A magic place
For fifty years
For bird dog folk
Where quail live wild
Neath every pine
And run when pointed
Before they fly Read more
Chinquapin
Category: Florida Open All-Age Championship
The Florida Championship or How I Became the Reporter
How was I ever so lucky
As to end up the Reporter
Of the Florida Open All-Age Championship?
Me born a mountain boy sheep farmer?
Luck pure Luck
The main force in my life
And I’ll bet in yours
Some good some bad of course Read more
Chinquapin in January’s Second Week
Chinquapin
Where it all begins
As dawn emerges from dark
And quail awake
From their huddled sleeping state Read more
2007 Florida Open All-Age Championship
Funseeker's Rebel Named 2007 Champion, House’s Snake Bite, Runner-Up, Chickasaw Bud, Top Qualifier
On the sandy hills of Chinquapin
A bird dog casts into the wind
With each breath he seines for scent
Of Bobwhite quail–that southern gent Read more
25 Years of The Florida Championship, Part 2
January’s second week Brings them South to Chinquapin In dually trucks pulling gooseneck trailers Loaded with horses and bird dogs determined Determined to win On this hallowed ground Where quail aplenty are to be found Unless they decide they will not be found That is the mystery They all seek to solve How some days or hours They’re everywhere And others they vanish Into thin air or some say the Read more
25 Years of The Florida Championship, Part 1
(Starts Sunday, January 13, 2019)
This January marks
My twenty-fifth year
Reporting the Florida Championship
What fun it has been
To carouse with like-minded men
Their dogs and their horses
And the Chinquapin quail Read more