We bred her to Ch. Salal's Sure Conceit, who was a Ch. Adonidin v. U-Chetnik son out of Bladan's Hellcat who was also the U-Chetnik line. Dr. Dan Gordon had Bladan kennels and I personally think he is the reason this elegance has come on down the line for lo these many years. Ch. Bladan's U-Chetnik was clean, smooth, elegant, sturdy, excelled in shoulder layback, rear angulation and stifle combined with a body that was full with correct brisket and barrel. Can you tell I liked this dog? <LOL>

We had Misty (Ch. Marjack’s Golden Mist, DOM), who became an International Champion as it was called in those days (both Am. & Can.). Misty was shown by Larry Ingalls, who had just gotten his handlers license and wanted to take Misty on the first circuit he was going to as a pro. He had a group of five dogs. The circuit started at Wichita, KS and Misty went BIS from the classes under three different judges, A.A. LePine - breed; Percy Roberts - group; and Louis Muir - BIS. She garnered most of her points on that circuit but Harry Sangster came in from CA when the shows went on down to TX and that was the end of Larry and Misty other than to get all the points from the classes and go BOS. She came home and the following spring, she was shown at the Pacific Northwest Boxer Specialty under Dan Gordon and won BOS and finished with her second 5 pointer. Over 100 Boxers in that show. Lots of Boxers shown in all breed shows in those days, but then the shows were not as often, either. Mainly fall and spring.

We bred Misty to Ch. Captain Lookout of Thorhall and again accomplished the "Dorian-Utz cross" and got Windjammer and his 4 siblings, all of whom finished. Another male had 13 points, but lacked the final major when his owner wouldn't let him go on the road again. A plain bitch was Golden Wit who was the foundation bitch for Earl Overstreet. Windigo (one of the CHs.) was the foundation bitch for Barbara Berkson who sold Eileen McClintock her foundation bitch if I remember correctly. Sarazan's Love Story was the dam of Ch. Holly Lane's Cookie.

I showed Windy (Ch. Marjack’s Golden Windjammer, SOM) myself for his first shows at the Tidewater KC where he went BW to his mom, Misty, who went BB. His sister, Witch, went WB. At that show, Don Starkweather told us we had a "really good one." We, the LaLaLand folks, said "Oh thanks." Realizing that we were clueless, Don made the effort to call Jay Stead and said in essence, "Get the good dog into proper hands." So Jay called Phil Marsh who called the Wagners and they said "Buy him." Jay called us and told us that he was entering Windy in the GA/KY circuit and that Phil Marsh would be showing him. We said HUH???? He said, "Just leave it to me," so we did. Windy won BIS for most of the shows and 1st in the group for all of them. He was finished in three shows, two of which were BIS. Phil Marsh had my mother come down to Atlanta and he gave her a check for $2500.00 and Windy then belonged to the Wagners. Mazie told us later that they were prepared to pay at least $10,000 for the dog. My dad thought $2500 was plenty for a dog. Right after mother got back from Atlanta with the check, Jane Kamp called and offered her $5000 from Mrs. Shouse who was ready to retire Barrage and start out with a new dog. She, too, had a blank check and they were willing to go up to the $10,000 mark. So it goes.

Witch, Whisper, Windigo, [Wit,] and Winsome were all sisters and they were bred various ways by their owners. Witch is behind Carolina Star who is a Spark of Marjack grandson. Windigo is behind all of Holly Lane. Whisper went to Cuba, and unfortunately, we know what happened there. Wit is the foundation for EWO. Winsome was the dam of Ch. Citation's Acclaim of Marjack, whom we got as pick of a litter. We had Larry Downey show her. She finished in 9 shows, and was bred to Windjammer. She whelped a litter of 3 males, 1 bitch - CHs. Samurai, Sakiasan, and Sendai. Joe Gregory showed Samurai who won all the shows on the January Florida Circuit but the last major broke and he came home needing the second major. I showed Sakiasan, who finished rather handily, but not as fast as with the handlers, and Sendai ws shown by Larry Downey who finished him in 10 shows.

I bred Samurai (Sam) to Helen Brod's Bang Away bred bitch and got Ch. Forest Gate’s Spark of Marjack who finished quite easily as well. He would be known (if at all) as the grand-sire of Carolina Star who is behind Splashdown. I showed Sparky and he had a pretty good record as a special, too. He had a couple of groups and gave Larry Downey and Fashion Plate a run for their money at ABC the year Fashion Plate won it. Larry said he was sweating bullets, but I would have collapsed if Sparky had won.

Then I went off to college, my parents moved permanently to the farm in Rapidan, and we were pretty much out of dogs.

They were elegant, strong, powerful, with the plastic muscles called for in the standard and quite frankly, it was awe inspiring to watch a BIS dog grab a bull by the nose, and, while being swung by this enraged titan, manage to unsettle him enough that he turned in the right direction toward home. Once he headed home, Windy or whoever was in charge that day ran to the bull's heels and nipped him into a strong trot. It was a 3 mile jaunt to the next farm via the road, so this was no mean feat.