"Nat.F.Ch. Mary Montrose"
"Great Island Robert the Devil"
-- Image from Dogdom, May 1920.
"Eutaw Mack" and "Mary Montrose"
-- Image from Dogdom, November 1920.
""Triple National Champion Mary Montrose"
glorified the descriptive adjective. The more
demonstrative the description, the better she wore it.
Words like stunning, spectacular,
extraordinary, brilliant, immortal, amazing, courageous ...
draped her achievements like
silk and framed her record in gold.
"Peerless Mary" was the pointer equivalent of
"Secretariat", a magnificent looking,
splendid athlete of uncommon intelligence and
charisma."
-- Karen Blasche, "Proud Heritage", Pointer Points vol.1-91
"She came to the 1917 Westminster show fresh from her victory in the National
Championship at Grand Junction, with coat cut up with briers and the hard going
of the field, but she was like whipcord --- and she won. Won not only her
own sphere, the field trial class, but took winners and thus acquired the
distinction of being crowned the best pointer bitch in the show!"
-- Karen Blasche, "Proud Heritage", Pointer Points vol.3-90
"At the 1917 Westminster show, where I judged pointers and setters, he (Mr. E. B. Chase) showed, among others, a recent importation, a fine, big, upstanding dog called
"Bob White Geltsdale Ronald". This dog, for a heavyweight, was one of the best I have seen in late years; in fact, he would compare favorably with some of the old winners, but in many respects he was superior to "Graphic", "Beaufort", "Lad of Bow", or "Tempest", for although he was a big dog, there was no useless lumber about him. I promptly put him to the front as the best pointer in the show, over "Mary Montrose", which took winners in bitches."
-- Hochwalt, 1923
"She was promptly retired from competition following her spectacular third
national championship in February of 1920. 'Still at her zenith of her
powers, she undoubtedly would've added to her total of twenty-one victories,
but her owner properly decided this was a fitting climax to a dramatic
career, to a life replete with exciting episodes, to a superlative record
that will shine forever in field trial history.'"
-- Karen Blasche, "Proud Heritage", Pointer Points vol.1-91
"The Field Trial Hall of Fame was initiated in 1954, and since that time, each year, deserving dogs and worthy field
trial personalities have been elected."
-- American Field: The Sportsman Journal, Website, 2002
"Induction to the Field Trial Hall of Fame is an honor. The dogs were inducted based on their performance in trials
and their ability to produce winning offspring. The Field Trial Hall of Fame is part of the National Bird Dog Museum
located in Grand Junction, Tennessee."
-- UplandBirdDog.com Website, 2002
Five pointers were inducted into the
Field Trial Hall of Fame in 1954.
"Fishel's Frank",
"John Proctor",
"Luminary",
"Mary Montrose", and
"Muscle Shoal's Jake".
"Great Island Robert the Devil" is one of the pointers in the famous string of William Ziegler, Jr. He is one of the younger dogs. As a matter of fact, he is the youngest of the all-age dogs that ran during the past season under the Ziegler colors. Robert is a fine, big, slashing pointer by "Comanche Frank" out of "Lorna Doone". He is bred exactly like "Mary Montrose" and "Royal Flush", but from a later litter. As yet he has only won in some of the minor events, but those who have been watching his performances and his career ever since he made his first appearnace in the puppy stakes at Brandon, Manitoba, in 1917, have always said that this young dog was bound to come along and prove the equal of some of his illustrious older brothers and sisters. Of course Robert still has to show whether he will bring these perdictions to their fruition, but he never showed more promise of doing so than wehn he ran in the Naitonal Championship at Grand Junction, Tennessee, last January. The stake was won by his famous sister, "Mary Montrose", it is true, but for two hours and a half, Robert gave Herbert Tomlinson, the handler of Mary, some very uncomfortable moments. "Robert the Devil" was entered in this race, not with any particular idea that he could win it; for that matter he was not particularly prepared for the stake, for Mr. Ziegler, the owner of the dogs, as well as both handlers, Crane and Tomlinson, were rightly figuring on the older dogs, but he got away to a brilliant start in that stake. In the first thirty minutes of his running he found and handled perfectly, four bevies of birds. In the next hour he continued to go at the same pace, piling up a score that looked formidable, at the end of two hours he had nine clean bevy finds to hsi credit. At that rate he looked good to make a record of about fifteen bevies for the three hours. As stated, however, he was not perpared for this long race and the last hour was a gruelling one for him. He did not sustain the pace that he bagan with and naturally his finish was not strong enough to give any hopes that he could nose out some of the other dogs, but, nevertheless, his owner was very well pleased with the showing that the dog made and his handler, Joe Crane, in his inimitable way says: "Watch out for 'Bob' next year". Many who have followed the running of the various dogs, are in accord with Crane that his behest may be worth paying attention to."
-- A.F. Hochwalt, Dogdom, May 1920
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