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""Fishel's Frank" sired 58 field trial winners, many of them champions and top-flight
peformers. ... Two of his sons made Pointer history. They were "Comanche Frank" and
"John Proctor", both out of daughters of
"Alford's John"". ... Both won the National
Championships ("Comanche Frank" in 1914 and "John Proctor" in 1916) in addition to
other field trial title events. Both established winning and producing families
which have made and are continuing to make Pointer history."
-- The Sportsman's Bookshelf, Volume XIII, Hunting Dogs and
Their Uses: The Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, PA, 1951
"John Proctor", whose dam was
"Miss Mariutch", another daughter of "Alford's John", won
four championships, including the
National Championship of 1916. In all he had 23 wins,
14 of them being first places,
and left a long list of winning progeny, 47 in all."
-- The Sportsman's Bookshelf, Volume XIII, Hunting Dogs and
Their Uses: The Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, PA, 1951
"The Field Trial Hall of Fame was initiated
in 1954, and since that time, each year, deserving dogs and worthy field
trial personalities have been elected."
-- American Field: The Sportsman Journal, Website, 2002
"Induction to the Field Trial Hall of Fame is an honor. The dogs were inducted based on their performance in trials
and their ability to produce winning offspring. The Field Trial Hall of Fame is part of the National Bird Dog Museum
located in Grand Junction, Tennessee."
-- UplandBirdDog.com Website, 2002
Five pointers were inducted into the
Field Trial Hall of Fame in 1954.
"Fishel's Frank",
"John Proctor",
"Luminary",
"Mary Montrose", and
"Muscle Shoal's Jake".
""John Proctor": "Fishel's Frank" x "Miss Mariutch", white, lemon & ticked, June 17, 1910"
-- Willoughby, p.78
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