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Kent D. Patterson One N Only ( aka Maxwell’s White Spirit ) Champion One-And-Only at his first find at the Sawtooth Oaks The 2006 Champion was found in a 4 yr old white and orange male handled by Ben Lorenson of Corrina, ME, bred by Terry Maxwell of Wilcox, AZ, and owned by Kent D. Patterson of Franklin, TN. Maxwell’s White Spirit, Am Field named One-N-Only put a flowing, 4 find, all-age race together in the first brace of the championship series to best the competition. Details of Butch’s qualifying and championship performances are detailed below. Brace 1 - Qualifying Series: One N Only (Lorenson) Dakota Alley Cat (Tracy) Butch and Tiger were towing their scouts to the start line as the gallery assembled along Safford Road. Neither wasted any time leaving the mark and impressed early showing on the far tree line as everyone settled into their seats. Butch extended the cast to its end and turned the corner toward Coach’s Place as Tiger was seen traversing the patch of woods. As the gallery came out of the wood’s cut, Tiger was seen briefly up front while Ben looked for Butch. Butch returned at 10 and was seen going away along a food plot to the south. A covey lifted from the far end with no credit nor blame placed on the dog. Both dogs were wide to the Lost Pasture where extreme westerly casts took them deep into the country as the gallery traversed the big broom sage field. Butch showed up front and was seen going over the hill to the lake with no sign of Tiger. Butch rimmed the property line behind the lake and “ripped it” down the Sedgefield fence line. At 40, he was standing stylishly on the shoulder of Safford road near the lake entrance. Ben stepped into classic quail cover on a sunny hillside as a wild covey exploded back over the dog to the south. Tiger had not returned from the cast at 18 and was counted out. Butch finished strongly down a line below the Hamilton Place. Brace 1 - Championship Series: One N Only (Lorenson) Early Times(Tracy) Championship morning brought clear blue skies with temperatures in the high 30’s. There was some question as to whether Butch would make the morning call having been rushed to the vet the night prior for minor surgery on an abscess in his front foot. After the first 50 yards, the adrenaline kicked in and he showed no sign of being limited over the remainder of the hour. Both dogs sailed away from Safford Road and were seen skimming the northern tree line as the gallery of horses worked off the morning sweet feed. Upon exiting the woods cut, Butch was streaking at top speed along a broom sedge line leading toward Coach’s Corner with Earl returning from the east. The rolling hills provided only a glimpse of the dogs over the next 10 minutes until Butch was found standing up front and on course near the SawTooth Oaks. Ben stepped into classic quail habitat and the ground erupted with a wild 20 bird covey that left Dodge in a hurry, Butch maintaining his style throughout. Both dogs made big moves through the lost pasture and across the big broom sedge field where Butch was found standing at 25 with Earl backing with style. Both dogs posed in a classic hunting scenario as a small but skittish covey was put to wing toward the limestone gully.
As Ben leaned over to go through the rail fence, the covey erupted from sparse Johnson grass cover. Earl had gotten in the Sedgefield alley and gone deep toward the southern border of the property as Butch was released into the big space of the Hamilton pasture, he darted to the far island and was seen sailing over the Hamilton Knob. Earl was not recovered from the previous cast as Butch finished the hour far to the front near Safford Road.
Alberta, Al., February 7-9, 2006
Judges: Alan and Eugenia Powell Deep South Brittany Free-For-All Championship [45 min qualifying heat] [1 hr championship heat] 18 Brittanys Champion One N Only Brittany Male, by Lobo’s Boss Man X Maxwell’s Lucky Strike; Kent D. Patterson, owner, h Ben Lorenson Runner-Up Cooper’s Ozark Traveler Brittany Male, by Blaze Dakota Trucker X Mokan Razzle Dazzle; James and Betty Doherty, owners; H James Doherty CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE FREE FOR ALL 2006 CHAMPIONSHIP WRITE UP |