- At the hour mark both Grand Champions were still setting a fast pace. Neither STP's Buck or Rebel's Sandman could get much ahead of the other one. It was obvious that this was going to be a long one and I had the I.V. fluids, Azium and other equipment ready to go.

- Antibiotics stop infection one of two ways. Either by inhibiting the spread and growth of bacteria (thereby allowing the bacteria to die off naturally and be destroyed by the body's immune system) or by actually killing the bacteria by means of bacterial death upon contact with certain concentrations of drugs.

- I was recently asked about the dog named "Art". This dog was a very important part of Bulldog history. This dog came on the scene about the time when mediocrity in the dogs was coming to an end. The combine that originally owned and campaigned Art were among some of the best dog men of that day and had as good a "Stable" of great dogs as there were around of that time.

- "Assassinator" was born on June 12,1986. Her father was the 4x winner, Jacobs and Hicks' "Assassin 1". "Assassin 1" won his four matches in dominating fashion. He didn't have an overly hard mouth, but he had the speed and ability to beat his opponent to almost every hold and to out wrestle them once he got there.

- I was conditioning Super Gnat's Gr.Ch. Ace for his 4th match when I received a call from S.T.P. He explained that his Gr.Ch. Buck was contracted into Ricky Jones and Gr.Ch. Sandman, at 48 lbs. Both dogs were exceptionally seasoned match dogs with similar styles and S.T.P. predicted that the match would be a long one.

- A few years back when I was still pretty new to the game, I had the great fortune of meeting one of the true Texas old timers while he was still somewhat active. The story itself is somewhat comical.

- Texas' first match was against Villarreal, which he won easily. His second match was into Mayo's 4-time winner Plug. It went 1:15 and Plug didn't make it in the end. - Texas' first match was against Villarreal, which he won easily. His second match was into Mayo's 4-time winner Plug. It went 1:15 and Plug didn't make it in the end.

- Bred by Rushin Kennels, Mongoose or "Goose" as he is commonly called won his first three for the Havana Boys. Havana Chico ran into some problems and had to sell him, which is when we acquired him and finished him off for his Grand Championship.

- Many fanciers like to rate match dogs the same way boxing fans categorize professional fighters. Dogs are often rated as being the best at their weight, hardest biter and best pound for pound fighter. I’d like to share some of my views in this area.

- It was always an honor to write about someone as diverse as Maurice Carver. Much has been said about this "bigger than life' Texan, and almost everyone that knew him either strongly liked or disliked him.