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Dixi
v.d. Karlsschlucht became Boxer of the Year
in 1950 in East Germany. His line, which on
both his sire and dam’s side went back
to Buten v Elbufer, the son of Lustig v Dom
and winner of the World title Thea v Isebeck,
was continued through his sons Punsch and
Ch. Pirol von Rosenheim. Pirol had a number
of daughters from which, towards the end of
the sixties, a number of successful Boxers
originated. His daughter Dolli aus dem Ostland
was the greatdam of: Ch. Carlo Ut Gütsel
and Ch. Eros v. Heideloh. Also in direct dam
line his daughters Ch. Camma v. Letzten Hafen
through Ch. Bele and Lira v Schütting
to Ch. Iko v Springbach and Hekla v Lessterbruch
through Chauke v Schütting to the trio
of winners: Ulk, Us-Rania and Us-Ranus v.d.
Reisterstadt Verden.
As
already mentioned, at the beginning and after
the Second World War many useful breeding
animals were sold abroad. To overcome the
difficult years of war and to obtain food
for man and animal, many litters were produced.
The breed naturally suffered as there were
no breed shows at which inferior animals could
be sorted out. The countless puppies of which
many were taken to America by the occupation
forces, could no longer influence the breed
there. During the many years of strict inbreeding
on the progeny of the imports Dorian, Lustig
and Utz, one produced many typey Boxers, but
the size and substance had been lost. At that
time Ch. Warlord of Mazelaine, Ch. Merry Monarch,
Ch. Mazelaine’s Zazarac Brandy were
well known and Ch. Bang Away of Sirrah Crest
was the superstar in the American show ring.
In
Germany Edler v.d. Fuhlenburg had become a
successful show and stud dog. Edler was especially
instrumental in spreading his pronounced head
type. His sons Asbach and Achmed v Quellenbusch
were very successful as stud dogs as well
as in the show ring. Achmed, especially, produced
a number of very good Boxers. This progeny
also had a positive influence on the breed.
His most beautiful son was Asbach v.d. Malergilde.
Another Edler son, who like his sire passed
on especially good heads, was Quick v Ostara.
During this time the impressive Ch. Jonny
v.d. Donnersburg often won at shows. On his
sire side through Asbach v.d. Malergilde and
on his dam’s side through Quick v. Ostara
he went back to Edler. The Quick daughters
Dolly v.d. Donnersburg, (the dam of Jonny)
and Erda v. Wetterschacht, (the greatdam of
Dirk v Höhholz) proved themselves as
prepotent dams.
In
1949 the USA and England prepared a phenomenal
welcome for Mrs Stockmann when she judged
there. The influence of her key dogs Sigurd
v Dom, his son Zorn v Dom, his grandsons Utz
and Lustig v Dom brought her much respect
on both sides of the Atlantic. No matter where
one goes, it becomes apparent how well acquainted
one is with Mrs Stockmann’s unique position
in the Boxer breed. Her extraordinarily interesting
and educational book, A Life with Boxers,
is read everywhere in the world. Her illustrations
are invaluable.
With
Abra Dabra of Sirrah Crest and Mazelaine’s
Czardas, two males came from the USA to Mrs
Stockmann, who in the 4th and 5th generation
virtually exclusively traced back to the prepotent
sires Dorian v Marienhof, Lustig and Utz v
Dom. Abra Dabra produced very successfully
for the V Dom kennel. The most well known
dogs that went back on him were Primus, Rival
and Godewind v Dom.
Like
his kennel mates Primus and Rival, Godewind
was exhibited at very few shows. He managed,
against nearly 300 competitors, to become
the most beautiful Boxer in Europe as the
first winner at ATIBOX. In the bitch classes,
Ch. Elettra di San Leonardo was the winner.
Godewind’s grandsire was the lovely
Bel Ami v Wikingblut. His especially correct
lay of croup and strong hindquarter, which
resulted from a half brother/half sister mating
on Abra Dabra of Sirrah Crest, which was obviously
a fixed trait from his American breeding,
was very impressive. The best son of Godewind
was Ch. Dirk v Höhholz who far surpassed
all his other progeny. Through his elegant
general appearance he was, for every Boxer
lover, a picture to behold. Through his lovely
harmonious general appearance, Ch. Eclipse
Della Val Di Senio, also made a good impression.
Of
Dirk’s son’s Ch. Erasmus v Nassau-Oranien
became a desired stud dog. With his beautiful
body he was very similar to his grandsire
Godewind. He became very influential especially
through his typey daughters. Among others
through Carin v.d. Sedanschlucht, the mother
of the excellent males Patrick and Peer v.
Elsavatal; Quasi v.d. Donnersburg with her
beautiful daughter Undine v.d. Donnersburg
and with Bessy v.d. Engelsburg as the dam
of the great Ch. Carlo von Henningshof.
With
Erasmus and his excellent sister Elektra,
their breeder Willibald Wendel had a special
litter. Here the lines of Godewind v. Dom
and Witherford Hot Chestnut were deftly combined.
This fusion recalls the famous union of the
lines behind Lustig v Dom with the progeny
of Dorian v Marienhof, which, in America and
England, was not for nothing referred to as
“the classic combination of our breed”.
As
in America, the interest in the Boxer Breed
developed very slowly in Britain. The first
Boxer to be registered in 1933 with the British
Kennel Club was the bitch Cilly v. Rothenburg
imported from Germany. Of some of the others
that were imported from Germany prior to the
Second World War only the two Lustig children
Alma v.d. Frankenwarte and Zünftig v
Dom as well as Gretl v.d. Boxerstadt had an
influence. Gretl was imported in whelp to
the Caesar son, Hansl v Biederstein. This
litter produced the first English bred Boxer
champion: Horsa of Leith Hill.
During
the Second World War, the breed development
also slowed down noticeably. Only after the
war the influence of essentially three lines
led the Boxer to its great popularity experienced
in England today.
However,
firstly one looked to America, where the leading
German representatives had helped the breed
to the best type and looks. While the imports
from America only gradually influenced the
breed, directly after the first war years
German and Dutch imports influenced the breed
more strongly. Well-known imports that descended
from Lustig were Gernot v.d. Herreneichen,
Champus v.d. Fischerhütte and Collo v
Dom.
A
leading role in the development of the British
Boxer breed was played by Holger v Germania,
bred in Germany out of Favorit v Haus Germania
descended from the Lustig grandson Rex v Hohenneuffen
and Axel v Bad Oeyn bred back on Rex V Hohnneuffen.
Most of the Boxers from successful kennels
trace back to these two dogs. These two dogs
and the Dutch imports linebred on the fabulous
Lustig daughter Ch. Idella v Pfarrkirchen,
Ch. Favorit, Ch. Faust and Helios v. Haus
Germania led to the first highpoint the British
Boxer breeders experienced in the fifties.
Outstanding representatives from this time
were Ch. Orburn Kekeri and her son Ch. Winkinglight
Viking, Winkinglight Jandan Jupiter with son
Ch. Winkinglight Justice as well as the much
lauded Champions Gremlin Inkling and Wardrobes
Miss Mink.
In
l96O Pat Withers of England sent the 14 week
old puppy Witherford Hot Chestnut to me. He
was the result of a half brother/half sister
mating going back on Ch. Witherford Crystal
Clear. His dam traced back through Helios,
Faust and Favorit v Haus Germania to Lustig
v Dom as well as through Nurmi v. Marienwerder
to Ulk v Dom, whose sire was Droll v Taubenhäusl.
Ch.
Witherford Dawn Sky, the sire of Witherford
Hot Chestnut, on his dam’s side went
back to Xanti v Dom, who was imported from
Germany by Pat Withers. The good hindquarter
of the Americans was the main point of interest.
Xanti came from a half brother/half sister
mating on Abra Dabra of Sirrah Crest, who
produced good hindquarters. The dam of Dawn
Sky was a great granddaughter of Mazelaines
Texas Ranger, who was a full brother to Ch.
Bang Away of Sirrah Crest. In this way the
lines of Xanti v Dom and Mazelaines Texas
Ranger, the descendants of Dorian v Marienhof
were brought into the lines of the concentrated
Lustig v Dom lines of Ch. Witherford Crystal
Clear.
The
foundation bitch of all Witherford Boxers
was the granddaughter of Ch. Holger v Germania.
For her first litter she was bred back directly
to Lustig through the dominant Wikinglight
Jandan Jupiter, who was also a grandson of
Holger and Faust v Haus Germania. A bitch
out of this combination was again bred with
her sire Jupiter and so the German lines were
concentrated in two British Champions, Witherford
Sweet Talk and Witherford Crystal Clear.
Witherford
Hot Chestnut came to Germany out of a far
removed English genetic pool. Through the
clever inbreeding on the lines of his close
ancestors he proved a dominant sire with most
of the German bitches by stamping his progeny
with his positive characteristics. Already
in the first litters with our own bitches
one could recognise his family type. Three
champions were made up from these litters.
Despite this, German breeders were slow to
use him. They appeared to be very skeptical
towards this “foreigner” who came
from uncontrolled breeding as to the bad traits
he may produce. The first breeders to use
him were outside Germany: Mrs Cloppenburg
from Holland, Dr Bosi from Italy and Julien
Letellier from France. Hot Chestnut was five
years old when he became “Bundessieger”
and an International Champion and won the
Winners title at the world exhibition in 1965
in Czechoslovakia. When at the age of 9 he
retired as a stud dog, he had sired 42 Champions
in and outside of Germany and more than 50
progeny with certificates towards championship
titles.
Some
time ago the Boxer Klub EV München carried
out an
analysis of Witherford Hot Chestnut's pedigree.
In the analysis up to the 9th and 10th generation,
the ancestral contribution of three legendary
Boxers stands out: 141 times Lustig von Dom
and in turn his sire Zorn von Dom 186 times
and his dam Esta v.d. Würm 142 times.
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