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| MADIGIN`S AND DEANS REGULAR GREYS MARKED "DOUBLE RIGHT" | ||||||||
MADIGIN`S AND DEANS REGULAR GREYS MARKED "DOUBLE RIGHT' Henry Deans got a Harrisford Brown Red BLACK and TAN hen of the "HONEY MOON" line from O`Conor in 1922 and bred her to a GREY Claret cock. The produce were good and fought and called DEANS GREYS. Three old hens of this family, 1/2 Grey Claret-1/2 Herrisford Brown Red Black and Tan from the hen called "Brown Butterfly" in 1922 were bred to a great cock from O`Conor 3/4 Mansell Pyle-Joe Gilman Grey, 1/4 Harrisford Yellow Birchen in breeding. This mating produced 23 stags. Their sire was called "NOISY". Deans was dead when Charley Bashel asked Madigin`s permission to keep the sons of "NOISY" - 15 Greys and 8 Brown Reds --in the race track horse stalls at Fort Erie. All sisters to these stags died. Madigin didn`t think enough of them to ask their breeding, until the following May ,when he returned from Houston Tx. He had Hardy make a stag main with McNerny, which was fought at Troy N.Y. 9 fell in , all one. So Madigin became interested and when they won 14 out of 15 in the New Orleans Tournament and beat Judge Ed. Wilkins 8 straights in main at the Grove pit in LA. , near Orange TX, all Brown Reds fought in the Wilkins main, all won in 1st to 2nd pitting, Madigin called them his Regular Greys, or "Grey Gulls". What a Fake name? Charley Bashel sent O`Conor the 3 Mothers of those 23 stags which were 1/2 Grey Claret and 1/2 Herrisford Brown Reds-Black Tan. Later Madigin sent him the cock called "NOISY" saying he is the sire of the 23 cocks that won the McNearny main, the New Orleans Tournament and the Judge Wilkins main. Was his Madigin`s face RED when Charley Baschel told him the "NOISY" cock was from O`Conor in the 1st place. Noisy was the greatest sire and fighter the Mansell Pyle-Joe Gilman Greys ever produced and his sons were unbeatable. The MANSELL PYLE- JOE GILMAN GREYS were always marked, "double right", which was the EARL of CRAVEN`S mark for them. JOE GILLMAN was the EARL OF CRAVEN`SS feeder and pitter. MADIGIN and DEANS continuedthe same mark. Madigin admitted that he finally learned that the Deans did not breed the Daddy of the Clarets, but bought him from a German Boy and that the boy was employed by Ralph Pierce in one of Pierce`s PIERCE ARROW machine shops and lived in one of Ralphs houses and cared for his fowl. Pierce had obtained the "Daddy of the Clarets" from George Robinson along with his 5 GREY colored brothers. |
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