Mid-Arkansas Beagle Club September 17Gundog Pack Hunt

13" OPENS: 1st. Metz’s Lil Ruby Tuesday, Larry Edwards;2nd. Spring River Hoppy, Freddie Beavers; 3rd. OppossumCreek Dandy, Freddie Beavers; 4th. Carter's BlackcreekJezebel, James R. Murphy; and 5th. Lewis River BottomKatie, Jason Lewis.

15" OPENS: 1st. Hank’s Backwoods Nash, Lane Rugg;2nd. J-O's Lady Bug, Charles A. Stevenson; 3rd. FrancesCreek Willie, Lane Rugg; 4th. Amite River Little Sugar,James R. Murphy; and 5th. Middlefork Bottom BlackBetty, James R. Murphy.

We had two classes13" Opens and 15" Opens

13" OPENS1) Metz’s Lil Ruby Tuesday -- Larry Edwards2) Spring River Hoppy -- Freddie Beavers3) Oppossum Creek Dandy -- Freddie Beavers4) Carter's Blackcreek Jezebel -- James R. Murphy5) Lewis River Bottom Katie -- Jason Lewis

15" OPENS1) Hanks Backwoods Nash -- Lane Rugg2) J-O's Lady Bug -- Charles A. Stevenson3) Frances Creek Willie -- Lane Rugg4) Amite River Little Sugar -- James R. Murphy5) Middlefork Bottom Black Betty -- James R. Murphy

OPEN BENCHBest Male -- Matt's Jump-N-Run Rip -- Stephen Smith2nd Male -- Edgemon's Welcome Back Carter -- JamesMcMahanBest Female -- Run-N-Gun Jumper -- Kerry Crofford2nd Female -- Frog Bayou's Southern Style Beach --Stephen SmithBest of Show -- Run-N-Gun Jumper -- Kerry Crofford

Mid-Ark Beagle Club held our first trial of the fall onSeptember 17, at Ed Gordon/Point Remove WMA nearMorrilton, Arkansas.

We had 18 dogs in the 13" Open Class and 23 in the 15"

Open Class for a total of 41 dogs. We had people fromacross Arkansas and also from Oklahoma and Louisiana.

Some of the faces were familiar but we had quite a fewthat were new to the Gundog Division and wanted to seethe type of dog we were promoting and even more thathad never been to a field trial before but wanted to seewhat it was about. Everyone seemed to have a good timeand several said they would be back and would enter adog the next time.

Dogs from Oklahoma and Louisiana won both classesand Louisiana dogs dominated the 15" class. All 5 dogsthat placed were from there.

We didn’t have much trouble finding rabbits but eventhough we got some rain the day before, scenting wastough. Most packs had some good running though andeverything went pretty smooth.

We had some really nice dogs show up. A few didn’tquite fit the format we run but they were still good dogs.

I want to thank Aaron Pettit, Keith Gwatney, KerryCrofford, and James MacMahan for judging the field andSandy Franklin for judging the bench for us. Judging is atough, tiring, and sometimes thankless job that not manypeople want to do.

By Freddie Beavers