Meadowbrook Mountain
Kennel
American Treeing Curs
This is the one that started it all. The dog pictured above is Gr. Nt. Ch., World Nt. Ch. Harley's Treeing Sport. He was owned by my hunting partner, Howard Harley. Sport was the first dog registered with the National Kennel Club as a Treeing Cur. Sport was half walker & half airedale.
I had the honor of handling Sport on several occasions. The most memorable was at the National Cur & Feist Breeders Assoc. World Hunt held at Elnora, Ind. in 1989. Sport placed 5th in the squirrel hunt. He won the nite hunt. He was also declared the high scoring combination dog that year. Our guide that night was Mr. Claude Thomas.
Sport had to be put to sleep after he developed cancer He was fourteen years old at the time of his death. Howard feels very lucky to have been a part of Sports life, for he was truly a once in a lifetime dog. Sport obtained his Nt. Ch. and Gr. Nt. Ch. titles hunting against hounds, long before the cur dog events became popular.
Sport was bred to several females, the majority of them being Walkers. The first female that he was bred to was a Leopard Cur. That litter produced, Nt. Ch. Deaton's Treeing Hawk. I purchased Hawk from Howard when he was 3 years old. I owned him 11 years now. Hawk passed away from old age at 14. Hawk was a combination dog, used on both coon & squirrel. I bred Hawk to Goldie for two reasons. First of all, I wanted to preserve the Sport bloodline. Hawk is the last living son out of Sport. Secondly, I felt that Goldie was the only female that I have found that was worth breeding to. I have one male out of this litter that is 4 years old, Hank.
Below is a picture of Hawk and Sport treeing on a coon. Hawk is by far, uglier than his daddy. I was the brunt of a lot of good natured jokes when I would unload him at a hunt. I kept telling people that I would hunt a pink poodle if it would tree. I hunted Hawk in several hunts and finished him into a Nite Champion. He had over 300 championship points toward a squirrel champion title, but I was never able to get the elusive first place win.
I guess that I should also include some of my other Treeing Curs. I know I have wrote a lot about Hank on the squirrel dog message board, so I guess I had better let you at least see what he looks like.
This is Hank treeing on a squirrel. He has a ringing chop mouth. He is a meat dog.
Hank is Not For Sale
Hank and Howard's dog, Skud treeing on a groundhog they caught off guard one morning. They caught him on the ground and I hung it up in a tree so I could get a picture.
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