Rascal come from Maurice Carver at the age of 15 months. He as a good looking dog with plenty of ability. His conditioned weight as 48 lbs. He was due for this first in the fall of 1974. About two weeks before the contest , the opponent came up lame and the deal was off. The next week Wood’sSnooty was due to go, but this one fell through also. A group of us were on our way home from the suppose to be show when an argument erupted between a friend mine and the man that had conditioned Snooty about which dog was better, “ Rascal” or “Snooty”.
We stopped at the home of the man with Snooty and, after the two men had a few ( or maybe more than a few) shots of brandy, a wager was made on which dog was better. At about 1 am the dogs were released and from the start it was obvious that Rascal was way too much for Snooty. Snooty begins to protest at 15 and by 25 is trying to go home. No handle can be made so the show continues. The handler of Snooty will not concede even after Snooty is down and not defending himself. Finally, at the 1:57 a handle and Snooty can’t continue. Winner “Rascal”.
The handler of Snooty threw him on the ground and left. My wife nursed Snooty back into good shape and cared for him for about three to four weeks. The owner of Snooty came thenand picked him up. Snooty came back six months later and won over “Blue Boy” (Everett’s Buck) in 1:05. He then lost a second to O Bnixous’ ‘’Ox’’ in 1:38. Enough about Snooty , but I felt I should add this since I have read other stories about the same meetings and none even came close to being the truth. And by the way, none of the people that have written the articles or told the stories were present. There were six in attendance and I have never heard one of them write or say anything different from what I just said.
Rascal then lost his second to “Sampson” in about two hours. He took the count standing and his owner felt he had mistreated “Rascal” by the way he conducted himself that day. Although most said Rascal was a cur and said he shouldn’t be used again , his owner felt different.
Rascal came back to win four more. Two of these wins went over two hours against men said he as a cur. What did that make their dog? This shows that there are exceptions to every rule. What if Rascal had not been used as a stud dog? He has produced many champions, fifteen to be exact, and few of them were ever reported. Some were in Kansas City, some in Minnesota, NY, North Carolina, and the entire south east. Some of the dogs sired by Rascal are Brodt’s Ch “Demon”, Crenshaw’s Ch Rascal JR., Snakeman’s Gr Ch “Pedro”, Crenshaw’s Ch “Little Honey”, Crenshaw’s “Polly”, Crenshaw’s Ch “Ginger’’, Crenshaw’s Ch “Sugar”, Wood’s Ch “Bandit”, Wood’s “Smokey”, Haley’s Ch “Bumble Bee”, Dowe’s “Amos”, Brodt’s “Cocoa”, Crossland’s “Jaw Snapper”, and at lest two bred by TKO Kennel.
The offspring of Rascal has a produced well also. The “Rascal JR” offspring have done well, too. Rascal JR. produced Mtn Man’s Ch “Homer” and Duprel’s “Charlie B” two dogs that have carried on the bloodline and still show well through the “BIG CASEY”dogs. Casey has produced three champions and some of his daughters have produced well too. “Black Girl”, of Big Casey and Wood’s “Amber”, produced Gr Ch “Black Jack”, Pate’s “Cain”, “Skillet”, and “Razor”, when bred to Ch “Gator”. When she was bred to Crenshaw’s “Nate” , she produced “Chief Red”, who went 3:42 to win. “Spider” who went 1:38 to win , and “Molly” who went 2:25 to win. Needless to say, if Rascal had not been bred, there would be a big hole in the good dogs of today.
The main thing I am trying show here is that these dogs are not machines, nor does anyone know all that is to be known about them. It is easy to call someone else’s dog a cur, but any dog will quit if he has enough on him. Common sense has to be applied in breeding schooling, and selecting these dogs. There are good game dogs in any bloodline as well as “curs” or undesirable. I prefer to use the undesirable term because there is much more to the process than just calling a dog cur.
And while I am rambling on one thing and another, I believe all bloodlines in this country today are the same. In the 1800’s, a few gods were brought here from England and Ireland and all dogs today are from these. I believe the only difference in the dogs is the way they have been selected by the men that own them. If they are bred for weight pull and conformation performance, they generally lose the gameness which makes them nothing more than a street mongrel not true to color, size, or anything else.
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There are few men that have bred quality dogs over the past 100 years. The ones that have also used their own breeding. I can count these men on my fingers. Most people that breed today don’t have a clue as to what they are doing . They can recite pedigrees and owners of all dogs in the country but they don’t know one end of the dog from the other. There are still a few breeder in the country today that have bred and used their own dogs successfully. I believe there is a natural ability that one has to be able to do this. You can’t learn it. It’s something that few men have and believe you are born with this talent or ability to know what you are looking at in a dog and then take advantage of it. I have a good friend in Louisiana that has his ability, and, believe me, sometimes it scares the hell out of me how he can think and see things in a dog!
The main reason for all the rambling in this article is that I would like to see dogs get a fair shot at being their best and not be hurt or beat out of this opportunity by stupid mistakes, laziness, or some punk trying to prove he is a man by abusing his animal to save a little face or boost his ego, instead of admitting he made a mistake or just didn’t know any better. Some examples of this are:
1: A dehydrated animal
2: One under weight (NO excuse for this)
3: Just plain matched at wrong weight
4: Over worked---under worked
5: Not empty ( one of the most serious off all mistakes)
6: Gut fat not stripped from animal
7: Drugs, vitamins, steroids, feed additives, etc…(do great damage If they are not needed)
8: Not resting enough last week
Some will say, What the hell has this got to do with Ch “Rascal”??? I SAY EVERYTHING !!! if what you have just read not been applied in this case, you would never have heard of Crenshaw’s Ch Rascal
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