Texas Fight by John Donaldson Texas Fight was whelped January 11, 1970 in a litter bred by J. C. Meek of Holdenville, Oklahoma. His sire, The Texas Squire, was the 1972 National Champion and 1971… 
From the 1979 Christmas Issue, reprinted from two years earlier, esteemed all-age handler John Rex Gates discusses judges and judging: 1977_AF_Judges and Judging_JR Gates The Texas Squire, 1972 National Champion. The Edwin Brown pointer is…
Thanks to famed Hall of Fame handler John Rex Gates for taking the time to speak with me this past winter at the 2012 National Championship. I asked him if he had any handling tips…
Thanks to writer Daniel Holladay for his tale of John Rex winning the National Championship with Safari in 1966! I met Daniel at the Prospect Church while I was taking photographs of the afternoon running…
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…
