Searcy jeff & wallace's king cotton

Searcy jeff & wallace's king cotton

SEARCY JEFF & WALLACE'S KING COTTON
39 & 39 POUNDS: 1940 & 1950

Searcy Jeff

Both Bob Wallace and Bob Hemphill proclaimed this dog the best they had ever seen, Jeff was a killing punisher that would nearly bite a dog's head right off. Like most bone-crushing pit aces, Jeff’s deep gameness was questioned by dog men. (Since Jeff would render a dog helpless in a matter of minutes, his matches never went very long, and his gameness was thus never proved before the public.) However, after his teeth were ruined from fighting rocks. Jeff was purchased by Bob Wallace (a king's ransom couldn't have got him before that time). Since Wallace planned to base his entire strain of dogs on Jeff, he left it absolutely necessary to game-test him. He used three different dogs in turn on Jeff, and the dog took it all and begged for more!

Wallace's King Cotton

King has already been discussed to some extent under the section on breeders, but he's worth coming back to. Here was a dog that was the epitome of everything that is good about the American Pit Bull Terrier. It was my pleasure to have been acquainted with this particular animal and I would give a pretty penny to have one like him. He was a fine-looking dog, and, like so many other Pit Bulls, he had an ideal disposition and a real happy-go-lucky attitude. As a pit dog, he was renowned because of this nearly unbelievable ability. His contest against Corvinos Blackie "made" his reputation. Most pit dog men were not overly fond of the Blackie dog, as he was a "man-eater", and it is part of the pit dog man's credo that a mean dog is never dead game. Blackie was putting this idea to a severe test, however, as he had beaten four fine dogs in a row! At the match between Blackie and King Cotton, the pit was wired in to protect the spectators from Blackie, and the referee carried a club to protect the men in the pit - just in case! There, handlers with three leashes brought the muzzled animal into the pit. King dominated the fight from start to finish, and Blackie refused to scratch at the hour and thirty-one minute mark. Thus, King Cotton became an instant hero by beating a very unpopular dog that no one had seemed able to stop.


~ Richard Stratton


YIS

 

Re: Searcy jeff & wallace's king cotton

Its a shame that Richard didn't preserve Wallace's bloodline.Wallace was a true dogman.

 

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i think it was in an earl tudor interview that said searcy jeff was a great match dog if fought in cool weather, nothing could stay with him, but his owner would not match him in the heat as he would quit.i wondr what the weather was like when wallace tested him :-)

 

Wired in pit, ref equipped with club, three handlers with leashes... wtf
Surprises me I did not read anybody was wearing a protective suit...
Anyway, Lector thx for this (as always) interesting read!

 

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[FONT=Comic Sans MS, sans-serif]Oh yeah...the heat will make'em quit quicker than anything....jmo.[/FONT]
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Re: Searcy jeff & wallace's king cotton

earl said centipede was the same way, no way could he be matched in the heat as he would flat out quit but in the right conditions was a great match dog.

 

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Yes if that is your only reason for perserving a bloodline.You could say that about any bloodline. But Richard even said that he had so many quality Wallace dogs come through his hands its a shame he didn't obtain more.Take in the fact that Richard was clopse to Wallace he could have obtain good stock.Which is always a plus to start with.

 

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Haha, aint that the truth

 

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A good leg dog will also put pressure on a dog ,combine that with heat and that will test a dog. A good ear dog will frustrate a dog and tire them out by making them work. But heat is the biggest factor .

 

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Do you have the last article written by Mr. Stratton about the "Yearling" movie's bulldog ?

 

Re: Searcy jeff & wallace's king cotton

Do you have the last article written by Mr. Stratton about the "Yearling" movie's bulldog ? ​

 

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I have a colby wallace. Hes amazing.

 

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lol poor rebelious blackie , they finaly stopped him

 

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Once again people are going by a repeated story. I have match reports going back into 1905 in my library. If it happened it is known, not fake-self proclaimed BS.

 

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I have one problem with this story.
Tony Corvino and Dino's (who is on this forum) father Joe Jr. both told me directly when Joe Jr. was a kid, he was out walking Blackie and Howard Heinzl pulled up and took the dog from him (stole) and drop the dog off Earl Tudor's place when Howard moved to AZ.
I wonder how many Blackies there were? lol


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