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Saturday, February 23, 2019
The year is 1872. For complicated reasons of birthright and inheritance, one Richard Purcell Llewellin changes his name to "Richard Llewellin Purcell Llewellin." Llewellin is a giant of a man, fit to carry a double surname.
For five decades, his 6'6" frame and bigger than life reputation would throw a long shadow over British and American field trial scenes. So perhaps naming a Blizzard's Huntmore Llewellin puppy "Purcy" in a sort of coy homage suggests more than its share of great expectations.
No worries. Purcy's got this.
Certainly she is made of the right stuff, with two lines to the great Awbonnies Bull. She is also the paternal great-granddaughter of Bleu Spice, the gold standard for Huntmore females. When her partner Tony Losco cut her loose in the southeastern Ohio woodcock coverts at five months old, it was gratifying, but not terrible surprising, that Purcy went about her business with a purpose and flair that belied her age.
It's now February 2019. The word is out: woodcock are on the move through Winter's last gasp. On her first outing, Purcy, now ten months old, picks up right where she'd left off - pushing hard through brush and briar with the drive and birdy instincts that have marked the Parker-Dixie nick.
Somewhere, Richard Llewellin Purcell Llewellin is smiling.