Spectacular bird work under nearly impossible conditions propelled Hard Driving Bev to first place in the inaugural running of the Venango Classic, an all-age stake run on grouse and woodcock. Bev had two stellar finds… 
Report by John Criswell The first dog on the drawing sheet for the 84th All-America Prairie Championship was Funseeker’s Gem. Her hour came just before noon and her accomplishment raised the level of the stake…
In the early eighties I attended the National Amateur Quail Championship when it ran at Inola, Oklahoma. I was just starting to cut my teeth in the horseback game and wanted to watch some of…
Thanks to Jack Herriage for this story. One hot day in May 1967, we were running at a field trial on the Lake Whitney (Texas) field trial grounds. This was a highly contested trial, albeit…
I have seen a lot of amazing things from dogs over the years. Evolution or “Hack” did one of the most spectacular things I ever witnessed. I was scouting for my dad at the Continental…
While searching for a description of a great grouse dog performance, several people mentioned Northern Dancer’s win in the 1991 Lake States Grouse Championship. The dog was trained and handled by Jim Tande from Minnesota.…
By Tom A. Novak I was fortunate to witness two great bird dog performances during the twenty-third renewal of the running of this championship held near Baldwinsville, New York in 1979. One was by the…
Of the half dozen or so really memorable performances I have witnessed, Grouse Ridge Storm’s 1994 win of the Grand National Grouse Championship at Gladwin, Michigan has to be one of them. It was a…
Through the years I have been fortunate to witness some great races on the Canadian prairies. The prairies are a measurement of a dog who must be able to run them to the extreme…
I met Robert Wehle, Dick Shear and Elhew Flying Dutchman on Sunday, November 3, 1974. I was at the Gladwin grounds after the Lake States Grouse Championship had concluded and had arranged to stay right…
