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Field Champion
Amateur Field Champion
Meg's Pattie O'Rourke
DOB: October 9, 1956
Beewacker's Chester x Meg O' My Heart
A brown-white chested Chesapeake female owned by Al Flath then Dr. Frederick A. Dashnaw. "Missy" was the 1958 High Point Derby dog with 90 points. She started in 27 Derby stakes placing 26 times. She started placing in 1959 with an Open second and an Amateur third in September of that year. She had finished both of her titles, FC and AFC, in 1960. She qualified for two National Opens and was a finalist in 1962. National Amateurs was shown as four and she was a finalist in three, 1960, 1961, and 1962.
In 1961 Missy was the first Chesapeake to win a all-breed trial double header. In '62 she also won both the Amateur and Open Stakes at the Chesapeake Specialty. Missy is shown with 55.5 Open Points and 51.5 Amateur points (with 29.5 open under amateur handling). she was only bred once-to her full brother Meg's O'Timothy.
The FC AFC Meg's Pattie O'Rourke Trophy is awarded to the ACC (American Chesapeake Club) member whose Chesapeake earns the most points in AKC licensed and member Derby stakes during the year.
Contributed to Working Retriever
Central! by Richard
Halstead, Lino Lakes, Minnesota.
(The Labrador Retriever June 1962-1966, The Handbook of Amateur Retriever Trials 1962-1966, and 1941-1995 Retriever Field Trial Staticstics by Sue Reynolds)
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