tures at dark-thirty when 73 pups and 154 big dogs took to the timber in the first night of 2004 Walker Days competition. Each of the hunters returning to the headquarters at the beautiful DuQuoin Fairgrounds after midnight looked like they had fallen in the area’s creeks and ditches as the heat and humidity showed on their sweat-soaked shirts and jeans. It was warm!

Speaking of things hot, how about the following hounds that scored plus points to win their casts in night number one?

Open Event
$1000 Added Purse
154 entries
Split winners

4th – Faith
$540.00
Fairchild or Clementz, owners
Brian Gray, handler
550 plus (early round)

4th – Fancy
$540.00
Crites or Crites or Hughes, owners
Ron Tomlinson, handler
525 plus (early round)

4th – Mollie
$540.00
Kern or Kern, owners
Dustin Kern, handler
500 plus (early round)

4th – Zone
$540.00
Brad Ratton, owner
Johnny Bloodsworth, handler
437.5 plus (early round)

Pup Derby
$500 Added Purse
73 entries
Split winners

4th – Nowhere
$415.00
Larry Proulx, owner/handler
737.5 plus (early round)

4th – Zeus
$415.00
Mark Sullivan, owner
Coy Sullivan, handler
450 plus (early round)

4th – Beau
$415.00
J.C. Ellis, owner
James Love, handler
375 plus (early round)

4th – Sissy
$415.00
Johnson or Stretch or Turner, owners
Robbie Stout, handler
350 plus (early round)

We’ll be back with the Friday night report as soon as I can get the cobwebs out on Saturday morning.

Photo at left: Open Event winners, left to right are Brian Gray with Faith, Ron Tomlinson with Fancy, Dustin Kern with Mollie, and Johnny Bloodsworth with Zone.

Photo at right: Pup Derby winners, left to right are Larry Proulx with Nowhere, Coy Sullivan with Zeus, James Love with Beau, and Robbie Stout with Sissy.

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