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Sunday, October 18, 2015

Day 2 – Flight A – Test 1 – Palmetto East-Land – Sunday, October 18


Flight A: Judges Robert Rascoe and Tom McMorrow 
Palmetto East-Land – Land Triple, Land Blind, Honor



As the contestants stood at the top of a hill, the wind was hitting the handler in the back. This Land Triple with a blind and honor contained an out-of-order flyer and a blind run under the arc of bird number three. The terrain was a strip-mowed field with wide strips of cover. Standing on the mat, bird number one was a flyer shot to the left at 118 yards in front of the mat. Bird number two was thrown to the right, landing 84 yards from the line to the left of the flyer. Bird number three was 55 yards below the line, off to the right hand side of the field, thrown to the left. The blind was at 107 yards and the line to it was under the arc of bird number three, the go-bird.

The word from the gallery is that this a tough test, but very fair. The dogs are having problems with the cover and their ability to smell these birds. Of the eight dogs that we watched run the test, there were four nice jobs, three handles and one pick-up. We arrived later in the day and were told that out of the first 36 dogs, there were 12 pick-ups and one break.

When we arrived at day two at Palmetto East, the wind had shifted from left to right across the test. This wind change helped the dogs to find the left hand bird. They would scent it as they went by. However, the success rate did not i prove because the flyer became difficult to find. Of the six dogs that we watched, we saw two nice jobs, one handle and three pick-ups.


Judges, Robert Rascoe and Tom McMorrow


Glen Rogers describes Palmetto East











 



2015
Master National Running Order


Flight Draw & Running Order



2015 MNRC Test Descriptions

Palmetto East-Land

Wood Duck Pond-Land/Water

Byrd's Campground-Land

Goose Pond-Land

Mallard Pond-Land/Water

Bruce's Farm-Land/Water

Wood Duck Pond-Water

Byrd’s Campground-Land/Water

Mallard Pond-Water

Goose Pond-Land/Water

Furr's Pit-Water

Palmetto West-Land

Goose Pond-Water

Clubhouse-Land



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