Looking for somebody that still runs traditional brace....

Alabama John · Post by **Alabama John** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:48 pm

Names of dogs pulled out of a hat and two dogs assigned a brace number.
Everyone goes out and lines up in a line one beside the other and all start moving forward beating the specially grown undergrowth planted for just such a purpose.
Someone will see a rabbit that has been jumped and will call out Tally Ho and the next brace number will be called to the spot and put on the rabbit. When both dogs are surely smelling the trail, both dogs are turned loose (unsnapped) and the judges and all folks watching will stand around and observe (yes, everyone can see the whole contest) the two dogs to see which one runs the closest and straightest with the least side motion, even the head, and judge it the winner. Winners will be all drawn out together in 2nd series and run two at a time in a brace until by elimination by 3rd or 4th series there are declared a 1st thru ever how many winners.
Best folks you will ever meet, whole families participate and all love beagles. Lots of grandparents with grandchildren too.
Go to one, they will sure make you welcome.
Magic City beagle Club is here in Alabama as well as others. Most beautiful running grounds you will ever see. Great ideas in action. Many have been working on them for over the past 50 years for just the purpose of these trials.

bunnie harvester · Post by **bunnie harvester** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:46 am

John, That was the kindest thing I`ve heard anyone say on any of these boards since I`ve been coming on line,brace trials are the bases from which all these format came,, Swamper told me at the Ga. run last year that you are a class act and he`s right......

Hope to see you this year there, it will be fun............
Bruce Leonard

JIMMIE ABSHIRE · Post by **JIMMIE ABSHIRE** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:26 am

BEV AND RALPH ARE DEFINTLY THE PEOPLE TO REFERENCE TO

THEY MAY POSSIBLE HAVE PUPS FOR SALE

windy hollow · Post by **windy hollow** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:20 pm

I belong to The Lebanon County Beagle Club, and the old timers there are all Traditional Brace, in fact the Eastern Championship Trial is held here yearly.

AlabamaSwamper · Post by **AlabamaSwamper** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 4:42 pm

bunnie harvester wrote:,, Swamper told me at the Ga. run last year that you are a class act
Bruce Leonard

Yeah and this year I hope Bunnie brings his SPO dogs instead of those brace dogs. Poor Rowdy couldn't run for laughing so hard. ROFL!

John, I surely hope you make it this year. But I ain't turning my dogs loose with yours anymore. LOL

bunnie harvester · Post by **bunnie harvester** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:16 pm

Swamper, u got that wrong ,,Bubba and Tank were showing Rowdy and that little track dog " Kaliga"" were that rabbit went all day, they are hoping u bring some competion for them this year

,,,LMAO
Windy Hollow,, I competed at Lebenon County BC for many years, even won the 15" male once, placed 3d at the Eastern Derby Federation Of Beagle Clubs 13" male class,, Boys this is a MODEL Club.
Do those folks still put on a FINE Meal????

AlabamaSwamper · Post by **AlabamaSwamper** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:28 pm

bunnie harvester wrote:Swamper, u got that wrong ,,Bubba and Tank were showing Rowdy and that little track dog " Kaliga"" were that rabbit went all day, they are hoping u bring some competion for them this year ,,,LMAO

Between you and Bucky on the ESPO board, I can't keep from laughing.

Note: I'm not saying you are like Bucky Bruce. lol

Look forward to hunting with you again this winter! Had a blast last year.

So does Rowdy. lol

bun-e-chaser · Post by **bun-e-chaser** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:48 pm

That was a nice reply, John, but not all brace clubs are hospitable. I live 2 mi from a very well known and established brace club. My dad was a 25 yr member there and they let him know that his dogs were not wanted there. If you run a gundog, which my dads and mine are AKC, SPO, style dogs, they will tell you to your face that they would shoot it before they would feed it. Growing up, we did alot of work on the club, dad was a member in good standing, but they made it where we couldn't run our dogs on club grounds. I know several beaglers that have tried to join there, I even got a couple of Brace dogs just so I might join and use the club grounds, but they apparently don't want any "young" guys joining. Needless to say this has left me with a bad taste in my mouth towards brace dogs and clubs in general. I did get a little justice, I obtained permission to run and hunt all of the bordering farm ground on the south side of the club. When they hear my dogs running they load their dogs in a hurry. I was told that they were afraid that their dogs would go to mine and actually start running a rabbit. Its too bad that there has to exist such a wedge between beaglers.