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I am starting a new segment.... trying to let ya'll know about the different foxhunting families, their lives and their
hounds and I hope that ya'll will help me with this by sending in names and articles that I can include in this. Let me
know what family you would like to read about, to learn more about them.
As I was thinking about doing this new segment, I was trying to think of the perfect family to start this new idea with.
The first family that came to mind was the Janney family, as I admire them both and they raise such beautiful hounds
and have been on so many covers of the magazines with their hounds. I haven't known them personally that long, but
feel like I have known them all my life and I am so very proud to know that I am considered a friend. In researching
the Irv & Sherrill, back in the 70's, I don't think there was many magazines that their names were not in. They were on
the front cover of the Chase at least seven times, that I have found. Their hounds are in many of the bloodlines of
today's field and bench champions. I asked Sherrill and Irv to write about their lives in
foxhunting.... and I thank them for giving me the opportunity to publish it in this
Newsletter. I can only hope that I can do the Janney's and their hounds justice
in this article!!!!
Janney's Combination Kennels
Sherrill Janney
I met Irv when I was 18, he was a Lifeguard on Daytona Beach, and I worked for the Telephone Company. We got
married and lived in a garage apartment about a block from the telephone company. He had told me about hunting with
his Dad in North Carolina when he was six years old, and that he and his two brothers each had them a beagle. He said
they would argue about whose beagle would have the lead when they crossed, so it started early with him. Irv's first
foxhound was a registered Trigg. He would run good for about six hours and had a really good mouth. One day, when I
was leaving work there was this stray dog outside. I looked at him and thought, this must be a hound, he had no collar
so I held him by the back of the neck, took him home to the garage apartment, took him inside and when Irv came
home I asked him, "Is this a foxhound?" He said, "Yes he is." We named him Rufus, and early in the mornings before
work we would take him outside of town to the woods, turn him loose, and go back after work to get him.
Irv found a place in the country he liked, five acres and an old house. When he took me to see it, the whole five acres
was under water. I rode him piggyback up to see the house, we bought it and thats when our hunting really began. The
first registered hound we owned we bought from Mr. J. F. Manning in North Carolina. This was about two and a half
years after we got married and we had a three month old daughter and a Volkswagon Beetle car. Irv took the back seat
out and put a piece of plywood in and that's what he took whenever he went foxhunting.
We drove that car up to North Carolina. I held the baby the whole time and we bought that gyp from Mr. Manning, then
went over to Boone, North Carolina and bought some more hounds and a puppy. All in all, we had fifteen hounds we
bought. Irv said that we would rent a trailer to bring them home, but then decided we would take them all home in the
car!!!!!!! So we did...the hounds would all sleep, but when we went through a town and had to stop at a light, all the
hounds would look up, and people were going around the car looking in the windows with total disbelief on their faces. It
was an experience I tell you.
We lived there for many years, and had horses and hounds. We competed with the horses in racing and barrel racing. I
rode the race horses and Dianne, our daughter, was the barrel racer. Irv was a farrier for quite a few years. All the
running of course was on the outside and we lost so many hounds due to cars and thieves and we even lost one to a
Gator. The only field trials we went to were the Central Florida and Florida State. They were great hunts. We slept in
the car or in a tent. One year, at the Central Florida we had two hounds that were sisters, they were nine months old.
We put one in the Derby and one in the All Age. The hound we put in the All Age Won the Dual!!! It was so exciting.
Florida State was always such a fun hunt. It was held on St. James Island and we rented a cabin. Everyone had a great
time at those hunts, the kids including our daughter Dianne, would bring dirt bikes and go all over with them.
The first "Show" hound we bought was Florida's Dr. Janney. I had fallen in love with a picture in the Horn of Kid Jr, a
hound in Georgia and told Irv I wanted a show hound. He said no, then relented and said ok, but it would have to be
from hounds that ran also. So, we saw Ch. Wayne Hill Doctor in the magazine and called and ordered a pup from him.
That pup was Ch. Florida's Dr. Janney. Oh what fun we had with him.
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The Hunter's Horn
July, 1976
The Origin and History of the American Foxhound
By Dr. Braxton B. Sawyer
Continued
3. Flying Cloud, whelped 1924, by Sampson ex Bettie Pearl, owned by Sam L. Wooldridge. Flying Cloud was a grandpup of Hub Dawson on
the top side, but he had an outcross in a bitch called Zenia on the bottom. Zenia had been shipped into Kentucky from Maryland. Flying Cloud
put more of what is called, “Get up and Git” in his produce than any hound of record. Very few field trials have been won since his day without
a double cross of Flying Cloud.
4. Flying Heels, whelped 1929, by Low Cloud ex Lou B., owned by Sam L. Wooldridge. Flying Heels put more ‘style’ and ‘class’ in his “get”
than any American Foxhound before him. He seemed to blend with all the strains, and was probably the most consistent breeder of them all.
He was sired by Lou Cloud, who was sired by Flying Cloud. He sired two National Champions. The better breeders of the 1940’s felt that they
could not win a bench show without a lot of help from Flying Heels.
5. Tom Crowe, whelped 1930, by Ray Raider ex Hannah, owned by Sam L. Wooldridge who said many times, “I bank my faith on the Flying
Cloud and Tom Crowe bloodlines.” The leading sire in Mr. Wooldridge’s kennels when he died in 1945 was Big Joker by Tom Crowe ex Kit
Gentry-she by Flying Cloud.
6. Buzzard Wing, whelped 1932, by Flying Cloud ex Hattie Griffith, owned by Sam L. Wooldridge, has all the field qualities of Flying
Cloud, but matched only in some of W.C. Baldwin’s American Foxhounds. He was at public stud in Mr. Wooldridge’s kennels for about four
years. An average of about fifty bitches were bred per year to him. I visited Mr. Wooldridge one time when he had Flying Heels, Tom Crowe,
and Buzzard Wing all at the same time at public stud.
7. Winnstay Baldwin’s Faultless, whelped 1937, by Marvel’s Boy ex Baldwin’s Ripple, bred by W.C. Baldwin, Ottawa, Canada. Winnstay
Baldwin’s Faultless was the American Foxhound (bred by W.C. Baldwin) who successfully challenged all serious breeders in the United States,
became the number one sire of field trial winners of his era.
The Chase magazine, January, 1948, carries a listing of the twenty leading sires who had produced field trial winners in 1947. Winnstay
Baldwin’s Faultless is listed as being Number 1.
From then until now, it has been a Wooldridge and Baldwin battle among the better breeders of the American Foxhound. The list of winners at
the close of this paper will show the offspring of Kentucky Lake Dude, and Kentucky Lake Dude was sired by Winnstay Baldwin’s Faultless.
8. Hy-Grade, whelped 1947, by Sun Dial V-J ex Sun Dial Betty Banker, bred by Ben Dial, Wellston, Ohio. Hy-Grade is best known for the
three litters he sired ex Princess of Buffalo. Se my article in the April, 1959, issue of The Hunters Horn for a complete section tabulating all
the winnings of these three litters. Eleven of this famous cross were brought to my kennels for breeding purposes. After test breeding, ten
were eliminated-only one was kept. Now, in retrospect, I feel the greatest cross on Hy-Grade for “breeding-on” purposes was the Hy-Grade ex
Drown’s Susie Girl cross.
9. Kentucky Lake Dude, whelped 1949, by Winnstay Baldwin’s Faultless ex Beauty Ballot D., bred by Kentucky Lake Kennels.
We now return to that litter by Winnstay Baldwin’s Faultless ex Beauty Ballot D., whelped July, 1949. This litter was raised to maturity. All
of them were uniform in color, type and balance, and all became great winners. However, two stood out about the others-a dog registered
Kentucky Lake Dude and a bitch, Kentucky Lake Lightning. These were sold to Mr. C.O. Hall, Foxhill Kennels, Keswick, Virginia. See the
January, 1953, issue of The Hunter’s Horn for their pictures and winnings.
After several breeding failures with foxhounds which I was trying to make myself believe were “just as good,” I became convinced that I must
eliminate all breeding stock from Kentucky Lake Kennels except those that traced directly back to Kentucky Lake Dude.
I have raised an American Foxhound named Kentucky Lake Mike from just a slightly different bloodline, who, on April 8, 1963, became the
first American Foxhound ever to win Best In Show at an AKC All-Breed Show. Kentucky Lake Mike was one of the greatest American
Foxhounds for show and field trial purposes I have ever known. He had “type,” “balance,” and “symmetry” and wrote poetry when he moved.
But, when I test bred him, and found that his genotype was not what I demanded in a breeding hound, I never showed him another time and
never bred from him again. I gave him to my good friend, Roger Stone (at that time Editor of The Chase magazine), who wanted only a good
running hound. After enjoying Mike for several years, one day I received a letter from Roger which said, “Preacher, Mike is dead…I can
truthfully say that I have never hunted a better field hound than Mike.”
This was a hard disposal, since he was the first of his breed ever to go Best In Show; but, the “Good Book” says, “Be sure your sins will find
you out.” That experience taught me, “Be sure your genes will find you out.” By now, you are probably thinking I am very hard to please. I
am. When it comes to breeding American Foxhounds, I am a racist, I am a segregationist, and I discriminate ruthlessly. If you do not practice
this, please do no ‘cuss’ the judges when your dogs do not win, because you are only a mediocre breeder.
When I discovered Kentucky Lake Mike’s genotype, I selected a breeding sire from Kentucky Lake Dude. I had previously suggested to Mr.
Hall that he breed Kentucky Lake Dude to Foxhill Winaway Fury, a littermate to Whirlaway Stride (great himself, and sire of the 1957
‘National’ winner). Mr. Hall did. After thoroughly investigating and test breeding, Foxhill Lightning, by Kentucky Lake Dude ex Foxhill
Winaway Fury, became the head sire in the Kentucky Lake Kennels
10. Ch. Kentucky Lake Big Red, whelped, 1959, by Foxhill Lightning ex Lindy Sue D., bred by Kentucky Lake Kennels. Lindy Sue D. was
from the great cross, Hy-Grade ex Drown’s Susie Girl. The record of Kentucky Lake Big Red speaks for itself around the world. The research
staff of four large World and International Dog Encyclopedias and the recently published book of Illustrated Standards all selected Kentucky
Lake Big Red as the model of the American Foxhound breed. The records given at the close of this paper show what his descendents have done
for the breed.
The American Foxhound who has done the most individual winnings in AKC Shows of all time is Ch. Vaught’s John Paul. He won nineteen
Best In Shows, won the Hound Group at Madison Square in 1969, and was declared the ‘Hound of the Year’ that same year. No American
Foxhound has ever lived who has focused as much public attention upon the breed of the American Foxhound as did Ch. Vaught’s John Paul.
He was owned by my good personal friends, Dr. and Mrs. Fred Vaught of Hartsville, Tennessee.
11. Ch. Kentucky Lake Bugle Boy, whelped 1965, by Ch. Kentucky Lake Dandy ex Kentucky Lake Bessie, bred by Kentucky Lake Kennels.
He is line bred to Ch. Kentucky Lake Dude, being a grandson on both sides. The reports at the end of this paper give some of his winnings and
influence on the breed.
Five years ago, I “retired” from owning, breeding and exhibiting American Foxhounds. My ‘doggie’ activities are now confined to judging,
seminars and writing. Therefore, throughout this paper, I have been objective, guided only by the facts.
No research is complete until it is compared with the objective facts, Thus, I submit the winnings, for the past decade, of American Foxhounds
from the records of the three largest and most prestigious shows in the United States where American Foxhounds are exhibited:
1. The Westminster Kennel Club All-Breed Show held each February in Madison Square Garden, New York, New York.
2. The National Fox Hunters’ Association Bench Show, held at different places in the deep South each fall.
3. The International American Foxhound Club Show, held each January in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
July, 1976
The Origin and History of the American Foxhound
By Dr. Braxton B. Sawyer
Continued
3. Flying Cloud, whelped 1924, by Sampson ex Bettie Pearl, owned by Sam L. Wooldridge. Flying Cloud was a grandpup of Hub Dawson on
the top side, but he had an outcross in a bitch called Zenia on the bottom. Zenia had been shipped into Kentucky from Maryland. Flying Cloud
put more of what is called, “Get up and Git” in his produce than any hound of record. Very few field trials have been won since his day without
a double cross of Flying Cloud.
4. Flying Heels, whelped 1929, by Low Cloud ex Lou B., owned by Sam L. Wooldridge. Flying Heels put more ‘style’ and ‘class’ in his “get”
than any American Foxhound before him. He seemed to blend with all the strains, and was probably the most consistent breeder of them all.
He was sired by Lou Cloud, who was sired by Flying Cloud. He sired two National Champions. The better breeders of the 1940’s felt that they
could not win a bench show without a lot of help from Flying Heels.
5. Tom Crowe, whelped 1930, by Ray Raider ex Hannah, owned by Sam L. Wooldridge who said many times, “I bank my faith on the Flying
Cloud and Tom Crowe bloodlines.” The leading sire in Mr. Wooldridge’s kennels when he died in 1945 was Big Joker by Tom Crowe ex Kit
Gentry-she by Flying Cloud.
6. Buzzard Wing, whelped 1932, by Flying Cloud ex Hattie Griffith, owned by Sam L. Wooldridge, has all the field qualities of Flying
Cloud, but matched only in some of W.C. Baldwin’s American Foxhounds. He was at public stud in Mr. Wooldridge’s kennels for about four
years. An average of about fifty bitches were bred per year to him. I visited Mr. Wooldridge one time when he had Flying Heels, Tom Crowe,
and Buzzard Wing all at the same time at public stud.
7. Winnstay Baldwin’s Faultless, whelped 1937, by Marvel’s Boy ex Baldwin’s Ripple, bred by W.C. Baldwin, Ottawa, Canada. Winnstay
Baldwin’s Faultless was the American Foxhound (bred by W.C. Baldwin) who successfully challenged all serious breeders in the United States,
became the number one sire of field trial winners of his era.
The Chase magazine, January, 1948, carries a listing of the twenty leading sires who had produced field trial winners in 1947. Winnstay
Baldwin’s Faultless is listed as being Number 1.
From then until now, it has been a Wooldridge and Baldwin battle among the better breeders of the American Foxhound. The list of winners at
the close of this paper will show the offspring of Kentucky Lake Dude, and Kentucky Lake Dude was sired by Winnstay Baldwin’s Faultless.
8. Hy-Grade, whelped 1947, by Sun Dial V-J ex Sun Dial Betty Banker, bred by Ben Dial, Wellston, Ohio. Hy-Grade is best known for the
three litters he sired ex Princess of Buffalo. Se my article in the April, 1959, issue of The Hunters Horn for a complete section tabulating all
the winnings of these three litters. Eleven of this famous cross were brought to my kennels for breeding purposes. After test breeding, ten
were eliminated-only one was kept. Now, in retrospect, I feel the greatest cross on Hy-Grade for “breeding-on” purposes was the Hy-Grade ex
Drown’s Susie Girl cross.
9. Kentucky Lake Dude, whelped 1949, by Winnstay Baldwin’s Faultless ex Beauty Ballot D., bred by Kentucky Lake Kennels.
We now return to that litter by Winnstay Baldwin’s Faultless ex Beauty Ballot D., whelped July, 1949. This litter was raised to maturity. All
of them were uniform in color, type and balance, and all became great winners. However, two stood out about the others-a dog registered
Kentucky Lake Dude and a bitch, Kentucky Lake Lightning. These were sold to Mr. C.O. Hall, Foxhill Kennels, Keswick, Virginia. See the
January, 1953, issue of The Hunter’s Horn for their pictures and winnings.
After several breeding failures with foxhounds which I was trying to make myself believe were “just as good,” I became convinced that I must
eliminate all breeding stock from Kentucky Lake Kennels except those that traced directly back to Kentucky Lake Dude.
I have raised an American Foxhound named Kentucky Lake Mike from just a slightly different bloodline, who, on April 8, 1963, became the
first American Foxhound ever to win Best In Show at an AKC All-Breed Show. Kentucky Lake Mike was one of the greatest American
Foxhounds for show and field trial purposes I have ever known. He had “type,” “balance,” and “symmetry” and wrote poetry when he moved.
But, when I test bred him, and found that his genotype was not what I demanded in a breeding hound, I never showed him another time and
never bred from him again. I gave him to my good friend, Roger Stone (at that time Editor of The Chase magazine), who wanted only a good
running hound. After enjoying Mike for several years, one day I received a letter from Roger which said, “Preacher, Mike is dead…I can
truthfully say that I have never hunted a better field hound than Mike.”
This was a hard disposal, since he was the first of his breed ever to go Best In Show; but, the “Good Book” says, “Be sure your sins will find
you out.” That experience taught me, “Be sure your genes will find you out.” By now, you are probably thinking I am very hard to please. I
am. When it comes to breeding American Foxhounds, I am a racist, I am a segregationist, and I discriminate ruthlessly. If you do not practice
this, please do no ‘cuss’ the judges when your dogs do not win, because you are only a mediocre breeder.
When I discovered Kentucky Lake Mike’s genotype, I selected a breeding sire from Kentucky Lake Dude. I had previously suggested to Mr.
Hall that he breed Kentucky Lake Dude to Foxhill Winaway Fury, a littermate to Whirlaway Stride (great himself, and sire of the 1957
‘National’ winner). Mr. Hall did. After thoroughly investigating and test breeding, Foxhill Lightning, by Kentucky Lake Dude ex Foxhill
Winaway Fury, became the head sire in the Kentucky Lake Kennels
10. Ch. Kentucky Lake Big Red, whelped, 1959, by Foxhill Lightning ex Lindy Sue D., bred by Kentucky Lake Kennels. Lindy Sue D. was
from the great cross, Hy-Grade ex Drown’s Susie Girl. The record of Kentucky Lake Big Red speaks for itself around the world. The research
staff of four large World and International Dog Encyclopedias and the recently published book of Illustrated Standards all selected Kentucky
Lake Big Red as the model of the American Foxhound breed. The records given at the close of this paper show what his descendents have done
for the breed.
The American Foxhound who has done the most individual winnings in AKC Shows of all time is Ch. Vaught’s John Paul. He won nineteen
Best In Shows, won the Hound Group at Madison Square in 1969, and was declared the ‘Hound of the Year’ that same year. No American
Foxhound has ever lived who has focused as much public attention upon the breed of the American Foxhound as did Ch. Vaught’s John Paul.
He was owned by my good personal friends, Dr. and Mrs. Fred Vaught of Hartsville, Tennessee.
11. Ch. Kentucky Lake Bugle Boy, whelped 1965, by Ch. Kentucky Lake Dandy ex Kentucky Lake Bessie, bred by Kentucky Lake Kennels.
He is line bred to Ch. Kentucky Lake Dude, being a grandson on both sides. The reports at the end of this paper give some of his winnings and
influence on the breed.
Five years ago, I “retired” from owning, breeding and exhibiting American Foxhounds. My ‘doggie’ activities are now confined to judging,
seminars and writing. Therefore, throughout this paper, I have been objective, guided only by the facts.
No research is complete until it is compared with the objective facts, Thus, I submit the winnings, for the past decade, of American Foxhounds
from the records of the three largest and most prestigious shows in the United States where American Foxhounds are exhibited:
1. The Westminster Kennel Club All-Breed Show held each February in Madison Square Garden, New York, New York.
2. The National Fox Hunters’ Association Bench Show, held at different places in the deep South each fall.
3. The International American Foxhound Club Show, held each January in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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The first show we took him to was in North Florida. "Doc" was asleep in the back of the car and Dianne was asleep
using him as a pillow. At the show, Doc was a Derby, I showed him and he was very, very shy. They put him on fourth
bench, and then moved him up bench by bench. I had to carry him to each bench, and he ended up winning the show.
When they took the picture, Irv got in the picture and he completely took over the showing of the hound. I never
showed him again!!! Doc was wonderful, he ran fox and he sired some really nice hounds. Doc led the Bench Show Sire
list in the Chase two years and was second the next year. He sired good combination hounds and we loved him. He died
at seven years old. One hound by him was out of old Teddo Randolph II. One pup named Gator was a black pup and we
went to the Florida State and I bet a guy $1.00 that Gator would finish ahead of his hound. He was a pure "running
hound" man. Well Gator won the Combination and I had to go all over to find that guy and get my $1.00!!!!!!
The next known hound was John Janney. Frank Beshears in Deep Gap, North Carolina said his friend had one that was
hard to deal with, so we went up and bought the hound. At first it took John awhile to get used to our country, but when
he did, he was awesome. He was one of the greatest hounds we have ever owned. A lot of Speed well, a lot of everything.
We also had a hound named Guber Janney. He was one of the best competition hounds we ever owned. He was a front
end hound, and he would fight for the front, lots of desire and ability. Irv has always loved a fast hound, and John and
Guber had the speed.
We moved up near the Sandsifters Fox Pen in 1990 and live about 400 yards from there. We have had the greatest time
here, with the pen, all our friends and the field trials. Some of our friends that we run with a lot here, are Haskell and
Carol Spires, George and Trish Rogero and Wyatte and Marie O'Steen. We have known them for about 40 years and
they have always had good hounds and are great competitors and still going strong. There are many more good hunters
around here and we have enjoyed this place and the great hunting here.
I love to show hounds, and since we have been here we bred and raised Ch. O'Steen's Zeb, Ch. Bye Ya'll Janney, Ch.
Jim Jam Janney, Ch. Zola Janney, and Ch. Boogie Janney. One of the best hounds we have ever seen we were blessed
to buy him and his three littermates when they were about 11 months old ..... that was Ch. J&R C.J. All four of those
hounds were outstanding running hounds. C.J. was a great running hound, a competitor and a great sire. He sired
many champion hounds, both bench and field. One of his pups won the National Futurity one year, and they were
always impressive on the bench and in the field. Everything we own goes back to old C.J. several times in the pedigree.
Some funny things....years ago, hunting in Bunnel, Florida, north of Daytona, we had hunted all night, slept in the back
of the truck. It was about 11 am and we still had one big white hound out. We were exhausted and sure wanted that
hound to come in. I told Irv "make a sound like a rabbit." He squeeked a couple of times and that hound came right
out of the woods and up to him. I fall in love with the hounds. Jim Jam was so special to me. I still cry over that
hound. There are just a few in a lifetime that get to you and he was mine. I would go out and say "Jim Jam, do you
want to sing?" He would put his head up and start "singing," then all the hounds would join in a regular chorus. He
was a pleasure to show and run. He had a beautiful mouth and "loved" a coyote. O'Steen's Zeb is a great hound. He
had plenty of speed and everything else. I loved him also. Right now our stud hound that we breed is Cisco Janney. He
was sired by Gonzalez Janney out of Judy Janney. Judy was out of Ch. Zola Janney and Gonzalez was out of Ch. Boogie
Janney. Cisco is a half brother to Zeb and we sure like his pups.
We have slowed down a lot, Irv had both knees replaced a few years ago, its hard to field trial with all the work involved,
and I can't show any more because of physical problems. But God has truly blessed us with our friends and hounds, and
all credit for every good thing that has happened to us goes to Him.
Our daughter went on to become a Nurse and is happily married to a Colonel in the Air Force. They are a wonderful,
happy couple and that make us very happy. Rose, you and your family have done more for more people than anyone we
know of. You have blessed many needy folks and its a pleasure to call you friend.
using him as a pillow. At the show, Doc was a Derby, I showed him and he was very, very shy. They put him on fourth
bench, and then moved him up bench by bench. I had to carry him to each bench, and he ended up winning the show.
When they took the picture, Irv got in the picture and he completely took over the showing of the hound. I never
showed him again!!! Doc was wonderful, he ran fox and he sired some really nice hounds. Doc led the Bench Show Sire
list in the Chase two years and was second the next year. He sired good combination hounds and we loved him. He died
at seven years old. One hound by him was out of old Teddo Randolph II. One pup named Gator was a black pup and we
went to the Florida State and I bet a guy $1.00 that Gator would finish ahead of his hound. He was a pure "running
hound" man. Well Gator won the Combination and I had to go all over to find that guy and get my $1.00!!!!!!
The next known hound was John Janney. Frank Beshears in Deep Gap, North Carolina said his friend had one that was
hard to deal with, so we went up and bought the hound. At first it took John awhile to get used to our country, but when
he did, he was awesome. He was one of the greatest hounds we have ever owned. A lot of Speed well, a lot of everything.
We also had a hound named Guber Janney. He was one of the best competition hounds we ever owned. He was a front
end hound, and he would fight for the front, lots of desire and ability. Irv has always loved a fast hound, and John and
Guber had the speed.
We moved up near the Sandsifters Fox Pen in 1990 and live about 400 yards from there. We have had the greatest time
here, with the pen, all our friends and the field trials. Some of our friends that we run with a lot here, are Haskell and
Carol Spires, George and Trish Rogero and Wyatte and Marie O'Steen. We have known them for about 40 years and
they have always had good hounds and are great competitors and still going strong. There are many more good hunters
around here and we have enjoyed this place and the great hunting here.
I love to show hounds, and since we have been here we bred and raised Ch. O'Steen's Zeb, Ch. Bye Ya'll Janney, Ch.
Jim Jam Janney, Ch. Zola Janney, and Ch. Boogie Janney. One of the best hounds we have ever seen we were blessed
to buy him and his three littermates when they were about 11 months old ..... that was Ch. J&R C.J. All four of those
hounds were outstanding running hounds. C.J. was a great running hound, a competitor and a great sire. He sired
many champion hounds, both bench and field. One of his pups won the National Futurity one year, and they were
always impressive on the bench and in the field. Everything we own goes back to old C.J. several times in the pedigree.
Some funny things....years ago, hunting in Bunnel, Florida, north of Daytona, we had hunted all night, slept in the back
of the truck. It was about 11 am and we still had one big white hound out. We were exhausted and sure wanted that
hound to come in. I told Irv "make a sound like a rabbit." He squeeked a couple of times and that hound came right
out of the woods and up to him. I fall in love with the hounds. Jim Jam was so special to me. I still cry over that
hound. There are just a few in a lifetime that get to you and he was mine. I would go out and say "Jim Jam, do you
want to sing?" He would put his head up and start "singing," then all the hounds would join in a regular chorus. He
was a pleasure to show and run. He had a beautiful mouth and "loved" a coyote. O'Steen's Zeb is a great hound. He
had plenty of speed and everything else. I loved him also. Right now our stud hound that we breed is Cisco Janney. He
was sired by Gonzalez Janney out of Judy Janney. Judy was out of Ch. Zola Janney and Gonzalez was out of Ch. Boogie
Janney. Cisco is a half brother to Zeb and we sure like his pups.
We have slowed down a lot, Irv had both knees replaced a few years ago, its hard to field trial with all the work involved,
and I can't show any more because of physical problems. But God has truly blessed us with our friends and hounds, and
all credit for every good thing that has happened to us goes to Him.
Our daughter went on to become a Nurse and is happily married to a Colonel in the Air Force. They are a wonderful,
happy couple and that make us very happy. Rose, you and your family have done more for more people than anyone we
know of. You have blessed many needy folks and its a pleasure to call you friend.
| Some of the Janney Hounds click on pics to make bigger |
| Ch. Jim Jam Janney |
| Ch. Florida's Dr. Janney July, 1972 |
| Doc Janney 142877 Sept, 1978 |
| Gonzalez Janney (Ch. Carr's Streak ex Ch. Boogie Janney |
| O'Steen's Zeb (Gonzalez Janney ex Zola Janney) |
| BB(f)Ch. J&R CJ November, 1994 |
| Guber Janney February, 1980 Chase |
| Showboat Janney, Gater Janney, Beachcomber Janney, Patti-Ann Janney November, 1974 |
| John Janney |
| Big Bend D. Ch. Maverick Janney April, 1984 |
| Hanna Janney |
From Trish Rogero.....
I bought my show dog Willow Oak Bonanza from Irv & Sherrill. He was a pup about 4 or 5 months old. I have never
enjoyed a hound as much. One of my fondest memories of Irv & Sherrill is (back in the old days around 1972-75) we all
still lived on the East Coast of Fl, We would get together on Sun afternoon & have a bench show. We would put pups on
the bench( some of them 6 weeks old). We would tease each other about who was going to beat who in a real bench
show! We sure had a lot of fun. One Sun afternoon Sherrill & Irv came over but this time Sherrill came in the house
with the nicest gift anyone has ever given me, a Poodle pup off her Poodle!! Sherrill & I have been friends for 40 years!!
I have never heard Sherrill say a bad thing about anyone!!!
I bought my show dog Willow Oak Bonanza from Irv & Sherrill. He was a pup about 4 or 5 months old. I have never
enjoyed a hound as much. One of my fondest memories of Irv & Sherrill is (back in the old days around 1972-75) we all
still lived on the East Coast of Fl, We would get together on Sun afternoon & have a bench show. We would put pups on
the bench( some of them 6 weeks old). We would tease each other about who was going to beat who in a real bench
show! We sure had a lot of fun. One Sun afternoon Sherrill & Irv came over but this time Sherrill came in the house
with the nicest gift anyone has ever given me, a Poodle pup off her Poodle!! Sherrill & I have been friends for 40 years!!
I have never heard Sherrill say a bad thing about anyone!!!
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| March, 1947 The Hunter's Horn Page Three My Trusted Old Hound O nothing's so sweet as the bark of my hound, Deep from the hollows, immersed in the night; Echoing far from the hills all around, Fast for the fox in his frenzied flight. I wonder how God could give to such brute. Devoid of all love for musical art; A note far excelling the trumphet or flute. And far better suited to stir a man's heart! Oft as I sit on my lone cabin porch. And list to him bay 'neath the cliffs round about, How tempted am I to light me a torch, And follow his call with whistle and shout! Just give me a hound with a far-ringing sound. And keep all your maestros and uniformed bands. I'll get better music for more miles around, Than ever was gotten from opera stands. I've heard lots o' music of doubtful fame. Praised high by all people the country 'round; But never the music so worthy the name, As falls from the throat of my trusty old hound. Robert Dane Cook Tuscumbia, Ala |