“What was the best race
You ever saw?”
“Silverwood’s at Chinquapin 2002” Read more
Silverwood at Chinquapin
Category: Poetry
Hunting Grouse
Hunting grouse is a spiritual thing
As every grouse hunter knows
And when you loose your dog
And strike out on foot behind it
The third with you is always God Read more
My Prayer for Field Trials
I love field trials
As all who know me know
And I worry for them now
As entries slow Read more
Chinquapin Second Week January
Oh, Chinquapin
I miss you so
This first January
Without your trial Read more
The Florida Championship
The Florida Championship is no more
A glorious trial is over forever
Like all things conceived by mortal man
It had a beginning and has come to an end
It was unique in many ways
Embodied the best of the field trial game
Wild quail on sloping prairie-like land
Wire grass cover over sand Read more
Happy Day
My grandson shot his first grouse today
Over the point of my son’s Trixie
Daughter of Shadow Oak Bo
And the best we have owned in sixty years Read more
Two Slate Signs at Livingston Place
The Continental Open All-Age Championship
Livingston Place in 2002
Cindy Crawford Top Qualifier
Barshoe Esquire Champion
Dale Bush and Sherry Ebert judged
Cindy’s qualifying race for Jimmy Edmundson
On the day’s last course
Was spectacular Read more
When January Comes
When January comes
I will be here at home
First time since 1994
Won’t be at Chinquapin
The second week
Of that cold month at home
I spent in North Florida
From 1995 through 2022 Read more
He’s an Old-Time Handler
He’s an old-time field trial handler
Rides right in front of the judges
Sings to his dog
Lets it hunt through the country
Find its own way Read more
The Saddest Tale
You can talk about your endurance tests
And yes, Ames is one with its three hours in West Tennessee
And the Livingston Place for its hour fifty in briars and Florida heat
(But you must not call it Dixie Plantation for both them words ain’t woke)
And four hours down at Paducah in three days is a worthy test I guess
But the toughest of all
Was at Sedgefields West ( Mr. Jimmy’s Sedgefields )
In the National Free-For-All Read more