Glenn Wells
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Location: Benton, KY
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Hello stonehill - Paul Allmon was the one who owned Allmon's Sally, from what I remember of her she was a good sized female, seems like she was a open marked dog. I do remember that she had a good bawl mouth, as you would hear it when you pulled in the driveway over at Pauls, as she was also his house dog as she was normally running around loose around the house. My grandfather would hunt with Paul every so often, said she was a good dog to hunt with. Larry Tynes, think he's under westkyblackandtans on the black & tan board hunted with Paul, and might could tell more on the hunting part of Sally. I can remember she was a good natured dog, wouldn't get upset at all when Paul's daughters would try to turn her into a pony, she seemed to watch over the kids when ever they were outside. I know that my female and male that had her a greatgrandmother, reminded me of Sally by the way they would show up out of no where to save my butt more than once.
I think they told me that Paul had put her in a few hunts, but he seemed to like the swim races the best, as she could swim. Really it was probably due to the betting that was going on at the swims instead of a trophy, if the truth was known. He would do what ever it took to get the win, even if it involved giving her a pill to do it. It was one of those times that has stuck in my mind for years. He had doped her and the coon was going down the pond on the cable, the doors swung open the dogs leaped out toward the water, except for Sally, she was going in circles chasing her tail for all she was worth ! I heard some of them saying that Paul had overdone ol Sally that time ! I was reminded of that when my male was about 6 month old, and he started running circles chasing his tail, even taking his back leg in his mouth. I knew how many times old Sally was in him, first thought was maybe once to often, I had seem my old dogs make a couple turns in the past, but what I saw was what I had witnessed over 40 years ago. I have discovered what the trouble is when I see my dog doing the tail chasing, it was probably the same on her, it was a stomach ache, give him a pepto chewable tablet and it cured in just a few minutes.
Sally was bred to Jim Cox's dog in about 1967, the dog was named Deep River Bawling Bowser, I know that he was a good dog, and have seen his name on a few dogs pedigrees too. Jim had hunted him in the ACHA World Hunt, and had done good in it, I cannot remember if that was before or after Sally was bred, but that was how that Joel Dick became the owner of a pup named Kentucky Judy ! She was born over at Paul's house on top of the hill on Byrants Ford Road, at Bryant's Ford on the East fork of Clarks River. Pauls House burned, and he moved a few miles away, had some trouble and got out of that but was killed in a gun fight over gambling back in the 80's !
Kentucky Judy, was a hard hunting female, they said that she was one that could get deep quick and walk you to death. I think she was marked more by Bowser than Sally, but she did remind me of Sally a lot around Joel's house. As she didn't need to be chained up around there, she was normally seen laying on the porch or in the yard as she wasn't going anywhere. If she was put in a truck though, you would need to have your boots on as she was going hunting and she was going to be pulled off a tree somewhere. I know the dogs I started with was by a daughter to Kentucky Judy and House's Chief, his last litter. That was the litter before Judy was crossed on House's Tom Tom that produced the pup known as House's Clint and history was made. Judy was bred again to Tom Tom after that, but I don't think she had pups from it, but she would have been about 10 then.
So there is a little history about history, guess it's still going on as I still have some that has the same dogs in them that I started with 35 years ago.
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