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I did not know Eric Winningham till later and in the last years that he had dogs. I never saw those Hemphill crossed dogs he owned. In his younger years he owned and used the Hemphill line of dogs. Hemphill dogs were popular back then. He spoke about some of them time to time.

Eric was part of the Charleston dog men group. Visited his home on numerous occasions. Some of the last dogs he had was when Willaims owned the McNeil Chuck dog. Chuck was bred to a Lightner bitch Scotty Todd had named Mouse. The only female dog of that breeding I saw was a nice looking buckskin bitch with those lappy ears. Eric and his brother had the last of that breeding. May have owned some of the Burns or Tant dogs before he died but am no longer sure about that. Burns, Bo Harris, Watkins,Williams and Eric were close friends.

What happen to the rest of the Chuck x Mouse litter and who ended up with them, I was never able to find out. Scotty Todd who also was a very good singer and night club entertainer. Quit the dog game moved back to N.C. and later became a Pastor of a local Church.

Some of the younger dogmen back then that liked the Medlin/Hemphill line blended with the Howard Teal Trice bloodlines were J. Coleman, Rayfield, Kale and Hall. These dogs were also blended with the Tramp Red Boy dogs.

Coleman's Turkey was a outstanding deep game dog. I saw go a couple of times. Mr. Teal had taken Coleman under his wing and helped him along in the dog game. Cheers