Mrs. Winifred "Peggy" Davis passed
away November 9, 2003 at the age of 98 years old. Peggy had multiple
German Shorthaired Pointer Dual Champions and several Field
Champions. She owned DC Timberlane's Ace (the first American &
Canadian Male Dual Champion) . Ace was on the cover of the first
edition of Bede Maxwell's book The New German Shorthaired. Peggy
handle all her dogs both in the ring and the field (50's &
60's). Bob Holcomb was her mentor and trainer till he was taken ill.
Her last dog was AFC/FC Timberlane's Grits Gus. She was campaigning
Gus in her mid 80's. Bob Deitering was her professional handler in
her elder years. Peggy, along with people like Dr. Marvin Brown, was
instrumental in getting Scatter Creek land donated for the use of
field trials.
We lost another Old Timer