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| Bass' Tramp Red Boy | Chavis Jocko | Indian Bolio | Patrick's Tombstone |
Redboy-Jocko Bolio-Tombstone
A study of the masterful work of our predecessors
I often get asked why the Redboy-Jocko and Bolio Tombstone dogs have done so well and continue to do so many years after the bloods were crossed together. It is imtant to know that although Redboy-Jocko dogs and Bolio-Tombstone dogs were inbred for many years within their respective famies, STP , SCK, and E.Hollingsworth decided that breeding these two lines together would set a new standard and make even better dogs. We can all pat ourselves on the back and revel in the success of having the 1996, 2002,2003, and 2004 Dogs of the year all be this same cross. But perhaps the work was done before us. A closer look will reveal that both the Redboy-Jocko dogs and the Bolio Tombstone dogs share more in common than we may think.
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| Bass' Tramp Red Boy |
Tramp Red Boy was double bred on Teal's Jeff with a quarter out of Frank's Sugar where Jeff was almost all Colby, Sugar was heavy old family rednose and Corvino blood. It's a steady mix that the old timers blended together. Always mixing the many years of inbred Colby blood with the more athletic and full bodied Tudor and Old Family rednose stock. You'll see it repeated again and again.
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| Chavis Jocko |
As far as Jocko
was concerned, You will see that on top,
Jackson's Hank was heavy on the Tudor Blood and
bears a striking resemblance to Indian
Bolio . He was a sublime finisher and produced remarkably well.
His dam Rast's Queenie on
bottom side to no surprise is heavy Hemphill Clouse old Family Rednose
breeding with a touch of Tudor blood. See a trend?
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| Indian Bolio |
Indian Bolio
was a heavy heavy Tudor's Dibo dog with a touch of Colby and Lightner blood for
good measure. He was a remarkable athlete himself and was bred along the same
lines and bears a striking resemblance to the above
Jocko. He produced exceptional animals when
bred to Heavy bred Clouse Old Family rednose bitches like
Patrick's Goldy.
This cross was the start of it all for Pat Patrick and his genius then is a
great part of why his dogs do well still to this day.
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| Patrick's Tombstone |
Patrick's Tombstone was a superb specimen. He is famous for being the epitome of what a bulldog is supposed to be. Steadfast and straight ahead no matter what the situation is. On top, his sire Maloney's Toot was a heavy bred Tudor' Dibo dog, but on the bottom, through Speedy Alan Jena, you will see that once again you will see a heavy dose of Old Family rednose, Colby and Corvino blood.
I always chuckle when I see someone arguing over which one of these lines contribute more to the gene pool. The truth is that these distinct lines aren't so distinct at all and share a lot of the same genetic make up and traits as the other does. The Redboy-Jocko Bolio Tombstone dogs are a blend of their own that have proven that the old timers had it right. Every once in a while you'll see a throwback to the dogs in the pedigree. When M.A.D. saw Machobuck the first time, he said, "That dog looks like Fergusun's Centipede. I didn't think anything of it, but when I saw Centipede, I couldn't agree more. As I did some research I saw that Centipede was in these dogs on both the Bolio-Tombstone and the Redboy-Jocko side. My Machobear II dog has a striking resemblance to Tombstone and Fitzwater's Goldie when railed out. The genes are there. The traits are there. It's a bit of a privilege to be able to look to the past and see what the old timers did and try to use that to keep improving the breed. While Pat Patrick and E.Hollingsworth along with Tant, Chavis Fletcher, and Carl Crews were the pioneers who inbred on those lines. There were breeders before them who laid down the groundwork. There were also people afterward like Southern kennels, Stone City kennels, and the Untouchables who took it a step further. I just combined all of their work to make Machobuck. So, again, the work was done before me. Love these dogs.
Hope you enjoyed the history of pedigrees