Friday, November 16, 2018

Series 9 - Water Triple

The mat for the 9th Series Water Triple sits on the south side of a dirt (mud) road facing northeast. Across the road stretching left to right is a pond with an irregular shore line. On the far right side of the pond is a tree line that extends from the road and angles on the far side of the pond to the left.

Bird one is a long retired hen pheasant thrown to the left at 280 yards from the mat. The retired station comes out from the tip of the tree line and throws the bird out angling it back into a corn field.

Bird two is a hen pheasant thrown to the left down the tree line. This retired station is located half way down the tree line with the bird landing in the grass against the trees. This hen pheasants lands 220 yards from the mat.

Bird three is a duck shot left and sluiced. This gun station is located to the handlers right, down and across the road at 100 yards. Their chairs sit on the shore at the base of a point shooting left into the pond with a sluice. After the dog has completed his marks, there is an honor mat to the left of the running mat. This test is taking 10 minutes per dog.

Ninth Series Water Triple with Two Retired and an Honor
Long Retired – 280 yards
Short Retired – 220 yards
Duck Flyer with sluice – 100 yards
Ninth Series sketch by Official Artist Jean Wu
Ninth Series aerial diagram by David Colwell