Deep South Brittany Championship Association

2007 Free-For-All Champion

By Kent D. Patterson

One-N-Only

Champion One-N-Only 1st Find Near Safford Road

In February of 2006, a white and orange male named One-N-Only was relatively unknown when announced as the 2006 Deep South Free-For-All winner. In February of 2007, he became the second dog in the history of the event to be named champion in consecutive years, the other being Chancey Jackpot Lotto in 2004 and 2005. A product of Terry Maxwell's all-age champion, Lobo's Boss Man and Maxwell's Lucky Strike, Butch would finish 2006 in strong fashion by winning the Regional 19 Amateur All Age Championship in Bonesteel, SD then return to Booneville, AR for a placement in the American Brittany Club National Amateur Championship. He picked up at Tara Hill right where he left off the previous year for owner Kent D. Patterson of Franklin, TN and trainer Ben Lorenson of Corinna, ME.

Butch jumped off Tara Hill, headed east and sailed down the edge of cover. He showed briefly at the gap to the big broom sedge field and headed on-course to the east. As the gallery reached the bottom of the hill, he was seen far to the front on a line of cover leading toward course 1. He streaked down a light edge of cover as the course turned toward the Suttle 40 staying wide to Safford Road where he was seen rimming an uncut soybean field. The party traversed the field to see Ben with his hat the air at 22, finding Butch standing with style on a covey near a roadside feeder. Taken across Safford Road and into the well pasture, he cruised the bottom edge and sailed out the front toward Camp No Sleep. The scout called point at 36, finding Butch standing a covey on a northern tree line not found by any other dog all week. The covey exploded to the north bobbing and weaving through the trees. Upon release he swallowed up real estate to the north choosing a long edge of cover near the Bramlett house. The scout once again calling point along a cedar filled fence line with running birds disturbed from low cover along a barb wire fence. He powered through the open space below Hamilton Road, crossed over and caught the long edge leading east toward the well pasture. Sprinting to an island of cover far to the front, he was deep in the country to the south at time. Both scout and handler rounded him up bringing him back and showing him to the judges at the well pasture fence.

RUNNER-UP CHAMPION

As a 7 yr old beautifully marked liver and white male, Clyde's Micro-Breeze is showing all the signs of a dog coming into the prime of his career. Mike's 2006 spring and fall campaign was punctuated with being named champion at the International Amateur Championship and Runner-up at the Southern Open Brittany Championship.

Under the tutelage of Tom Tracy Jr, for owners Paul Pollock and Lisa Podraza of Medford, NJ, Mike took the left side of the course from Tara Hill. He powered to the gap, made a quick probe to the west then swung wide toward the pine mott. Last seen along the northern edge of the cover both scout and handler looked for some time before the gallery noticed Tommy standing on top of his horse waving his hat in the air, deep on course 1. Mike was styled up on the backside of an island of cover near coach's corner with birds well located. All manners were in order through wing and shot as the covey lifted in waves. He was forward and flashy along the long muddy tree line leading to Safford Road and shot to the bottom edge of the well pasture at the midpoint of the brace. Along the sweeping lines leading to the Camp No Sleep, he was in and out of pocket but always forward. A bit bullish through the Sedgefield alley, he popped out to the front near Hamilton Road and finished strong on the long lines of cover leading to the well pasture fence.

RESULTS

Safford, Al., February 6-8, 2007
Judges: John Kline and Chris Rider
Deep South Brittany Free-For-All Championship
[45 min qualifying heat] [1 hr championship heat]
24 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
Clyde's Micro Breeze
Brittany Male, by Breeze County Clyde
X Air Mika; Paul Pollock and Lisa Podraza, owners;
h Tom Tracy Jr.

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