Registered: Feb 2009
Location: Viola, Arkansas
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I'm pretty critical when it comes to a hounds looks and I've always thought Rankin's Blue Lead was one of the best looking hounds of the breed. Thought I'd share a couple of pictures of his sire and dam that probably not a lot of people have seen from a Johnny Watson ad in a 1977 Full Cry.

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Registered: Oct 2010
Location: Northern Illinois
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How are you doing Steve? I have never seen those pictures before and you can sure see where Lead's looks came from.

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Registered: Oct 2011
Location: Murphy NC
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Those are some good lookin dogs I have one that goes back to lead that I like alot

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Registered: Feb 2009
Location: Viola, Arkansas
Posts: 616

I'm diong great Phil. How 'bout you?

There's a lot of top hounds today that have ol' Lead in their pedigree.

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Registered: Dec 2005
Location: West Virginia
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Thanks for posting pics! I also agree with you that Lead was one of the best looking blues ever. I never hunted with him but I have heard he had outstanding ability. In the 80's, I saw an ads on Lead in coonhound bloodlines.

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Registered: Mar 2005
Location: Wisconsin
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I agree Steve he sure was a looker. I had a male that came from Bill Ferebee's PeeDee River line from down in the Carolinas years ago that had some Lead in him. He looked like a hound and was a nice one. Died of Blasto with a first and Second that I put on him. I had owned him 1 month.
Scott

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Registered: Jan 2012
Location: paris mo
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i had a female named terra out of lead that was a tight mouth coon treeing bugger she was lighting quick tree dog also she got killed young but she was way ahead of her time she would have won a lot of hunts if she haddent got killed . also she was a goooooood looking dog.

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