The Unbroken Line
(also see Kennel History)
by Dr. S. L. Hemstock
It's complicated, but worth working out!
This article examines the unbroken line of Champion sires which has resulted in modern day Champions
such as Domino Flashy Lad, Nordic Chief, and Highland Dream to name a few. The aims of this article are
to discover the combinations of early examples of the breed which have stamped their mark on present
day exhibits, and when these combinations appeared. Bitch lines, although just as important as dogs, are
not examined here in detail.
My parents, the late Lionel F. & Jo Hemstock (Jolihem Staffords), always spoke in terms of "lines" (of
decent) from Fearless Joe, The Great Bomber and Ch. Wychbury Kimbo, and it is these lines of decent, &
their perspective as breeders, that this article will examine in detail. The distinctions between the lines
of decent may not be obvious since both The Great Bomber & Ch. Wychbury Kimbo go back to Fearless
Joe. For clarification I have classified these lines as lines of decent from Fearless Joe as follows:
1)
2)
Through Brindle Mick/Brave Nell/Fearless Joe (bitch's side of pedigree to Fearless Joe)
Through The Great Bomber/Spring Healed Jack/Vindictive Monty/Fearless Joe
3)
Ch. Wychbury Kimbo/Ch. Widneyland Kim who doubled up on Brindle Mick via Ch. Gentleman
Jim/Brindle Mick AND Ch. Brigand's Bo Sun/Brindle Bill/Brindle Mick on the bitches side of the
pedigree.
Family line
Early 1950's
Mid 1950's
Nuncargate Nicky
Jolihem Apollene (dam of Jolihem
Adonis) & Jolihem Apollo
(sire of Jolihem Adonis)
Jo & Lionel Hemstock were great
admirers of George Bass' Uddffa
Staffords. George combined
descendants of Fearless Joe through
Vindictive Monty (including The Great
Bomber) with those of Brindle Mick to
produce Ch. Lady Cherie Of Uddffa
(Grand-dam of Jolihem Apollo &
Apollene).
1957
Nuncargate Nicky
(sire of Jolihem Adonis)
1961
Jolihem Adonis (Sire of Ch. Jolihem
Fine & Dandy (sire:
Fine & Dandy and Jolihem Nuncargate Josie Ch. Jolihem
Jolihem Adonis)
- Dreanought's Dam)
Adonis was "M" line bred to Ch. Widneyland Kim (a son of Ch. Gentleman Jim) through his sire Nuncargate
Nicky who went back to Ch. Widneyland Kim through Ch. Wychbury Kimbo. Nuncargate Nicky was also the
Grand Sire of
Ch. Jolihem Forclip Christy Bella. Nuncargate Nicky also went back to The Great
Bomber, who was himself a descendent of Vindictive Monty.
1964
From selective breeding, the
same "M" line stock was used to
produce both Brindle & Red
Champions. Christy Bella's
grandsires were Ch. Goldwyn
Leading Lad (the first Champion Ch. Jolihem Black Beauty
in our "Unbroken Line") and
(sire: Ch. Jolihem El Toro, Dam:
Nuncargate Nicky (associated
Jolihem Isabella).
with our Unbroken Line through
Adonis & Dreadnought).
Ch. Jolihem Forclip Christy Bella
was mated to Ch. The Black
Monarch to produce Jolihem
Isabella: Dam of Ch.
Jolihem
Black Beauty. and Ch.
Jubilent of Jolihem
1959
Ch. Jolihem Forclip Christy Bella
(Sire: Ch. Goldwyn Lucky Lad (Brindle & White).
Distant descendants of Christy & Ch. J. El Toro,
include Ch. Black Tuscar.
Ch. Jubilent of Jolihem
(sire: Ch. Jolihem El Toro, Dam:
Jolihem Isabella) (Owners: A & G Goddard).
We are now going to examine the lines of decent from Brindle Mick, paying particular attention to the the
"top line" of the pedigree, i.e. the unbroken lines of Champion sires. The numbers in the text & [num]
represent the number of Champions in the line of decent.
Click here to see Figure
1: Unbroken line of Champion sires.
The Unbroken line of Champion sires:
Ch. Goldwyn's Leading Lad:
Sire: Wheatly Lad
Dam: Brindle Dianna
Brindle Mick was sire of
Wheatly Lad & Grandsire of
Brindle Dianna.
As far as I know, Wheatly
Lad's only line of decent is
through Leading Lad.
Vindictive Month appears
twice in the 4th generation
of Leading Lads pedigree.
Brindle Mick was the sire of the first
Champion
of the Breed: Ch. Gentleman
1948
Jim. He also sired Wheatly Lad,
Brindle Bill & Furnace Jake amongst
others.
Brindle Mick's Grandsire was Fearless
Joe. Fearless Joe sired few litters (to
Queenie, Quick The Devil, Uffmor Nell
& Silver's Queenie). He was killed
badger baiting as a young dog, he was
red/fawn & white & widely thought to
be one of the best examples of the
breed at that time. His colouring was
similar to Danom, Dreadnought &
[1]
Ringmaster (see below) and has been
Ch. Goldwyn's Leading Lad
brought out consistently throughout
(Owner/Br: Jack Altoft)(sire of Ch. Goldwyn Lucky
the generations.
Lad, who sired Ch. Jolihem Forclip Christy Bella (see
above) and sire of Ch. Eastaff Danom.
Almost all the breeds Champions prior to the late 1950's were either directly from Brindle Mick,
Vindictive Monty, or Ch. Wychbury Kimbo or were combinations of two of these lines of decent. Examples:
Ch. Midnight Gift (1939) goes back to Vindictive Monty; Ch. Perfect Lady (1944) was sired by Furnace
Jake, who's sire was Brindle Mick; Ch. Widneyland Model, Ch. Weycombe Dandy (1956), Ch. Sahib Of
Senkrah (1958) go back to Brindle Mick; Ch. Our Queenie (1944), Felicitas of Nunholme (1946) (dam of Ch.
Lady Cherie of Uddffa), Alan's Dynamo (1945) (sire of Ch. Ch. Lady Cherie of Uddffa), Widneyland Ritver
Ringleader (1946) & Ch. Chestonian Satan's Firework (1954) combined Brindle Mick with The Great
Bomber; Ch. Little Brindle Queen (1950), Ch. Wychbury Red Riband (1954) Ch. Weycome Melody Of
Senkrah (1956), Ch. Relim A Boy (1957) & Ch. Towans Merry Maid (1958) combined Ch. Wychbury Kimbo
with Brindle Mick.
The above list is by no means exhaustive, but gives examples of both red/fawn & brindle Champions
derived from the similar lines of decent.
1955
Ch. Eastaff Danom (sire of
many Champions including Ch.
Jolihem Dreadnought)
(sire: Ch. Goldwyn's Leading Lad,
Dam: Ch. Linda of Killyglen) (Half
Brother to Ch. Goldwyn Lucky Lad used to produce Ch. Jolihem Forclip
Christy Bella)
[2]
Ch. Eastaff Danom was a great dog and
sired many Champions. Now his only line
of decent to today's top winners is
either directly through Ch. Jolihem
Dreadnought & Ch. Jolihem
Ringmaster, or through Ch. Sahib of
Senkrah in combination with
Dreadnought & Ringmaster. As
breeders we should always be aware of
the narrowing of the gene pool within
our breed.
Dreadnought combined all 3 of the
lines of decent from Fearless Joe
(listed above): Brindle Mick (Brindle
Bill & Ch. Gentleman Jim) through Ch.
Eastaff Danom, Nuncargate Nicky &
1964
Nuncargate Lad with lines of decent
from Vindictive Monty (through The
[3]
Great Bomber, via Uddfa and J.
Ch.
Jolihem
Dreadnought (Sire: Ch.
Adonis) with lines to Ch. Wychbury
Eastaff Danom, Dam: Jolihem Nuncargate Josie,
Kimbo & Ch. Widneyland Kim via J.
Grand Sire: Jolihem Adonis)
[3]
Addonis/Nuncargate Nicky &
Ch. Jolihem
Nuncargate Ladslove. The combination Dreadnought sired several Champions including
Ch. Pitbull Jef's Pal (a sire of Champion bitch
of all three lines of decent (Brindle
Dreadnought
(Sire: Ch. Eastaff Danom, Dam:
line, not examined here), Ch. Rapparee Roulette
Mick, The Great Bomber/Vindictive
Jolihem Nuncargate Josie, Grand Sire:
Monty & Ch. Wychbury Kimbo/ Ch.
and litter brother and sister Ch.
Jolihem Adonis)
Widneyland Kim) certainly proved to
Jolihem Ringmaster and Ch.
be a lasting one.
Jolihem Gallent Bess.
1968
1968
[4]
[4]
Ch. Jolihem Ringmaster
(sire: Ch. Jolihem
Dreadnought) (Doubled up on Ch.
Eastaff Danom & Ch. Goldwyn's
Leading Lad on 4th generation of
pedigree via Grandsire on Bitches side:
Dennybeck Hard Diamond)
[4a]
Ch. Jolihem Gallant Bess
(sire: Ch.
Jolihem Dreadnought) (Bess was not bred from)
Ch. Jolihem Ringmaster (sire: Ch.
Jolihem Dreadnought) (Sire of: [5] Ir. Ch. Ban Ri of
Cuileog)
1973
1975
1982
[5]
[6]
Ch. Jokartan Royal Tan
(sire: Ch. Jolihem Ringmaster, Gr.Sire
[6a]
Int.
Ch.
Pitbul
Red Regent (sire:[5] Ir.
on both sides: Ch. Jolihem
Dreadnought)(sire of litter brother Ch. Jolihem Wildfire (sire: CH. Jokartan Ch. Ban Ri of Cuileog) (bred back to Ch. Eastaff
Danom on Dam's side)
Champions Redstaff King, The Malassa Royal Tan) (Dam of CC winer Jolihem The Lad
Mauler & Magliam The Bronx Bull) Himself - who was sired by Ch. Tridwr Dicey Riley)
1979
1979
1977
[6]
[7]
Ch. Redstaff King (sire: Ch. Jokartan
[6]
Ch. The Malaser Mauler
Royal Tan) (sire of litter brother/sister CC winers
Jolihem Iron master & Jolihem Wild Rose)
Ch. Montbell Barbarossa (sire: Ch
Pitbul Red Regent) (sire of Ashtock Wild Colonial
Boy - winner of 2CC's)
(sire: Ch. Jokartan Royal Tan; DaM:
Pitmax Brazen Lady) (bred back to
Dennybeck Hard Diamond & Ch.
Jolihem Ringmaster on Dam's side)
1979
1985
1986
[7]
The 2 unbroken lines of Champion sires were
[7]
Ch. Lancstaff Sparbu combined with Jolihem The Lad Himself (1CC) (sire:
Ch.
Tridwr
Riley (sire: Ch. Pitbull
Saga (sire: Ch. The Malaser Mauler) Ch. Tridwr Dicey Riley; dam: Ch. Jolihem Wildfire) Red Regent) (bredDicey
back to Ch. Wychbury Kimbo/Ch.
(bred back to Ch. Jolihem Ringmaster
through Ch. Red Rum & Vencristo
Domino on Dam's side)
1987
Widneyland Kim via Ch. The Red brickmaker on
Dam's side)
1983
[8]
Ch. Rogue Saga (sire: Ch.
Lancstaff Sparbu Saga) (again, bred
back to Ch. Jolihem Ringmaster through
Ch. Red Rum & Vencristo Domino on
Dam's side)
[8]
Ch. Crackerjack of Tridwr (sire: Ch.
Tridwr Dicey Riley)
[9]
Ch. Domino Flashy Lad (sire: Ch.
[9]
Ch. Nordic Chief (sire: Ch.
Rogue Saga)
Rogue Saga) (Current breed CC record holder) (bred
back to Ch. Montbell Barbarossa via Ashtock Wild
Colonial Boy, Ch. Teutonic Warrior & Elvinor Pied
Piper on Dam's side)
Maktoum Image Of Jolihem. JW
(sire: Ch. Nordic Chief)
In my own breeding programme I intend to stick closely to the lines of decent favored by my parents (see
above). Obviously, a good temperament is the most important factor when selecting dogs/bitches to breed
from, that said, in choosing a stud dog I tend to put more emphasis on pedigree than looks or colour, and I
also trace my chosen stud's pedigree right back to where records began. I put emphasis on pedigree &
lines because breeding closely related stock increases the chance that identical hereditary units from a
common ancestor will be passed from one generation to the next. In my Dad's words - "You can't mate two
cart horses and expect to get a thoroughbred!" Through inbreeding and close breeding a desirable
recessive trait is more likely to be expressed since a recessive gene can be masked by a dominant gene in a
heterozygous population. This is why linebreeding (a less intense form of close breeding) increases the
chance of having homozygous offspring and fixes desirable breed traits that have been selected for. To all
intents and purposes, inbreeding does not create undesirable traits, but it can increase the expression of
those which are already in the heterozygous population. Also, do not be afraid to mate dogs of different
colour, we are loosing a lot of the breeds diversity of colours in the show ring. If you trace pedigrees back
far enough you will find many common ancestors between reds & brindles (see Family Line, above). My
latest litter combined Ch. Nordic Chief (red/fawn & white) & Ch. Domino Flashy Lad (white with brindle
markings). Mating Maktoum image of Jolihem (red) with Ch. Domino Flashy Lad produced some "old
fashioned" colours 2 red/fawn & white, 1 mahogany brindle & white & 1 tiger brindle & white (see below).
Spud
Snoggle
Bert
Jolihem Himself