2nd Annual World Cup
2005
I am very excited to send this report to press. The second annual World Cup was a huge success. The running was outstanding. The scores were high. The competition was of the highest level. The sportsmanship was World Class to say the least.
First, I want to thank Russell West and Mose Poole for having the pen in excellent shape. Plenty of good healthy game, well fed and well conditioned was the right recipe. Thru the years these two fellow have done all that was needed to ensure the Plantation Fox Pen a reputation as being one of the greatest fox pens in North America.
Next a super thank you to Mr. Leonard Powell of Dublin, Georgia for sponsoring World Cup Ii. He sent a check for $1,500.00 and feed in the amount of $3,500.00 Mr. Powell’s support has assured us the success we are now enjoying. As the World Cup starts to move around across America I encourage you to come join us and follow this great field trial wherever it goes and be sure to buy Hi Tek Rations. Also, I want to thank Mr. Claude Hinton, his wife Wendy and their son Trell for delivering the feed. Claude also helped disperse the prizes. Trell has a future in politics. He is quite a talker. Also, I must not forget to mention my friend Mr. John Cooler. John has always supported foxhunters and is a very important player in the Hi Tek Rations company. Thank you John.
We used the Master Fox computer program and I say this again, it was a huge success. Hunters simply love to see the scores as they day unfolds. It lets them have more excitement, more fun, more to look forward to. I can not wait till I have the disks available so I can send them to all the associations that affiliate with the Masters.
Our food was great as always. Thanks to Carl, Less and all of Russell’s crew. They do a wonderful job and it is very reasonably priced. His steaks are the very best anywhere.
Our President, Steve Ducote had everything in good order when I arrived. I sat in for Brian Evans, our secretary. His job would not allow him to attend as we changed the dates and sorta messed up things for Brian. But next year, Brian will be heading up the World Cup and expect no less than the best. I understand it will be at Grapevine in 2006. The last Wednesday in February, be there.
I had lots of fun visiting and talking dogs, reliving old memories with Johnny Foster, Glenn Pritchard, Toby Spurlock, John LaBlanc, Roby Morse, David Bates, Scott and Brad Hoehner. Isn’t it funny how different tines, different people and different memories can just all seem to come together at a field trial. Toby and I talked about the great days of East Texas and the All Americans, Texas Opens and the Heart of East Texas hunts. John and I talked about Ned, a hound he bought from Paul Frazier. David and I talked about a female he had at one of the first Masters at Jena, boy could she fly. With Roby, we had to discuss our good friend Bud Davis and on and on with others. Scott and ole Paleface in Florida and Glenn with Cantrell’s Joshua F. and his brother Glenn. That is what makes this sport special, it’s the friends we make and the memories we take with us thru life.
Now to the most memorable event – funny but sad and sad but true – Buster Kitterlin one of the best sports in foxhunting, on the second day, cast his hound, Kitterlin’s Firecracker with the blanket still in place. Of course, she received no scores that day. This may have cost him a championship because she was among the top of the first and third days scores. Buster took it in stride and blamed on one but himself. Firecracker is a find hound.
Special thanks to our judges: Larry Ethridge, MFH, Bobby Cleghorn, Tommy Mouser, Jason Mouser, Conley Manning, Van Dale Evans, Jake Warden, Don Warden, AJ Mason, Wilbur Mason, Ken Ezell, Eugene Miller, Charlie Crowley and Marvin Coward. Some of the best in the world of foxhunging.