These are memories of a magic shooting week in Scotland, September 6-12, 1987. To prevent “hunting back”, the names of the places and the players will not appear.
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Out of the Blues
When I was a young man
Long, long ago
I had troubles up the wazoo
Money troubles and other troubles Read more
Ted Baker
On behalf of the family, thanks to all of you for being here. Today’s display of love and respect means the world to those of us who Ted left behind. I’m sure he is looking down with a big smile on his face and a tear in his eye.
TED BAKER WAS NO ORDINARY MAN. Read more
43 Years of The Florida Open All-Age Championship
1979 CH: Builder’s Addition, PM (Builder’s Risk x Bearwallow Babe), Fred Rayl R-U: Triple Squeeze, PM (Endurance x Silver Springs), Bob Lamb 1980 CH: Blackbelt, PM (Flush’s Country Squire x Quailwood’s Sally), Freddie Epp R-U: Arcanum’s Hurricane, PM (White Knght’s Button x Arcanum’s West Wind), Charlie Cameron 1981 CH: Texas Squire’s Hank, PM (The Texas Squire x Fast Delivery Jane), John Rex Gates R-U: Annex, PM (Builder’s Addition x Highway Read more
Mr. Ted
I loved Ted Baker like all of us
‘Cause he loved us in spite of us
He gave us a place that was ideal
To run the Sunshine and the Florida for 60 years Read more
Long Leaf or Concrete
It was a dread but familiar problem. How to solve it and satisfy long-waiting heirs and at the same time save a landmark of unique natural beauty was the challenge.
Fred Fulton had owned Leaning Pine Plantation fifty years, bought it with the proceeds of his early and first big business deal. He had stewarded it lovingly since, even as urban development approached it relentlessly.
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Last Hunt
John Cole had been hunt master on Old Pine Plantation thirty years. Before that he had worked on other plantations in the quail belt, that land between Albany and Tallahassee where quail still thrived, thanks to Yankee old money, fire, and God’s providence. Read more
If You Want to Win at Chinquapin
If you want to win at Chinquapin
Bring a dog with nose and hunt
One that hits the cover hard
But floats across the sand Read more
Perfect Revenge, Almost
The opportunity for revenge came thirty years after the despicable act calling for revenge.
Let us start with the despicable act. Read more
When You Sell the Farm
When you sell the farm you grew up on
A part of your heart goes with the deed
And you mourn the loss and in bed you toss
For months after the sad closing day Read more