2013 Dewey Mullins Open Shooting Dog Classic
The Dewey Mullins Open Shooting Dog Classic stared April 3rd and concluded on April 5th with the derbies running on Friday and the judging seminar on Friday evening. We thank the Somerset Bird Dog Club for hosting these events and look forward for bigger and better next year. We have a lot of people to thank and I don’t want to miss anyone. These events could not have been possible without the help of Purina, NBHA, Gun Dog Supply, Somerset Bird Dog Club; Waste Connections were a major sponsor in this event. Pam and Buster Tucker were there for us when we needed help. Jim Crouse and Georgie Casey did the judging assignments and handled things top notch. This trial was named for a great KY Sportsman and at the age of 92 Mr. Dewey Mullins watched every dog in every race and had his opinions. We thank Chris Mathan from Strideaway for coming and taking pictures of the grounds and dogs. The judging seminar was a great success with a panel of Jim White, Jim Crouse, Dewey Mullins, John Russell and moderated by Georgie Casey; Job well done by all.
The winner of the Dewey Mullins Open Shooting Dog Classic was Vitali’s Grouseringer Sam I Am. Sam went through the country with his usual eye-catching style and was handled very nice by his owner Gary Vitali. Congrats on a nice job Gary. Knocking on the door in second place went to Fireside’s High Noon a beautiful pointer male owned by Mary-Beth Esser and handled by Bruce Minard; Thank you Mary-Beth and Bruce for showing your dog, job well done. Third place went to Silver whip a pointer female owned by JP Jones and handled by Bruce Minard. Very good job by all three dogs and handlers; I could see it would be a hard job picking winners from this group.
In the Dewey Mullins Open Derby the winner was Fireside’s Nick of Time setter male owned by Mary-Beth Esser and handled by Bruce Minard. Second place was awarded to Hifive’s Unlisted (PM) owned by Doug Baumann and handled by Bruce Minard. Third place went to Duncan’s War Chief (PM) owned and handled by Jim Duncan.
Again thanks especially to Waste Connections, Purina, NBHA, Somerset Bird Dog Club and everyone who entered and ran their dogs.
