Scratch Kennel's Hagler II was reputed to be a very good dog and it is said that he won two matches, one being against Bobby & Winty's Psycho II, a Stafford / EBT cross, which was said to be a 2 x Winner out of Ch. Marvin and a EBT called "Sprig", who was said to be a 1 x winner. Hagler II's match against Psycho II was reported in Pit Bull News as below.

  

                  Hagler II                                             Bobby & Winty's Psycho II      

Scratch Kennel's Hagler II -V- Bobby & Winty's Psycho II Stafford's Male -36 Lb 

Psycho II starts the scratching at 12 minutes, and after 8 each he's picked up at 1.12,
giving a game stumbling scratch.
The winner flies his courtesy 

Winner: Scratch Kennels "Hagler II".

 

Hagler II were mated with several bitches, passing on his qualities and in turn they also passed it on to their litter and so on. One of the bitches that Hagler II was put across was a Stafford / EBT cross which was said to be a 2 x Winner called Caughey's "Judy", which was out of Lee's Max and Smith's "Bitch", a game proven EBT. This mating resulted in a dog which later was matched under the name Scratch Kennel's Rickey. Rickey had a few owners in his time, but he ended up at Eastford Kennels where he ended his life at the age of 15.

 

Scratch Kennels Ricky -v- Mick's Henry. Stafford males 38lb

Scratching starts at 11 minutes and after 9 each at 1:45 Henry is picked up and gives game courtesy.
Ricky flies his courtesy

Winner: Scratch Kennel's Rickey 1:45.

 

 

Flanders Field Boy's Beanie 

Hagler II was also mated with a bitch called Caughey's Susie Q, out of Farmer Boys Peggy by Farmer Boys Zack and the result was Lofty's Beanie, a 2xw. She was bred twice when she was owned by Lofty before he sold her to the Flanders Field Boys where she ended her life. When Beanie was put to Milo, which was out of Farmer Boys Blue Bell by Farmer Boys Blue, she produced a dog called Ben and a bitch called Beanie II. Beanie II was put across East Streets Mac (Hagler II x China) and produced FFB's Beanie III, which has been put to FFB's Jack.

  

Fair & Square's Milo                         FFB's Beanie III     

Beanie was then put to the Jocko dog and produced 3 dogs,  Merlin showed good in his first roll when he stopped an APBT in 25 minutess, after this Merlin quit when rolled in to Rustlers Ch Bilko going 3 lbs uphill in 30 minutes, the second was Jocko Jr, he was game proven but had terrible wind, the 3th male was Rock he was rolled a few times and passed away due to cancer  not long ago.

  

           East Streets Junior                                   Wood's Rock

In the hands of the Flanders Field Boys, Beanie was put to FFB's Barney, FFB's Pilot, Eastford's Rickey  and FFB's Jack. When put to Barney, Beanie produced 4 bitches and 2 dogs.
Nero died young looked promising in his early rolls.
Flynn was a deep game dog that were very hard tested and won 2 matches.
Droopy lost his only match when he was over conditioned by a formal partner, he had top class ability but lacked bite.
Slane was said to be a cur and Sharon was a very game bitch, but with limited ability and no mouth.
Beth was a very small 27lbs bitch with a hard mouth, good wind and more then enough ability and was tested severely hard going many pounds uphill on different occasions always in to APBT's.

  

FFB's Nero                                             FFB's Flynn

When put to Pilot out of Fair & Square's Midge by Fair & Square's Milo, Beanie produced 5 dogs and 3 bitches, but a couple was lost when one of their partners was raided. 2 of the males quit when rolled hard at very young age, both had good bite and ability but was ruined as young dogs. A dog called Tyson was 2 dogged once and nearly killed both dogs. He was the best match worthy dog of that litter, but his owner dropped out. A bitch called Fly is still alive and has very good ability and is proven game.

FFB's Pilot

When Beanie was put to Eastford's Rickey she produced 2 dogs and 4 bitches.
Rickey Jr proved dead game in his last match when he beat a Snooty/Eli bred APBT called 2Pac in 1hour10.
Jack won over another Stafford called War paint in 45 minutes. Pebbles was cold and ended up in the US.
Ruby was two dogged at Eastford's yard and proved to be deep game.
Judy quit twice at Eastford's yard, first after 12 minutes, then again at 20 minutes.
Benshi looked very promising in her first roll but was taken by the RSPCA.

Eastford's Rickey & FFB's Beanie mating June 97

  

Reuver's Pebbles                                            Eastford's Ruby

FFB's Rickey Jr

" Flanders Field Boys "Rickey Jr" vs Looney Tunes "2Pac". Males 42lbs. Ref JP.

Rickey Jr a Irish Staff sired by Eastford's Rickey out of Flanders Field's Beanie
2Pac an APBT Basically Eli/Snooty bred with a dash of Tonka, Sired by Nasty Boy's Sumo out of Bad Manners Combine's Sister X.
Rickey Jr takes the early lead but blows up at 10 with 2Pack showing a hard mouth and taking over.
Rickey Jr trying all he can to keep him out by the ear!
At 25 it's even with both turns in front, Rickey Jr gets more ahead after the 50 min mark.
2Pac makes a slow 7th at the hour mark and Rickey runs a hard one at 1Hour and 5 minutes.
2Pac is counted out on his next at the 1 Hour and 10 minutes mark!
Winner: Flanders Field Boys "Rickey Jr" 1hour and 10 minutes.

FFB's Jack

Henk's Warpaint" Vs "FFB's Jack"(Staff Males 38Ibs)

"Warpaint" is Rapparee breeding,"Jack" is "Irish" bred.
"Warpaint" starts very rough but"Jack" holds him out by the ear.
"Warpaint" drives in hard but finds nothing but fresh air.
"Jack" starts the scratching at 15 mins and takes the lead.
"Warpaint" goes across at 30 but runs into trouble and is picked up at 45.
"Jack" makes a rocket courtesy scratch,"Warpaint" refuses to complete his.
Winner:"FFB's Jack

 



Jack was put across his Dam Beanie and produced 1 dog and 4 bitches, out of which they kept a dog and a bitch, and sent the rest to Lofty.

I am sure there are many other dogs and bitches from the Northford/ Psycho line that should have been mentioned here, but I haven't had time to write about them all, besides it is nearly impossible to write about them all. I'm sorry if you feel that the ancestors of your dog has been left out, but if you want  to contribute please feel free to write a piece about them and e mail it to us and I will include them on these pages.