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This page recognizes the truly great game dogs and Game roosters.  Dogs honored on this page are considered to of been the best game dogs or game roosters in the world.

This page is dedicated to game bred dogs and birds including

Mountain man's & Adam's Grand champion "zebo" (USA) (American pit bull terrier)

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Mountain's man's Zebo (American pit bull terrier)  may arguably be called the "greatest ever fighting dog" .  Zebo's career began on the yard of Lester Hughes," The Mountain Man", where he won four times all quick kills. After his fourth he was shipped to the yard of Grady Cummings and while there, Cummings' Red Fox made the mistake of getting off his leash and ran into Zebo and was killed. Grady then made Lester get Zebo off his yard. Zebo was then sold to Dave Adams of Ohio, of whom Zebo is best associated with. At first Mr. Hughes did not intend on selling Zebo but Mr. Adams came up with enough money to change his mind. Unfortunately Zebo attacked Mr. Adams son and nearly took his son's ear off. After the request of Mr. Adams wife, Zebo was then sold again, this time to Mr. Johnson who fought him two more times. The last time to a son of his littermate brother, Vindicator. Mr. Johnson hoped to get another match in, but was unable to find any takers, despite the fact that Zebo was past seven years old at this point. Thus, Zebo was retired to stud, and lived to the age of 13,siring his last litter just days before his death. He had lost his sight at the end, due to damage that he had sustained, for no dog was ever to get to his rear.

Zebo produced Stepp's CH Willie and Adams' CH Katy when bred to Tomsic's Spider ROM. CH Willie was, as said by some, to have the destructive ability as his sire, by killing each his opponents in times of :27, :54, and :29 minutes. Others produced by Zebo were CH Ruby, CH Abuelita, CH Diamond Jim, Clemmon's 2XW Z-Boy, Nigger Toby, Super Gnat's 2XW Blackie and Hughes' Gator just to name a few of the good dogs he sired. He is the grand sire to some great ones like Doc's CH Moe who was a grand champion until he ran into Red B's CH Charlie. Many said that Moe went to the well one too many times in his loss to CH Charlie. After his victories over CH Fargo and his brother Basket, too much was taken out of him to go into a much younger dog like Charlie.

The breeding that produced Zebo and his littermates was one of those outstanding litters that only come once in a great while. Basically this breeding was a Dibo/Old Family Red Nose/Colby cross which explains why all of Zebo's littermates were red or red/red nosed. But where did this one black dog come from??? Many speculate Zebo wasn't bred as represented. For one Mr. Hughes purchased Zebo from Lonzo without any papers. Some claim that Mr. Hughes sold many different Zebos. A lot claim Zebo to be half brother to another famous pair, Eli jr. and Bullyson. Although, Lonzo's Andy was a black dog himself and Zebo threw nothing but black dogs, even when bred to various females of different colors, it still remains a question in a lot of people's minds.

Frisco sport (USA)

 (English bull terrier ). 

Sport was one of the best dogs in his day.  He was bred by A.E.Betts and in his early days was called the champion forty seven pound dog of the Pacific Coast.  Later in life Sport was owned by the McClintock brothers, also by F.L.Dunable. His battle record follows;
1 - On June 2 1912 Sport won over Parish's Matador of Daley City 
2- July 21 1912 defeated Harry Houseman's Clement. A 2xw,
3 - Killed Dayton's Big Boy of North Beach 
4 - Dec.3 1912 stopped Bannister's Prince of Western
5 - San Francisco Jan.25 1913 defeated Cardner's Tiger 7xw for a $ 250.00.
6 - The Pool Room Dog, Bismark of Powell Street was killed by Sport in San Francisco 
7 - In a private match for a 300 dollar on Sept.17 1913 Sport stopped the San Mateo Crackerjack Smokeball in 49 min.
8 - March 13 1914 defeated the soldier's dog of the Presidio who was claimed the winner of 14 battles and was shipped from the East. The soldier's stopped the fight and the actual time is not known.
9 - Jan.10 1915 defeated Dr.Sand's Spot a 55 pounder in 1.15 for a $ 500.00.
10 - In a private tryout Sept.15 1915 Sport stopped Red Nobby in 40 min.

 

Champion Stormer (England) (English bull terrier/Irish staffordshire bull terrier) 

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Stormer was probably one of the best English match dogs ever fought.  Stormer was an English Bull terrier and staffordshire bull terrier battle cross.  Stormer's record is impressive.  The only criticism that people make, is that he didn't produce anything.  Not surprising for a hybrid!  Stormer is particularly famous for beating Ricky B's infamous champion Psycho (a great producer).              

Stormer's first outing was into an English bull terrier  Stormer was around 46lb & going 17lb up hill, this wasn't regarded as a match ,but Stormer won in 17 mins.  First bona fide match, was against "jingles" Stormer at 46lb, going 7lb up hill, wins in 58 mins. Rematch "jingles" dies in 17 mins.then fights "spock" weight wins in 2hrs 26mins. then beat "josh" in 1hr27mins (44lb) then beat "ch psycho" in 1hr 3mins.(43lb) then final match beat "buzz" in 1 min52secs.

Match report of a classic match.   Stormer versus psycho

Click here for this free match report.

 

Ricky B's Psycho  (Ireland) (Irish staffordshire bull terrier)

Ch Psycho         champion psycho ricky B                     

Psycho was Ireland's first official Ch recognized by the p.b.a.& the s.d.j. he was owned by Ricky Bernard for his first 4 matches: beat McC's "rocky" in 37mins.beat Chesters"nero"in 1hr2mins.rematch won in 1hr51mins.beat declan g's "sam"in 29mins.psycho is then sold to stevie b & renamed "hagler". matched into Stormer, Stormer wins in 1hr3mins. (owner picked him up).  Although he was pciked up against Stormer, psycho got his reputation as being and excellent producer.  Being a good producer is as important to "dog men" as winning matches.  This means being able to produce dogs that also wind matches. 

 

Ch psycho

Picture of Psycho donated by Piper  

Unfortunately, Psycho was sold to a new owner who matched him against Stomer who was a top fighter and one of the hardest hitting dogs of all times. He lost in 1 hour and 3 minutes. Worse was to come because whilst chained up he was killed by his son Moonshine, when there was an accidental kennel fight. He left  behind a great legacy of his offspring which continue to produce excellent results, 

Grand champion Duke UK (staffordshire bull terrier)

Dock's Gr. Ch Duke was the result of a mother and son mating, both parents being owned by Dock. Out of a litter of four, two pregnant doges were sold up north and Duke and Duchess were kept by Dock.
Both pups showed great promise, but with age Duke started to become very dominant and so they were separated, leaving Duke to run the yard and Duchess in the kennel with the rest. Duke showed great temperament and if kenneled he was a quiet dog. In the house he was no trouble and were great with children, he could however be an expensive dog when he was on the loose as he was hell on four legs and as they say didn't take no prisoners.
Duke's first official roll came when he was two years old and was into a hard biting dog called Sam, a previous winner at 48 lbs. For 6 minutes Duke rolled out like a pro and after 2 months of rest he was given a 20 minute roll with a 56 lbs APBT. He went into the other dogs chest making it look like a 26 pounder. This dog later went on to win a match before unfortunately being allowed to die of neglect in his owners yard.
A few months later Duke was again rolled into Sam, this time for 30 minutes. Giving away a lot of weight, Duke demonstrated his gameness, making scratches when in a weakened condition and in the eye of his owner he was now ready for the arena and his first match was arranged.
Dock's Duke - vs- Gerry O' B's Bullet M 38 lbs. Ref M.M
Even at the start, Duke taking stick to get to the chest.
After 20 minutes Duke comes on strong.
Bullet looks like he is going into shock and can't make his seventh. Duke gives courtesy.
Winner Dock's Duke 58 Minutes
Dock's Duke -vs- Ricky B's Charcoal M 38 lbs. Ref T.L
Duke a lot stronger all the way, biting hard into chest and throat. A turn is called on Charcoal at the 3 minute mark. Charcoal got back into it at about the 12 minute mark, but Duke worked well into chest and throat and had Charcoal smashed up by the 30 minute mark. 
On Charcoal's second scratch he came out fast, fell half way across, got up and hit Duke hard, but at 47 minutes it was charcoal to go on his third. He looked at Duke, then the crowd, and walked to the pit wall and fell helpless. Duke ready to go another hour.
Winner Dock's Duke 47 Minutes.
Dock's Duke -vs- Paddy C's Nero M 35 lbs Ref F.H
Nero, a red and white is a bigger dog and looks strong takes an early lead. Duke goes in for the chest and has the lead by 30 minutes. Duke switches to a stifle and a turn is called on him. One each, Nero can't at 57 minutes.
Winner Dock's Ch. Duke 57 Minutes