Flaming Star, 6 1/2-year-old white and orange setter dog, owned by Mrs. G. Gumby Jordan of Columbus, Ga., handled by Herman Smith, turned in a stellar performance in 95 degree heat to capture the revived… 
By John Criswell Writing about a field trial seems so insignificant. The seriousness so often attached to them, the bickering that comes along feel even more petty now. And, conversely the joys should be sweeter,…
2003 Southwestern Winners. In foreground, left: Butch Winter poses Bee Bayou Daisy and Pat Lockhart shows Rebel Rex. Standing: Judge Tommy Mock, Marshall Loftin, Stanley Downs, John Johnson, Freddie Rayl, Jeremy Johnson, Judge Stony Loftin…
All-America Chicken Championship winners. From left front: Whippoorwill’s Rebel with Bill Hunt and Tommy Davis; Jedi Pilot, the runner-up with Freddie Epp. Standing: Doug Vaughn and Clyde Queen, the judges; Roy Epp and Linda Hunt. Whippoorwill’s…
Ard Righ Justina Wins Revival Renewal; Super Shadow is Runner-Up On September 6, 1902 the inaugural running of the Manitoba Championship was held near Carman, Manitoba. Twenty dogs were nominated, and twelve actually started —…
Tekoa Mountain Sunrise, powerhouse four-and-a-half-year-old white and orange setter male owned by Stephen and Jrene Asher of Boise, Ida., became the third setter of this championship to win the title. The other two were Peerless…
The 2000 prairie trials were officially kicked off August 27 with the running of the Prairie All-Age Championship Association’s Saskatchewan Chicken Championship and accompanying Derby. Law’s High Noon Competing in a strong field of sixty,…
Photos from the 2019 US Chicken Championship & Derby
The earliest this scribe knows of dog trainers coming to the rural Manitoba Municipality of Albert was 1933….Clyde Martin, Bert Black and Ivan Yopp. This is not to say there weren’t others who came earlier.…
For well over a hundred years, trainers have ventured to the prairie to train and condition their dogs and compete on wild birds. They traveled to the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta and…
