Current Breeding Lines 1985 - 1992
by Jonathan Jeffrey Kimes In 1984 I authored an article entitled 'Current Breeding
Lines' which appeared in Volume 18 of the CWCCA Bulletin. Your editor has asked that I
revisit the subject in this year's CWCCA Handbook. The purpose of my review is to signal those bloodlines
which have had the most impact to the development of the best Cardigans in America. My
criteria for including Cardigans for review in 1984 were as follows: Best in Sweeps and
Best Opposite Sex in Sweeps, and Reserve Winners or better in the regular classes of the
CWCCA National Specialties. I did not include Honor of Merit winners in the previous
article as this system was introduced midway through the time period I reviewed. I will
include these winners in this article, as the honor has been uniformly awarded in the time
frame of 1985-1992. I continue to feel the National Specialty review is the most
appropriate arena because of the recognized knowledge level of the judges and the overall
national support these shows receive. At this juncture, we still do not have nationwide
support of other shows, such as regional specialties, nor are they always judged by
recognized breeder judges. Winner of BB in 1983, with an additional HoM in 1986 at 12
years of age, the brindle Ch. Rollingwood Gee Whiz sired the 1989 BOS winner in Ch.
Gamblwr Brych Yr Olynmawr, who took this top win, like his sire, from the veteran's class.
Also among the Gee Whiz get was Twinroc Cherub, 1985's WB, BW and BOS winner, and her
brother, Twinroc Custom Design, RWD at the same show. These latter two were out of Ch.
Twinroc Checkmate Treasure, a red bitch who added an HoM in 1985 to her Best in Sweeps and
BW awards gained in 1980. Two red Gee Whiz grandsons also scored well in this time period
with Kollage's Dylan Ap Sage receiving the WD award in 1985 and his brother, Ch. Kollage's
Travis McGee Sage winning an HoM in 1987. Dylan sired the brindle Ch. Kollage Calloo
Callay, HoM in 1992. The Ch. Twinroc Caesar's Cadet - Ch. Eastwyn Miss Friendly
combination which fared so well in the late seventies and early eighties was still felt to
some degree in the mid 1980's. The decline of these bloodlines should not be attributed to
falling into disfavor, but rather the slowed or non-existanl output of the Twinroc and
Foxfyre kennels which housed these animals. Sired by 1982's BB winner, the brindle pointed
tricolor Ch. Cardrew Christopher Watched, the red dog Ch. Quick's Charlemagne won no major
awards but sired the red dog Ch. Tesseract Pete of Santana, HoM in 1982 and 1987, and was
the grandsire of both Ch. Santana's Raisin Cane, a brindle tri, HoM in 1987 and the tri
bitch Bawni's Sweet Molly MacGee, RWB in 1985. From a combination of the Talbot line which
is pure Robgwen breeding, and the Miss Friendly - Caesar's Cadet line came the 1985 Best
in Sweeps winner in Phi's Flower Power at her first show, later to be an American and
Canadian Champion. As noted in the earlier article,
the appearance of the dark brindle Ch. Talbot's Pilot Programme on the scene began to turn
the tide towards dogs of more British breeding winning in the American specialty ring.
Pilot Programme himself was impeccably bred with such greats as Eng. Ch. Parmel Digger,
Eng. Ch. Robgwen Black Beauty and Am. & Eng. Ch. Winsdown Blue Disk of Robgwen counted
among his grandparents. Although rather limitedly used, here we see the 'cream rising to
the top' with a profound impact on the breed. In 1985, the BB winner was his famous BIS
winning son Ch. Pendragon Lineleader. Lineleader never produced a litter to this author's
knowledge (possibly due to his inhibited manners as a single-pet housedog) but his
striking red brindle brother Ch. Pendragon's Broncobuster made some important paternal
family contributions. His daughter, Ch Talbot's Snow Queen was BOS in Veteran Sweeps in
1992. Broncobuster's granddaughter, Kismet A Little Ruthless, by an Aragorn bred dog, took
home RWB in 1989 while his most famous grandson, the red brindle BIS winning Ch. Coedwig's
Buckeye, won HoM in 1990 and the big rosette of BB in 1991. AmCanCh Phi's Flower Power,
mentionned above, was also a grandaughter. Bred to the Ice Anchor daughter, Davenitch
Pardon Me Boys, RWB 1988, Buckeye contributed to the family colors through their black
daughter, Coedwig's Mica, WB and BW in 1990, as well as producing '91's RWB in the blue
merle Coedwig's Kisha Splash. And, of course, Pilot Programme is the sire of Ch. Kennebec
Ice Anchor, so named as he was produced from the first intracontinental shipment of frozen
semen. Before I launch into a lengthy
discussion of Ice Anchor and his descendants, I want to make a brief stop to the distaff
side of his family. Ice Anchor's great-aunt, Ch. Rhydowen Hex'um Baby was an Honor of
Merit (HoM) winner in both 1985 and 1986. Although Hex'um never produced a litter, her
sister, Ch. Rhydowen Hellzapoppin, was certainly one of the most important producers for
her home kennel, producing Ch. Rhydowen L'il Beau Pup, HoM winner in 1987 and BB in 1988,
as well as his sister, Ch. Kennebec Kate of Rhydowen, dam of Ice Anchor. Ch. Beau's
Instant Replay, a son of Beau Pup, added additional honors with HoM in 1988. All these
winners were brindles. No one can dispute the tremendous
influence Ch. Kennebec Ice Anchor has had in producing National Specialty winners during
this time period as well as the consistent production of winners amongst his descendants.
The winner of Best in Sweepstakes and Best of Winners in 1984, Ice Anchor also won Honor
of Merit Awards in 1985, 1986, and 1989 and topped his career with BB in 1990. (I will
make an early note that Ice Anchor is 'pure' for brindle, meaning all of his get are
brindle.) Although Ice Anchor was somewhat of a reluctant stud dog in early life, his
second litter illustrated his suitability to the Pantyblaidd lines which stemmed from the
little used Ch. Brymore's Taliesin (BB in '75 & '76). Bred to a bitch with three
crosses to Taliesin, twice through Tally's daughter Ch. Dean's Petunia of Tamerlane, who
was RWB in 1978, Ice Anchor and Ch. Pluperfect Primrose's get served notice in a big way
at the 1986 show when three littermates swept the boards at 12 1/2 months of age. Best in
Sweeps and BB went to Ch. Pluperfect Pegasus of Cymru (in her first and only specials
appearance), BOS and WD to her brother Pluperfect Primate, finishing in his 3rd straight
show, and WB and BW to Pluperfect Peace Rose. Peace Rose was the only member of the trio
to make another specialty appearance, which she did the next year, and was rewarded with
BOS and Honor of Merit awards in 1987. It must be noted each of these youngsters went on
to produce National Specialty winners in their own rite! 1988
saw the Ice Anchor daughter-Taliesin granddaughter, Davenitch Shiloh Luca (bred on her
dam's side practically identically to Primrose) take the Sweepstakes rosette, while Ice
Anchor's son/daughter duo, Davenitch Hawkeye O'Seven C's and Davenitch Pardon Me Boys took
WD and RWB placements. (Supporting the argument that superficial faults should not always
prevent a worthy specimen from being bred, it is interesting to note Luca's dam was
coated and Hawkeye and Pardon Me Boys' dam was a mismark!) Pardon Me Boys validated her
placing when she produced Coedwig's Mica, WB & BW in 1990. Luca went on in 1989 to
take BB (enroute to her spectacular BIS), deferred to her sire by going BOS in 1990, was
not shown due to her owner's judging schedule in 1991 but came back in 1992 to again win
BB. Kennebec Pluperfect Panda, an Ice
Anchor granddaughter through his son Pluperfect Pastoral, took RWB at the 1987 show. A
younger sister of Peace Rose et al., Ch. Pluperfect Prim N' Proper, was an Honor of Merit
recipient in 1988. The striking black brindle Ice Anchor daughter, Ch. Megwyn's Shortbred
Cookie, bred by the late Ann Ohrt, scored HoM's in 1989 and 1991. Luca's sister, Ch.
Shiloh's Josie of Raconteur, scored an HoM in 1991. The Ice Anchor son, Ch. Zircon's Bobby
Socks made it another one-two! punch in 1992 when he was BOS to his half-sister, Luca.
Bobby Socks sired Zircon's Puss and Boots, who scored Best in Sweeps and RWD in 1991. Also
in 1991, two youngsters out of a Ch. Pluperfect Princeling (full brother to Peace Rose,
Primate, Pegasus, etc.) daughter scored Best Opp. Sweeps with Redbud's Satisfaxanne and WD
with Redbud's Face the Fax, both by the imported Ch. Joseter Geefax. In 1992, the Ice
Anchor granddaughters, Ch. Sunnybank's Lucky Penny and Ch. Sisterwood's Happy Angel Wings
trotted off with HoMs in hand (so to speak). Primate's first litter proved very
successful with the red brindle dog Davenitch Peer of Pluperfect taking Best in Sweeps and
WD & BW and his sister, Davenitch Gordache O'Seven C's, taking Best Opp. Sweeps and WB
at 8 months of age in 1987. Ch. Davenitch Peer of Pluperfect
showed early promise in his only specialty appearance, but it was promise which certainly
denoted prepotency. Bred to his aunt Pegasus for his first litter, he sired Pluperfect
Prussian, BOS in Sweeps in 1988 at 6 months of age, who in turn sired the WB and BW in
1991 in Kennebec Pearly Rose. To Pegasus' sister, Peace Rose, Peer produced the 1989 BOS
Sweeps winner in Pluperfect Peer's Peace Dove. And Peer bred to Luca produced Best in
Sweeps 1989, Davenitch Kipper Snack and the RWD winner, Davenitch Clean Sweep. For her
second litter, Luca was bred to a red son of Peer's dam who was by the imported Ch.
Salvenik Sea Treasure and again laid the golden eggs with Best in Sweeps 1992 going to her
daughter, Davenitch Luca's Bronte, Best Opp. Sweeps/Winners Dog to her son Davenitch
Victorian Turret, Winners Bitch/Best of Winners to daughter Ceara's Breanne of Davenitch
and Reserve Winners Dog to son Davenitch Luca's Limelight - all mere 13 month old puppies! The Best of Breed winner in 1987
and HoM winner in 1984, and 1985 was Ch. Pinehurst Big Boy, a red brindle, linebred
Pantyblaidd dog who is the nephew of Taliesin. Bred to Peace Rose for her first litter,
they produced the 1989 WD & BW Kennebec Scarlett's Hue. Hue came back in 1990 and 1991
to pick up back to back Honor of Merit awards as well. In Hue's first litter, out of a Ch.
Kentwood Luc daughter, he produced the 1990 WD & Honor of Merit winner in Kennebec
Buckwheat PhD. Hue also produced the RWB at the same show in Davenitch Lorien Lottie.Hue's
sister, Kennebec Briarrose, produced '91's WB and BW Kennebec Pearly Rose in her litter by
Prussian. The Aragorn Kennel, devoted to
primarily breeding blue merles and blacks, added additional awards in this timeframe. Ch.
Aragorns Out of the Blue took an HOM in 1986, half brother Aragorn's Silver Spirit won
'86's RWD spot, Aragorns Silver Sorceress was WB/BW in 1988 and the blue Ch. Barr Star
Sweeper of ShaJ's - half sister to Sorceress through their sire Ch. Aragorn's Blue Merlin
- was HoM in 1988. In addition, Ch. Aragorn's Lone Ranger sired 1989's RWB winner, Kismet
A Little Ruthless. An imported brother/sister duo
have made themselves an indelible part of the fabric of America's Cardigan elite. Owned by
two different kennels, both Ch. Kentwood Luc and sister Ch. Kentwood Lyneth are well known
names. Owned by the Rhydowen establishment, Luc has often been combined with the
descendants of another imported dog, Ch. Locksleyhall Laird to great effect. 1988's RWD,
Rhydowen Philadelphia Flash is one such example, and Luc's granddaughter, Ch. Rhydowen
Elite Designer, BOS 1991, is another. Also to Luc's credit are 1989's WB, Kollage's Kiss
Me Kate, and an HoM winner in 1991, Ch. Chandler's Critic's Choise, as well as being
grandsire of '90's WD and HoM winner, Kennebec Buckwheat PhD.Meanwhile, Lyneth has
established her own reputation as part of the Phi-Vestavia kennel. Lyneth was awarded
1988's BOS award in addition to an HoM in 1990. Lyneth is the granddam of the brindle ptd.
tricolor, Ch. Phi-Vestavia Truth or Dare, HoM in 1992.Ch. Joseter Geefax was imported late
in life, but not too late to make a difference! At his only National Specialty appearance
in 1992, he went Best in Veteran Sweeps. He sired the red bitch, Trailwyn Pan Dorre R
Jane, Best in Sweeps in 1990; 1991's duo of Best Opp. Sweeps Redbud's Satisfaxanne and WD
Redbud's Face the Fax; and 92's RWB in Chimera Trudy Trudette. Another import made good,
the sable Ch. Salvenik Sea Treasure (half brother to Luc and Lyneth through their sire,
Eng. Ch. Downholme Silver Sands of Joseter) sired Ch. Phi-Vestavia's Nautilus, Best Opp.
Sweeps and RWD in 1990, and HoM recipient in '91 and '92, who also claims Talbot and
Twinroc breeding through his dam. Nautilus is the sire of Phi-Vestavia Truth or Dare,
mentioned above. Sea Treasure is also the grandsire of the Luca progeny who collected Best
and Best Opp. in Sweeps, WD, and WB/BW at the '92 specialty. 1982's Best in Sweeps winner, the
brindle ptd tri Ch. Dorre Don's Trailwyn Pandora, accounted for two specialty winners
during this timeframe. 1986's RWB award was handed out to her dark brindle daughter,
Trailwyn Aelwyd Fur Elise, while 1990's Best in Sweeps award was claimed by her red
daughter by Geefax, Trailwyn Pan Dorre R Jane. Besides the Ice Anchor and
Pantyblaidd line (through Pluperfect and Winstonwil) which
figure strongly in the pedigrees of their winners, the Davenitch
kennel's bitch line was often used in
combination with the above bloodlines to produce many of their winners. Stemming from Ch.
I Am Chandler's Moses CD, a dog with two imported grandsires and a double up on a bitch of
very old American bloodlines combined with that of Ch. Rollingwoods Midnite Gambler CD (litter brother to Ch. Rollingwoods Gee Whiz),
this bitch line can be found in the pedigrees of Ch. Davenitch Peer of Pluperfect and Ch.
Davenitch Gordache O'Seven C's, the
Luca get by Davenitch Sandpiper (by Sea Treasure), Ch. Zircon's Bobby Socks, Ch.
Chandler's Critic's Choise, Ch. Kollage Calloo Callay, Ch. Davenitch Pardon Me Boys and
Ch. Davenitch Hawkeye O'Seven C's, Ch. Sisterwood's Happy Angel Wings, Ch. Davenitch
Lorien Lottie, and Ch. Megwyn's Shortbred Cookie. When we visited this subject in
1984, the Foxfyre/Twinroc kennels were just over the summit of their strong domination
over the breed. Those breeding lines were mostly an extension of many of the lines which
had been developed in the United States over several preceding decades. Interestingly
enough, those lines were not directly instrumental in the now dominant family stemming
from Kennebec Ice Anchor, although Ice Anchor does trace two crosses to the powerful and
influential Ch. Halmor Caesar. What the breed has seen in the
80's has been a decided and overpowering swing to what was once called 'British type'.
Today, we rarely hear of 'American type vs. British type' - something I often heard in the
70's - as almost all leading kennels in this country have made generous use of the imports
who arrived in this country after 1970 and the 'correct type' now accepted in the United
States is practically identical to that bred throughout the world.Published in the CWCCA
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