Standard Wirehairs from Rose Farm
Download this page in PDF formatThe third addition to the Rose Farm kennel was the Standard Wire variety which was started by Mrs. Nancy Onthank who bought the eight month old young sire, Pondwicks Hobgoblin, bred by Mrs. Elizabeth Medley, while in the UK and bringing him to the USA. Hobgoblin was started out by Frank and Dorothy Hardy, the professional handlers from Pennsylvania, and then his show career was taken over by Dee Hutchinson. CH Pondwicks Hobgoblin ROMO became the All-Time Top-Producing Standard Wirehaired dog, having sired 90 American Champions including many for Westphal, Solo Wires, Longdachs, Threesteps and Bobby Fowler’s None Such Kennel. As a producer of Champions, he became the Number One all time producer in a very short time since there were so many nice bitches in the area to breed to him and help him produce the quality he was known for.
CH Pondwicks Hobgoblin ROMO winning under Judge Ruth Tongren for Frank Hardy and owner,Nancy Onthank – 1964
CH Pondwicks Hobgoblin ROMO wining under Judge Phil Bishop, then DCA President, for handler Frank Hardy and owner Nancy Onthank – 1965
Hobgoblin’s show career consisted of one hundred entries in the BV class with a record of ninety-eight wins and that was, indeed, a remarkable record.
CH Pondwicks Hobgoblin ROMO winning under Judge Pat Hastings for new co-owner Dee Hutchinson – 1967
CH Pondwicks Hobgoblin ROMO winning BB at DC of St Louis under Judge Pat DeBrun for owner Dee Hutchinson – 1967
CH Pondwicks Hobgoblin ROMO with Judge Wallace Alford (Dixie Dachs breeder) and owner Dee Hutchinson – 1967
Although Rose Farms had few bitches to breed to Hobgoblin, they did manage to acquire a few of his kids to show, including these two local dogs, one of whom was WD twice at DALI which, at that time, was the largest Dachshund Show in the USA and the other bitch was WB/BW at DCA.
CH Westphal’s Block Buster, a Hobgoblin son, was WD at DALI under Virginia Herzbrun for handler Dee Hutchinson in 1967
CH Westphal’s Block Buster winning under Alice Cornet for handler Dee Hutchinson and owner Jayne Mauborgne at the 1968 DALI Show.
CH Radiance of Rose Farm, winning WB/BW at DCA under Judge Bud Lough for owner Dee Hutchinson – 1968
CH Radiance was a CH Vantebe’s Draht Timothy ROMO daughter from a Hobgoblin half-sister, CH Pondwicks Donna Elvira. Next came another Pondwicks import, CH Pondwicks Queen of Night ROMX, another Hobgoblin half-sister out of Hobgoblin;e dam, who finished quickly here in the states and, when bred to CH Westphal’s Timber W ROMX produced yet another DCA winner: CH Rose Farms Moon Rockette W ROM who was Best of Variety at the Houston DCA of 1973.
CH Pondwicks Queen of Night ROMX, Judge Jeannette Cross and owner Dee Hutchinson – 1967
CH Rose Farm’s Moon Rockette W ROM, Judge Ann Gordon and handler Howard Nygood for owner Dee Hutchinson
CH Rose Farms Moon Rockette W ROM, Judge Muriel Rhodes from the UK and owner/handler Dee Hutchinson
CH Rose Farm’s Moon Rockette W ROM, Judge Gene Shabatura and handler Howard Nygood for owner Dee Hutchinson
CH Rose Farm’s Moon Rockette W ROM, Judge Peter Knoop for handler Howard Nygood and owner Dee Hutchinson
CH Rose Farm’s Moon Rockette W ROM, Judge Julia Goulder and handler Howard Nygood for owner Dee Hutchinson
CH Rose Farm’s Moon Rockette W ROM, Judge Katay Burg, handler Howard Nygood for owner Dee Hutchinson
CH Rose Farm’s Moon Rockette W ROM, Judge Dolores Faust and handler Howard Nygood for owner Dee Hutchinson
CH Rose Farm’s Moon Rockette W ROM, Judge Barbara Lovering for handler Howard Nygood and owner Dee Hutchinson
CH Rose Farm’s Moon Rockette W ROM, Judge Maxwell Riddle with handler Bobby Fowler for owner Dee Hutchinson
CH Rose Farm’s Moon Rockette W ROM and Judge John Cook and handler Bobby Fowler for owner Dee Hutchinson – 1973
CH Rose Farm’s Moon Rockette W ROM winning under Judge Barbara Nichols for owner Dee Hutchinson – 1973
CH Rose Farm’s Moon Rockette W ROM winning BV at the Houston DCA for owner Dee Hutchinson
Some other nice Standard Wires finished for Rose Farms during the early 1970’s and are pictured here. All look pretty good with nice head and neck sets, great length and topline, beautifully set under themselves and have the nice hocks we all should still look for.
CH Moonman of Rose Farm W (CH Westphal’s Timber W ROMO ex CH Pondwicks Queen of the Night ROMX), Judge Thirza Hibner and owner Dee Hutchinson. He was a full brother to CH Rose Farms Moon Rockette W ROM – 1971
CH Rose Farm’s Wishfull Thinking ROM, shown by Bobby Fowler for owner Dianthe Gravelle under Judge Gordon Carvill – 1973
CH Briarpatch of Rose Farm, a Chocolate and tan bitch, owned by Nancy Zumwalt Prouty and bred by Bobby Fowler, but carried the Rose Farm Kennel name – 1974
CH Briarpatch Pickwick Papers (CH Pondwicks Hobgoblin ROMO ex Pickwick Miss) with Judge Peter Knoop and owner Bobby Fowler – 1972
Then came some other dogs, too, including Rockette’s children as well. Moonbow and Moon Bound, out of Rockette, were both sired by CH Charlamar’s Noah W ROMO.
CH Rose Farm’s Moonbow W ROM, Judge Clara Jean Davis and owner Dee Hutchinson
CH Rose Farm’s Moonbow W ROM, Judge Lyman Fisher and handler Howard Nygood and – 1978
CH Rose Farm’s Moonbow W ROM, Judge Peter Knoop and owner Dee Hutchinson – 1977
CH Rose Farm’s Moonbow W ROM, Judge Denis Grivas and handler Howard Nygood
CH Rose Farm’s Moon Bound W, Judge Rose Heying and Owner Dee Hutchinson
After these, a few more came along and really made the ring come alive again and many of them became big winning Specials on the East Coast.
CH Rose Farm’s Ramble Bramble W and Judge Peter Monks for owner Dee Hutchinson. He was sired by Moon Bound, a Rockette son
CH Rose Farm’s Digger the Dawg W, a Ramble Bramble son, winning under Vince Perry for owner Dee Hutchinson
CH Rose Farm’s Hildegard W ROMX, Judge Roger Van and handler Hannelore Heller for owner Mrs. Albin Holder
Next are three Moon Rockette grandchildren, all sired by Rockette’s sire, Timber, and out of Rockette’s daughter, Moonbow. These three all finished quickly, and Gypsy Moth became the mother to several nice winners for the Bradauch Kennel.
CH Rose Farm’s Jay Ar W, Judge Ned Kaufmann and owner Dan Harrison
CH Rose Farm’s Rough and Ready W with Judge Barbara Lovering and owner Dan Harrison for co-owners Asa and Karen Mays. He was the best of the three Timber/Moonbow puppies we got
CH Rose Farm’s Gypsy Moth W and Judge Gerhardt Plaga and owner Dan Harrison. She became one of Lon Strauch and John Brading’s foundation bitches a few months later
Lastly comes CH Rose Farm’s Calcide SW ROMX, the WD and BW at DCA 1994 and a very nice Special who was, in his on way, probably a little bit better than Hobgoblin, but, with the added strength in the Variety, he never made his mark as a sire as Hobgoblin did. I feel that he was stronger in neck and neckset and with a nicer body. He is a great one to leave the Rose Farm adventure in Standard Wires as he was an improvement over the great one (Hobgoblin) they started with and it is always nice to leave with better dogs than you had at the beginning, even though Hobgoblin was a pretty hard one to beat.
Dee Hutchinson going Winners Dog, Best of Winners and Best Bred-By in show at the DCA in California in 1994 with CH Rose Farm’s Calcide SW
CH Rose Farm’s Calcide SW ROMX, shown by Bill McFadden for owner Vera Falco
Remember this lineup and appreciate how, as a Dachshund breeder, one can start with the best and maintain that quality for so many years, keeping the conformation and temperament up and maintaining the stellar achievements that one has to have in the Breed.
Written by Dan Harrison in December 2014
Pictures mostly supplied by Sandy Hutchinson Gray so many thanks are in order for her.