Trialing Photos
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2014 Grand National Grouse Champion Winner, 3x CH Long Gone Buckwheat
2014 PA. Open Grouse Championship ( 62 dogs )
Phillips Half Moon, or Remmi, Runner up, Mark Hughes , Handler.
I have shot many birds over this female, she is special!
2014 National Amateur Grouse Championship (60 dogs) Runner Up, two year old, Phillips Half Moon, setter female, by 2x CH Long Gone Boston. Doug Macmillan handler, Matt Phillips Owner
2014 National Amateur Grouse Championship (60 dogs) Runner Up, two year old, Phillips Half Moon, setter female, by 2x CH Long Gone Boston. Doug Macmillan handler, Matt Phillips Owner
2014 International Amateur Woodcock Champion and Ruthanne Murray with the Townshend Throphy. We have won this three times as handlers, and once as an Owner as Tony Bly won it for us in 1998 with 8x CH Long Gone Agnes. We won it in 1997 with Kalamity Cover Girl.....2010 with 7 x CH, 7x RU CH Long Gone Madison, and now 2014 with 2x CH Long Gone Buckwheat.
Bill Kearns Memorial Open Derby Classic Winners. 2014
Both winner and third place dogs are sired by Long Gone Boston, Owner Steve Levesque
2014 Winners, 90th New England Open Grouse Championship, Sept. 24th, 2014
Champion ; Fireaway, with Dave Hughes ( this was Daves 100th Championship win, the only man in history to do this, as he did it on foot, no horses!)
Runner Up Champion; Long Gone Studely with Lloyd Murray
This was Studleys second championship title win this year.
Dave Hughes recieving setter print from stake manager, Bob Lang, from the Northern NH Bird Dog Club. Sept. 24th, 2014..on Gallery 2014 and trailing page
CH Long Gone Buckwheat....second in The Phil Fogg Open Shooting Dog Classic...March 29th, 2014 at The Setter Club of New Englands 85th Spring Trial on Cape Cod ( Buck also placed in the Amateur Shhoting Dog Stake the next day!)
8x CH Long Gone Agnes , and The Murray Family receives a "Legends Of The Game Award" at The Grand National Grouse Championship Banquet, Nov. 2013
At The 2013 Grand National Grouse Championship Purinna Banquet at The White Mountain Chalet in Berlin, NH ( my bussiness) I was totally shocked and humbled to be presented with a
" Legends Of The Game Award " for our wonderful setter champion, 8x Champion, Long Gone Agnes"
Runner Up 2013 Minnisota Grouse Championship...By CH Long Gone Nixon
14 year Old Kelsey Dillenger and her dog , Allie ( Snuff Mill Atlanta )( by CH Long Gone Boston out of Long Gone Brie ) winning The U.S. Complete Shooting Dog Associations, Northeast Regions, Derby of The Year. Some say that field trial dogs run to much for hunters...this is just bunk, as 14 year old Kelsey proves! Conrratulations Kelsey and Allie
2013 Kilkenny Open Shooting Dog Classic / Winners
Winner My Cousin Vinny handler, Lloyd Murray Owner Joe Camissa
Second, Fireaway with Dave Hughes
Third, Ch Long Gone Buckwheat with Todd Kalter, handler, Lloyd Murray
All dog pointed multiple birds in the first series, and all pointed wild birds in the one hour finals
Spring 2013 Long Gone Studley (CH Long Gone Buckwheat ex CH Allie Cat) winning the Amateur Derby (same dogs won the White Mountain Open Derby Classic day before, with Dave Hughes handling first and third place dogs). Second place dog, is by 2x CH Long Gone Boston and Long Gone Brie and has been winning all over New England with her 14 year old trainner and handler, Kelsey Dillinger . And they say trial dogs are to hard to handle?
Dave Hughes with Long Gone Studley ( CH Buckwheat ex CH & RU CH Allie Cat )
After winning in National Grouse Derby Classic ( one hour ) with broke work on wild birds.Spring, 2013
Ch Long Gone Buckwheat also placed in national grouse derby, as did 2x CH Long Gone Boston
Daughter of 2 x CH Long Gone Boston ex Grouse Ridge Comet, named "Remmi" winning first in the Puppy Stake at PA Amateur...she was fun to run, a real nice looking pup.Handler L.B. Murray spring 2013
Long Gone Studley ( Ch Long Gone Buckwheat ex CH Allie Cat ) with Lloyd, winning Amateur Derby, PA grouse trials, Marionville, PA..spring 2013.
Dave Blaskely with Timberdoodle Hubble
2nd Grouse Ridge Sarge ( owner George Johnson and Dave Balsksely ) with Handler, Lloyd Murray
PA. Amateur Grouse Classic.( one hour ) each dog had 3 woodcock finds.. Spring 2013
Kilkenny Open Shooting Dog Classic , Spring 2012
Winner: CH Long Gone Boston ( 2 grouse finds and 2 woodcock finds in 60 minutes ) with Colleen and Lloyd Murray
Second; Old Glory River, Austin Parsons ( 3 woodcock and a grouse find )
Third;Grouse Ridge Force with Dave Hughes. ( 3 grouse and a woodcock find )
This was a hell of a "wild bird " Classic!
The results of the White Mountain Open Derby Classic, Spring 2012
First ; Long Gone Conway, with Dave Hughes
Second; Sutters real MacCoy, with Colleen and Lloyd Murray ( Connies littermate brother )
Third; Chaz, posed by Dr Ryan Canalis
Connie won the Pretiougous Grafield Wall/ Clifton Hale Open Derby Classic a week later also! Both Conway and MaCcoy are by CH Long Gone Buckwheat.
.Captioned 65th Grand National Grouse Futurity, Marionville , PA.
Winner, " Roxy" by Ch Long Gone Boston
Third, By Long Gone Murphy
4th Ch Long Gone Buckwheat ( also by Long Gone Murphy )
2011 Grand National Grouse Futurity Winners, Gladwin, Michigan
Winner...Long Gone Conway
Long Gone Zena placing in the North American Woodcock Futurity, Oct. 2010 in Haverlock, New Brunswick. Her daddy ( Long Gone Murphy ) placed in this futurity as did her mama ( 6xCH / 5x RU CH Long Gone Madison )
Long Gone Zeena placing in the Grand National Grouse Futurity-/ Nov, 2010, Zeena is being held by her handler, Dave Hughes.
CH Long Gone Buckwheat placing in the White Mountain Open Derby Classic. His mama 2x CH ( and setter award winner) won it in 2001. Judges Ray Gorman ( judged the Grand National AND the Invitational) and Keith Madden ( He judged the ABC Grouse Classic in 2009 ) were the judges
Bill Kearns Open Derby Classic, Sept 2010. A setter called "Ike" out of a litter we bred out of 2x CH Long Gone Daisey
Linda Hunt, secretary of The Amateur Field Trial Clubs of America, with Lloyd in New Brunswick, Oct. 2010
Winners of The 2010 International Amateur Woodcock Championship.
Champion, Long Gone Madison with Lloyd and Runner Up Bog Brook Wima ( last years champion ) with old friend, Thom Richardson ( Madys Mama, Agnes won this championship in 1998 as did her mama Stokelys Diablo Ginger in 1993)
Long Gone Brie, in a workout on Cape Cod , Mass...March 2010....Brie is 2 for 2 in her first two puppy stakes...with her winning second yesterday in the time honored Venango Open Puppy Classic in Marionville, PA...she is by CH Long Gone George, out of a CH Grouse Ridge Reroy bitch---
5xCH and 2 time Foster Award Winner Long Gone Madison points in the first series of the Kilkenny Classic, Dave is flushing.
Long Gone Zee ( Long Gone Murphy ex CH Long Gone Madison) second in the Open Puppy ( she won the NH Amateur Puppy Classic)
Kilkenny Classic Winners, 2010 First, Lillyhills Secreat Stash, By CH Long Gone George..Stash was dog we sold to Doug Lilly as a started dog. Stash was Runner Up to CH Long Gone Madison in The Seminatore and Foster awrds this year.
Second 5xCH Long Gone Madison, Winner for the second time (on this day) of both The Seminatore and Foster awrd ( top cover dog in the U.S and Canada) only dog in history to accomplish this!
Third is Bog Brook Daisey a bitch we bred out of our 2xCH Long Gone Daisey
Steve Sumple with his setter "Smitty" who won the " Flanagan Award" for the top cover setter derby in the woods in the U.S and Canada. Smitty also won the prestigious National Grouse Derby Classic in PA. Smitty is by CH Long Gone George. Today he was having grouse shot over his points in Northern, NH , Oct. 2008
Foster Award and Seminatore Award Winner for top grouse dog in U.S and Canada for 2008/ 5x CH Long Gone Madison here with her handler Dave Hughes winning the New England Open Grouse Championship for the second year in a row, Fall / 2008. Runner Up Champion Doodle Ridge Jigs is posed by Lloyd Murray. Jigs is by CH Long Gone George
65th Grand National Grouse Futurity...CH Long Gone Buckwheat.4th..the winner was by CH Long Gone Boston
Lloyd judgeing with Joe Dahl---(Joe is judging the Grouse and Woodcock Invitational Championship this year 2010...That I judged last year 2009...plus Joe is judging the 2010 Grand National Grouse Championship in NH this fall)...This was Cape Cod, Mass....spring 2010
LBM winning International Amateur Woodcock Championship with Kalamity
Cover Girl, Owner
Deb Libby holds the Trophy.
Thom Richardson and Lloyd with" Kellys Rainbowe Lucille" 3d place winner, 2008 Grand National Grouse Futurity, Gladwin, Michigan. "Lucy was our hunting buddy all fall, this bitch had a lot of wild birds shot over her points, she is a half sister to our Long Gone Boston, both by Cracklin Tail Speed
Young Wiiner, 2 year old Long Gone Boston, hunting grouse, Northern, NH Nov. 2008
Long Gone Boston, pointing grouse, Nov, 2008 Near the Canadian border
US Complete National Amateur Champion, CH. Kellys Rainbow Heidi, backs her mama, National Amateur champion also (woodcock), 8 x CH. Long Gone Agnes, fall 2007
Long Gone Boston, Our tri colored setter male (6xCH. Cracklin Tail Speed ex 8xCH. Long Gone Agnes) pointing quail at Long Gone Kennels, fall 2007. "Boston" won the Bill Kearns Open Derby Classic over 21 of the best derbies in the east this Sept., with two grouse finds and a woodcock find in a 30 minute brace!
3x CH /1x RU CHLong Gone Madison backs her brothers and sisters at Long Gone kennels, fall 2007...2xCH and 2xRU CH. Long Gone Nixon and Nat CH. and RU CH Kellys Rainbow Heidi. ( missing from picture is CH and RU CH Grouse Ridge Maxima)
Winning Horseback, son of Ch. Long Gone George on the prairies
Long Gone Murphy gets second in the Bill Kearns Open Derby Classic - Colleen Murray holds the red ribbon - Sept. 2006
Long Gone Madison winning second place, New England Open Grouse Championship - Sept. 2006
Kilkenny Classic Winners - Aug. 2005 - 1st, Long Gone Nixon, 2nd, (his mama) Long Gone Agnes, 3rd, Awesome Speed Queen
Long Gone Madison - first place -
Setter Club of New England Open Puppy - Spring 2005
Open Derby Winners 2004
1st - Smitty with Steve Sumple (by Long Gone George)
2nd - Ruthie w Dave Hughes out of Long Gone Agnes
3rd - Nash - by Long Gone Nixon
Son of CH. Long Gone George, is winning on the prairies, owned by Shannon Nygard of Montana
Ch. Kalamity
Cover Girl,
Ch. Long Gone
Pumpkin and
Ch. Stokely's
Sadie B....they won Championships on 3 successive weekends, to achieve championship status, in the order they are pictured!
Stokely's "Al-B",
runner-up 2001
North American
Grouse
and Woodcock
Championship.
Paul Long
and
Bernie Murray
Class Attack
winning The Maine Grouse and Woodcock Classic.
International Futurity
North American
Woodcock Futurity
2001.
Long Gone Mittens winning The
North East
Grouse Open Derby Classic.
Giggles winning
1993
Woodcock Futurity.
Long Gone Agnes
Winner
Northeastern
Woodcock
Open.
" Babe" Winning Garfield Wall / Cliff Hale Open Derby Classic.
"Flirt" and Bernie, 1960's at Old Bear Brook Grounds.
The two reigning
cover dog National Amateur Champions, Woodcock and
Grouse 1997. Ch. Kalamity
Cover Girl and her sister, Ch. Long
Gone Pumpkin.
5 Champions,
with their dam, Stonestill Jessie, picture shot at
Long Gone
Kennels,
October, 1997.
Invitational Champions Stillmeadows Jim (By Stokely's
Diablo Jake) and Stoke's Kalamity Kate (by Stokelys Diablo Ace)
1992
Grouse and
Woodcock
Championships.
Stokely's Diablo
Ace and
Ru Ch.
Rorebacks Jackie (sire and dam
of Long Gone
Giggles.)
John Lanier
and
LB Murray
1994
Killkenny Classic.
CH. Long Gone Agnes
winning her seventh championship. (Dave Hughes poses.)
Moosehorn Grounds, Calais, ME 10/2002
8x CH. Long Gone Agnes 2003 Open Championship with her daughters, CH. Grouse Ridge Maxima and R.U. Ch. Long Gone Spaz.
CH. Long Gone Agnes winning New England Open Grouse Championship September 2002.
Dave Hughes getting ready to "break away" Long Gone George, Grand National in Michigan, 11/2002.
Dave Hughes with runner-up Champion Grouse Ridge Frank. Lloyd with Champion Long Gone George, Northern NE Woodcock Championships, Fryberg, ME
Lloyd holds his two National Champions! - National Amateur Grouse Champion CH. Long Gone Pumpkin and National Amateur Woodcock Champion CH. Long Gone Agnes.
Two renown setter females, Ch. LG Agnes (only dog to win 7 chmapionships) with the only 3X Winner of the Grouse and Woodcock Invitational Championship, Centerfold Rose with owner Dr. Harold Holmes.
Grand National Grouse Futurity 2004, Reporter for American Field, Lloyd Murray, Stake Manager/Futurity Secretary Thom Richardson, Judge Danny Nein, Judge John Adsit.
Ch. Long Gone Daisey is found on point here at The Setter Clubs Trials- she placed!
Ch. Long Gone Nixon winning Region One Championship
Nixon pointing in The Phill Fogg Open Shooting Dog Classic spring 2005..He was standing over 10 minutes when found, note the droll on his lips if pictures enlarged. He won this Classic.
Nixon points quail in Setter Clubs Amateur Shooting Dog Stake, he placed in this event also.
Nixon found backing his bracemate in Setter Club of New Englands trial, spring 2005
North American
Woodcock Futurity,
Moncton ,
New Brunswick,
Oct.1990.
First, "Babe",
with LBM,
(Reroys older sister.)
White Mountain Derby Classic. ( 1 photo)
Left to right kneeling is Lloyd Murray with Long gone Madison, Dave Hughes with Dateline Meredith, and John Adsit with Molly
Standing left to right is judge Ray Gorman and judge Jay Christian.
Long Gone Murphy with his first woodcock, October 2005 - Mark Hughes on left, Lloyd on right
The Brothers Hughes , Lee and Dave Hughes hunting grouse over Long Gone Nixon, October 2005
2005 New England Open Grouse Championship. Winner CH. Long Gone Daisey with Lloyd, Runner Up Long Gone Nixon with Dave Hughes
Ch. Long Gone Nixon winning the Phil Fogg Open Shooting Dog Classic - Spring 2005 - Cape Cod, MA
5X Ch. First Rate - Sire of 8X Ch.
Long Gone Agnes
Ch. First Rates' first championship as a first year shooting dog - he won the New England Futurity the year prior - Sire of LG Agnes