CH MELONHEAD (17XW)(1XL)
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CH MELONHEAD (17XW)(1XL)
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The old man I knew lost to Gr Ch Melonhead with an 8xW named Doolie in about 2:40.
He said Doolie did never made one mistake, never did anything but the best he could do, the same things that won for him 8x previous, but Melonhead was just too good, on all levels. To this day, the old man believes that whoever beat Melonhead had to have cheated. He didn't think the dog could be beaten by a dog alone.
nice, anyone who still runs melonhead blood?? sounds interesting!
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Originally Posted by CA Jack
GRCH Melonhead is my alltime favorite... He is a dog that somehow got a little to the background in pitbull history, I don't know why. Maybe he was not hyped like so many dogs these days.
Anyway... he was reported to have lost one, when he was an older dog (8+). This fight was against Comeaux T-bone.
T-bone was later sold to Europe... where I saw him loose against BB's Tabbs in a long winding match of over 2 hours...
The reason why you never read about Melonhead much, or The Old Man and his dogs, is because they don't want to be known or read about.
As I mentioned, The Old Man has been doing dogs since the 1960s, yet he has never reported ONE match ever. I stayed on one of his properties for 4 years, and I promised him I would never mention his name online, and I have kept my word on that.
For those of you who have read Crenshaw's book, Crenshaw mentions "The Man from Alabama" alot in his book, but never by name. This man likewise is a hugely-influential dogman in the sport, in fact he is the one who schooled Crenshaw, but he told Crenshaw that he did not want to be named in Crenshaw's book at all either, and likewise "The Man from Alabama" never reports any of his deals for a reason either.
Well, "The Old Man" I am referring to happens to do dogs with Crenshaw's mentor "The Man from Alabama" all the time. These lifetime dogmen basically have better match records, and have been associated with more Champions and winning dogs, than the general public will ever realize ... and they want to keep it that way.
The only shame is, by doing so, some truly great dogs (like Melonhead, Robert T Jr, etc.) will never get the credit they deserve in the "regular APBT community" ...
Jack
I can definitely respect the way those Old Timers handled business. I believe that a dog should make his own name by the work they put in. There is no hype needed to discribe any of the dogs you previously mentioned. Those fanciers that are true to the dogs and the sport know exactly who those dogs are and what respect they earned. I feel that a major part in the down fall of this sport, is not enough people like your Old Friend. JMO
i think its no crime for these dogman to be proud on the dogs they bred, raised, conditioned and brought to the box. i can respect those who stay in the background but besides that it's just smart or even normal.. to stay out of to picture if you're into illegal stuff.
does the old man happen to have the initials of an A-team member? :mrgreen:
Alligator blood - Son of Hammonds' Snort.Quote:
Originally Posted by YigYang
Dam - debated but thought to be Lilly Langtree type stuff by those closest. But no one knows for sure. Not any more anyways.
His only loss - he was 9 or 10 years old. Can't remember for sure.
Don't remember all the details, but I'm pretty sure Snort was on a yard to be conditioned and compete. While there, they stuck him to a bitch believed to be from the Langtree stuff. Snort, is of course, a son of Rufus ROM.
The lineage is pretty consistent and strong. In order, you have
Rufus ROM (Never bred until 9)
Snort ROM
Park Son ROM
Hailstone ROM
All Hammonds owned dogs, all consistent in producing ability, genentic structure and just a good solid family of dogs.