Faked matches? Wow. I guess 9 wins is a bit much to swallow. Not that it isn't possible, it surely is, but if there isn't any verification of some of them I suppose a flag might go up. I wonder how many were faked, if any? All of them? Amazing. Here I am thinking Pedro is one of the all time greats! You can see the vast depth of my dog knowledge, I'm sure! I feel like an idiot!

I had never heard of the dog called Tudor's Runt, nor that Tudor bred Dibo under that name. This is what I meant when I said game dogs are a mystery Sherlock Holmes could hardly get to the end of! That Panama Red article was by Bill Rushin. That's also interesting about Mr. Chavis & Mr. Pratt, thank you for sharing that.

And that makes sense that when the game stopped using qualified referees cheating became more pronounced. I'm w/Jack on this & have been since before I knew Jack: the game could use some form of regulation; it doesn't need to be legislated against. That way we can get qualified people in there who know what they're doing. Will there still be cheating? Sure; there is in prizefighting, right? But you can bet it's a lot less than it was in the days gone by when they had to hold secret bouts in warehouses & on river barges hoping not to get busted. Not to mention all the hollering & screaming you're talking about, that's awful! So much for the dignity of the noble canine. You were at the last Termite match? Ducking & dodging through a swamp at night?! Man alive...that is some story! I am glad you made it home in one piece, sir. Wow.