H.H. MOORE CLARET
By Paul Edward V. Tan and Noel R. Dimatulac (2009)
The H.H. Moore Claret originated from the old man Mr.
H.H. Moore who used to work for Madigin where he got
those Clarets. The Clarets were not that good then until
it was infused with Murphy Whitehackle blood, which
made these Clarets great. The H.H. Moore Claret had
enough strength and gameness, while it still retained
its cutting ability, which they were known for. It is
from the infusion of the whitehackle blood that made
them come Light Hackled and Yellow Legged.
When H.H. Moore died, his friend Clarence Tucker inherited
all the yards. Subsequently, a retired teacher, by the
name of Carol Higginson of Prove, "Maple Mountain" Utah got Clarets from Clarence Tucker.
Carol Higginson calls his Clarets as the Maple Mountain
Clarets naming his beloved feathered warrior after his
home town "Maple Mountain". Mr.
Higginson has been breeding these fine Clarets for more
than 30 years, before he retired from the sport.
Through years of propagating and improving the bloodline,
the Clarets turned out to be White Legged, Straight
Comb and has a fighting characteristic of a good breaker
(salto) coupled with tremendous cutting ability. This
bloodline is a ring general that knows how to get the
job done in just a flashing cut.
As a caveat, however, this bloodline is not suited
for stag fighting, because they mature like wine. Nevertheless,
when they are ripe for the picking, they will tremendously
cut, cut and cut...
Due to the long years of breeding, however, inbreeding
depression may have diluted the gameness. Notwithstanding
the fact that the Maple Mountain Clarets gameness
may have been diminished by the long years of breeding,
this was not the decadence of the bloodline. In fact,
Ray Alexander, a famous American Breeder said: "Clarets
are not the gamest of all the bloodlines, but they are
the winningest."
Thus, according to the originator of these Maple Mountain
Clarets, the best fighting concoction to make superb
killing machines is to blend these Clarets with fine
Hatches. Therefore, the infusion improves the gameness,
bone conformation and toughness.
In 1983, CARSON FARM published in a 1983 Gamecock
Magazine a 2-time Derby Winner--an offspring of Carol
Higginson's Original Clarets. Mike Everett got interested,
and a friendship was developed with CARSON FARM. When
Mike Everett of Axtel, Texas, a man knowledgeable in
the field of genetics, laid his hands with the Clarets
of Carol Higginson, he gifted CARSON FARM with a Yellow
Legged H.H. Moore Claret.
Through CARSON FARM's meticulous breeding and selection
the gameness-lacking slasher, was transformed into a
new formidable feathered warrior built with cutting
and gameness. Thereafter, the newly improved and game
Claret was formed and it was known as the CARSON FARM
H.H. Moore Clarets.
CARSON FARM was blessed to have acquired the White
Legged Maple Mountain Clarets from Carol Higginson and
the Yellow Legged H.H. Moore Clarets from Mr. Mike Everett
of Axtel , Texas.
Through a strong friendship and bond with Mike Everett,
the H.H. Moore Claret has now proven its name in the
pit, especially when crossed with Sweaters, Roundheads
and Blueface Hatch. The H.H. Moore Claret is now one
of the most treasured bloodline in the farm.
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