| NORMAN HOOTEN'S "CH"BUTCHER BOY" |
| NORMAN HOOTEN'S "CH"BUTCHER BOY" |
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| Butcher Boy was an outstanding match dog that was owned by Norman H. Hooten in the late 1960's. He will be remembered for his match that was titled the "Day of the Upsets". Butcher Boy's first match was in Oklahoma in June, 1969, when he was matched into the great 2x winner, Kennedy's Booger Red. Butcher Boy killed Booger Red in the pit in :36 minutes. It was in Butcher Boy's 2nd match in 1969 in Mississippi against Edward's Luke, a 2x winner, that Butcher Boy scratched into Luke so hard that he actually knocked Luke's handler completely out of the pit at least 5 times. Butcher Boy killed Luke in the pit in :32 minutes making Butcher Boy a 2x winner. The "Day of the Upsets" was in 1972 and that was the day Butcher Boy won his championship match over Corn's Smokey, a son of Bullyson. He was the only favorite to win his match, which went :15 minutes as Smokey just could not take what Butcher Boy had for him and quit cold. His true test came in 1973 at six years of age when he was brought out of retirement, after being treated for heartworms twice, to go into the 2x winner, Stinson & Perry's Sampson. Sampson, a Maurice Carver bred dog, had beat a dog of Carver's at 56 lbs. and was in his prime at 30 months of age. Because of Butcher Boy's age and the fact that it was known that he had been treated for heartworms twice, he was a 3 to 1 underdog going in. But, he beat Sampson by biting him down in 1:45 minutes in a classic match. Both, Sampson and Butcher Boy died after this great match. Butcher Boy was awarded Best in Show for his dead game, hard biting efforts. He was truly, a once in a lifetime dog. |
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