler |
Oldest Handler |
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