The Collars
He had long been obsessed by the fraud he felt sure his neighbor had imposed on him. But he knew he could not prove it, and so he tried, without success, to keep it out… 
He had long been obsessed by the fraud he felt sure his neighbor had imposed on him. But he knew he could not prove it, and so he tried, without success, to keep it out…
It had built between them for a decade, but its seeds had been sown at their births. Their fathers had been rivals before them, and they had apprenticed under the fathers. In this tenth season…
Once again Brad Harter has brought us an artful video presentation of the National Bird Dog Championship. The camera work and editing are excellent. The story told is bleak, save for the performances of three…
Every wagon dog string needed one, few had one, all dog men wanted one. The One was a pointer or setter which, when quail were elusive, could be counted on to find and point some.…
I got introduced to trials fifty years ago by Bill Anderson of Danville, Virginia, a law schoolmate and dear friend. Bill was active with the Carolina-Virginia Club which ran a spring trial on the Leggett…
Joanne came into Ben’s office right after he returned from lunch. “Two young men stopped in just after you went to lunch and asked to see you. They were bird dog folks I know from…
Like all experienced judges, Ben Reach hated callbacks. Ben had never suggested one, and when a fellow judge wanted one, he resisted with all his might, and had been known to urge a flip of…
For 130 summers they had trekked north in July to the northern prairies with their young bird dogs. They sought relief from the brutal southern heat, and the game birds that thrived on the vast…
“What does diss mean?” Ben asked Joanne. “Disrespect, or a put down. Kids say it a lot.” “That clears things up,” Ben said. He had just got off the phone with Fred Carter, a bird…
By long tradition, Ben opened his bream fishing season with Billy Lee, his friend since boyhood. Billy was Ben’s age, but like Ben he still worked, in Billy’s case as a utility hand on Mossy…