Bolio Blood

@fwk some old fucks all over 60 we were talking bolio a few weeks ago
your name popped up several times
wish u were still here , that freaking long hair and that long western coat when u got in the box
how u doing finklewinkle

 

@F.W.K.

 

Hi old friend that were the times.
When ships were made of wood and man of iron.
Doing fine and being bald now,LOL.

 

Bolio was born in 1969 and was raised by Maurice Carver and Eddie Klaus two great friends and connoisseurs of the American Pitbull Terrier. Bolio’s parents were... the famous Klaus’ Zeke and Klaus Goldie’ both tremendous bulldogs. Bolio’s pedigree is dense in fact in his veins flows the blood of Ch Fitzwater’s Goldy, Ferguson’s Ch Centipede, Carver’s Judy, Carver’s Black Widow R.O.M, Carver’s Ch Little Rascal, Carver’s Spider ROM, Carver’s Ch Lasso, Gr Ch Trahan’s Rascal, Tudor’s Dibo Rom, Tudor’s Goldy ROM, Tudor’s Gr Ch Black Jack R.O.M, Heinzl’s Ch Kayo, Heinzl’s Ch Tony, Heinzl’s Colonel R.O.M, Heinzl’s Amber Annie R.O.M, Hubbard’s Bounce R.O.M, Hubbard’s Ch Gimp, Corvino’s Gimp R.O.M, Corvino’s Shorty R.O.M, Fly of Panama R.O.M, Colby’s Ch Tige and Colby’s Pincher R.O.M.
Indian Bolio was a very intense bulldog that loved to fight, extremely able and very intelligent that bought his opponent down with extreme facility with his strength. He had a lot of air and would not slow down his pace, he was very strong and would move in the ring like a dancer taking down with exasperation his adversary, not only this he had a killer bite and liked to go for the head and nose of his opponent to then finish him off at the throat. Bolio was the only one to have confronted opponents weighing more than him by 15 pounds.
Clayton Bennett of Texas bought Bolio from Maurice Carver and sent him to F.B. to train him until he would be ready for a tremendously challenging match against a dog that had killed his previous adversaries. The name of this Pitbull was Rowdy a dog that had a terrible bite. This match was scheduled for the big night organised during a convention in the South, where there were other Pitbull Terriers challenged, the likes of Davis Gr Ch Boomerang. All the bookmakers had Bolio down as a loss, but F.B. and Clayton Bennett believed in him.
F.B. knew that Bolio had to be in perfect form to confront a dog of this calibre, infact he dedicated a lot of time to Bolio’s training. For the encounter between Bolio and Rowdy, things were organised in a big way and all the best breeders of that time assembled to witness it. Mountain Man the man of the mountains retold how Bolio and Rowdy were both in great form weighing 43 pounds each and when they clashed it was truly war. Rowdy dominated the match for the first hour locking ferocious bites into Bolio, but slowly with time he began to lose strength and he continued to lose stamina. Bolio having a lot of air, in the end won by killing Rowdy in 2 hours and was voted best in show!.

 

Are there any write ups or do anyone have any info on f.b.'s experience housing and training Bolio? I would love to hear his point of view of Bolio..

 

"Pat Patrick's Dogs"

When looking at the American Pit Bull Terrier pedigree’s of the 1990’s, it is easy to see that the "Pat Patrick" family of dogs has become one of the premier families in the country. This family is producing like the Colby family of the early 1900's, thus becoming a foundation element for many yards across the country. This abstract is going to discuss many of the subtle influences this family has across the globe.

The Patrick cross has proven to be one of the most constant in terms of producing winning dogs since the early 1970's. This family is based on Bolio, Maloney, and Clouse dogs, with the key ingredient being ‘Bolio” or “Tombstone”, depending on what region of the country you live in.

The Bolio x Ed Crenshaw cross, was established in the 70's when Lou Lewis, bred Ch. Catfish (R.O.M.) to Bolio. The dogs from these breedings were winning in the Southwest producing dogs like Lewis' Odessa a (3xw). There are still some great Bolio x Crenshaw crosses of these dogs in Mexico under the direction of Antonio Bellon. These crosses have had tremendous success even against modern day breeders such as James Crenshaw pushing his highly touted Ch. Gator to the limits.

I grew up in Texas, and in that region of the country, the Tonka dogs were the Patrick dogs of choice. Ronnie Anderson, had bred many famous Champions with Tonka (Patrick's Red Baby X Tombstone), both of which are (R.O.M.)’s. before Pat Patrick purchased him back from Ronnie Anderson. If all of Tonka's offspring that had made champion, had been registered, Tonka would have had at least 10 points on the Register Of Merit list.

The gameness and ability has been very consistent in this family. Producing modern day greats such as, Buckskin Billy, Ch. Bull a (4xw) (who I owned for a short time), Ch. Diablo, Levi, Honky Tonk, Anderson's Bull, Little Eve, and Ch. Sambo. There was also a son of Tonka in the lone star state named Red Rock, owned by the late Bobby D. Smith.

Rock, was a supergame (2xw) and fabulous producer siring loads of great dogs for Mike N. Crabb, B.D. Smith, Dean Wise, McKnight, Johnny G. and others. Rock’s most famous son is Keye’s MeatHead. MeatHead, has sired about 50 (1xw’s) and a load of great dogs. Some of MeatHead's progeny have been 3 hour dogs which is a consistant trait with these dogs. Tonka's sister Ch. Snubby, was bred to a Boomarang male and produced King Limey's Tug (R.O.M.). TUG was bred to King Limey's Nelis (R.O.M.) and produced 3 or 4 champions in 1 litter. Nelis was a double bred grandson of Hammond's Rufus (R.O.M.). This is a strong cross establishing Champions and Register Of Merits on two different continents.

“Article Taken From Evolution Kennels”

 

"Indian Bolio (1xw) R.O.M."





Bolio, was bred by Maurice Carver and Eddie Klaus in 1969. His sire was the famous pit ace Klaus' Zeke and his dam was Klaus' Goldie. Bolio's pedigree is very heavy in the blood of a bitch named Carver's Judy and her sister thegreat Carver's Black Widow. In fact he carried fifty percent of this blood in his breeding.
Bennett Clayton of Texas bought Bolio from Carver and sent him to Floyd Boudreaux to be matched, he was hooked into a dog that had killed both of his previous opponents. This dog's name was Rowdy. Bolio was contracted into Rowdy twice. The first time Floyd was not content with Bolio's conditioning for the fight, he knew that Bolio must be perfect to fight a dog of this caliber. After Floyd paid the forfeit he set up a new match with Rowdy for the big night of a southern convention. This time Bolio was in great shape and when they hit, it was a real war. Bolio killed Rowdy in about two hours and was voted best in show! At this same convention, there were many champions being shown and among them was Davis' Grand Champion Boomerang. I was not at this fight and I got my information from other dog men and the sporting dog magazines. Sometime after the fight Bolio was sold to a fancier in southern California.

The new owner of Bolio was not interested in matching him again, even though I felt he was the best 43 lb. dog alive at the time. He decided to use him as a stud dog and that was the best use for him. Bolio was so talented he never got hurt in rolls. I was lucky enough to see him roll many times against all kinds of dogs including dogs that were up to 15 pounds larger than he. He handled ALL his opponents with ease.
I have not seen a large number of the famous foundation dogs fight and maybe some of them were better dogs than Bolio. I have seen many fast lane dogs in action since these foundation dogs faded into the past and I can say that Bolio is the best dog I have ever seen pound for pound. He was not an extremely hard biter, but he could shut his mouth. He was very skilled at keeping his holds and sometimes it would appear that he was glued to his rivals head, he liked to fight the head. He was very strong and fast wrestler and would quickly get his hold and then use his body weight and muscle power to wear the opponent down while punishing him the whole time. He would move in such a way that the other dog would be carrying most of Bolio' weight with him. When the other dog would slow down from the head holds, Bolio would go into the throat. If a dog did happen to get Bolio off his head, Bolio would go toe to toe with him, but not for long. Bolio would work his way back to the head and again be in total control. He was the fastest, smartest, and most effective head dog that I have ever seen. He had natural air and I never saw him slow down. He was a very intense dog and he loved to fight. When in the corner he would scream with rage until he was released into the other dog. Occasionally, he would bite you if not released quick enough.

Bolio as a producer was the best stud dog that I know of that ever lived. He was bred to some poor cur bitches and produced excellent pit dogs from them. When he was bred to good bitches, those results were amazing. Some friends of mine had a dispute with Bolio's owner and ended up taking the dog while he was at church. I had no part in the taking of Bolio from his owner's yard and do not know the details of the dispute between him and my friends. I don't use his name because the purpose of this article is to praise Bolio, not to put down his former owner. Bolio's former owner had stolen dogs from me and so I feel that I owed him nothing. When the people who took Bolio offered me breeding rights to the dog, I accepted immediately. Bolio remained on my yard until he died at the age of thirteen. He would sire litter after litter of good dogs and I would rate him as a better stud dog that my Tombstone dog, who was also a great stud in his own right. Bolio produced fine dogs from all his breedings, no matter what the bloodline was. His pups carried the same traits that made him such a great dog. When I bred a daughter of Bolio's, Red Baby, to Tombstone, the result was thirteen very good dogs. Eight of these dogs won 20 matches. the other five five was used as brood bitches. Champion Tonka, Champion Snubby, Champion Crash, and Creamator were some of the better known dogs I sold from this breeding.

One of the first bitches I bred to Bolio was Faith, a Clouse bitch. This breeding produced eight game and talented dogs, including Chen Leng and Champion Princess. Red Baby's mother was a sister to Offer's Crazy Babe, a pure Clouse bitch. Red Baby's litter was a bunch of great dogs.
I had a bitch named Tuffy that was heavy in Clouse blood. She was by Tater and Faith, and when I bred her to Bolio, I got some very good dogs including Bull Boy Bob ROM and Champion Dugan. Bolio worked well with good Tombstone and Clouse bitches. He also sired good ones to great dogs out of bitches from the bloodlines of Eli Jr. and Ironhead. This reminds me of a statement made by Ricky Jones. He said, "My favorite bloodlines are the Eli/Ironhead cross dogs that came from Maurice during the early and mid seventies. Percentage wise these dogs will get you to the pit more times than any other bloodline out there. There are a lot of good dogs from other bloodlines, but over all you will get more dog for your money and time from the Eli/Ironhead line." Ricky Jones can run any bloodline he wants and he has a right to his own opinion. I don't think any bloodline is so superior to the other top bloodlines that it wins every time. However, Ricky stated very clearly that his dogs will win more that any other, now how in the hell would he know this to be a fact, he never used anything except the Eli blood and did 99.9% of his winning in his own back yard! I say his opinion is weak and wrong! I owned and saw dogs of Bullyson, Eli Jr., and Ironhead when Ricky still had his hound dogs. I say the Bolio blood is superior and I sold my Bullyson-Eli Jr dogs to make room for the Bolio blood that I breed. I talked with Carver on many occasions and he told me more than twice that the Bolio dogs are his best without a doubt. In the whole article he never spoke about two of the best dogs he owned, Chome and Chocolate Soldier. These two dogs won 4 matches for him and they were bred by Diamond Jim out of a Bolio bitch bred to the great Luther dog. The mother of Chome and Soldier was Patrick's Rose. I understand that Jones had a lot of wins to his credit, but the fat is that a puppy I sold as a pet beat Grand Champion Sandman even though Sandman outweighed him by 3 lbs. I am talking about Grand Champion Buck, a Bolio dog. If Ricky can make a statement that his dogs are the best, I can tell you that the people with Bolio dogs aren't losing any sleep over his "Honest Dogs." I would not trade one good Bolio dog for any of his dogs. I quess most serious dog men run the line of dogs they like the best. Bolio's blood is by far the biggest part of my yard. Almost all my dogs have some Bolio blood in them and many are 60-70% Bolio blood. I don't think you get the best results by just inbreeding on one good dog. You need other good bloodlines to cross them with and to keep them strong. I am without a doubt the biggest Bolio fan in the world and i have been bragging about him for twenty years. Maurice Carver told me that "all the Bolio dogs will do for you is win. Lots of people don't like them after they win, but they get the job done!" Eddie Klaus and Maurice Carver deserve the credit for breeding Bolio and his great litter mates Mendicino, Andy Capp, Daisy, and Leggs Diamond. All I did was realize his potential as a stud dog. I am sure I would still have bulldogs if I had never heard of Bolio, but I know my yard is a better yard because of him. If I could have any dog that lived in the past, today, as a two year old dog, I would take Bolio!

-Pat Patrick


"Tombstone (1xw) R.O.M."



Tombstone was bred by the great breeder Don Maloney. Maloney sold to R. Petronelli as a young dog, who then sold or traded him to Don Mayfield, where he was raised. His sire was Maloney's Toot, who was a son of Tudor's Spike out of Carver's Black Widow. Toot was a devastatingly hard biter who had produced dogs that passed that trait to their progeny. Another son of Toot, who was a great producer of hard mouth dogs was Maloney's Davis, who sired Ch. Our Gal Sunday, Ch. Cobra, and Ch. Black Sabbath. Tombstone's dam Speedy Alan Jena, was a scatter bred bitch containing dogs from P. Sparks, H. Heinzl, J. Corvino, and E. Tudor breedings.

Tombstone was matched one time and after that one victory he was retired to stud, after being available for a second match with no takers. This match was against Bobby Hall and a 2X winning son of Bullyson, named fittingly Bullyson, Jr. Ed Weaver was putting on a show and notified Bobby Hall that Don Mayfield had a 55 lb. male open, so Bobby Hall accepted the challenge. Ironically, Mr. Hall conditioned Bullyson, Jr. at Mayfield's house, at the same time, Don was conditioning Tombstone for this match. The match was one sided for the first hour with Tombstone on defense and Bullyson, Jr. on offense with stifle holds. At the hour mark it appears about even, at 1:09 both dogs are down and at 1:14 an out of hold is called with Tombstone making a hard scratch. Bobby Hall concedes the match at 1:25 making Tombstone a winner in a game, come from behind effort.

Shortly after that match Pat Patrick paid a visit to Mayfield's in hopes of purchasing some good dogs, he was offered Tombstone. Pat purchased Tombstone, but left him there until, he was matched again, which never happened. After the 14 months that he remained at Mayfield's in hopes of another match, Mr. Patrick requested Mayfield to send him his dog. Upon arrival to Pat's yard, Tombstone was then bred to about 15 bitches. Due to the fact that he was a long legged, rangy looking and scatter bred dog, he wasn't in high demand as a stud. Of his few breedings, one to a daughter of Indian Bolio named Red Baby, he produced champions Tonka, Crash, and Uptown's Snubby. He also produced Ch. Reno, Dozer, and Gr. Ch. Hope just to name a few of his progeny.

Tombstone died a few years later from heart worms, as back then the cure was sometimes worse than the malady.

 

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