August 2008
This is a photo of Paul and Cathern Essman, dated October 1977. Paul and Cathern lived in Columbus, Ohio and were best friends to my mother Emma Nance; all three were founding members of the Central Ohio Dachshund Club. Paul was a mail carrier for the US Postal Service. Cathern worked as an expert seamstress and she made her husband's suits and their daughter's wedding dress.
Paul's sister Eileen was married to beagler Bob Altiere. Bob Altiere was a prominent member of Indian Springs Beagle Club in Johnstown, Ohio. Paul and Cathern Essman and Bob Altiere were instrumental in starting dachshund field trials in Ohio which, for several years, were held at Indian Springs Beagle Club.Other Indian Springs beaglers included Preston Current, Greenville Burton, Bob Allen, Al Uhrig, Ken Stump, Al Stump, Gene Chandler, and Sam Childers. All were very hospitable to the dachshund people and most of them judged at our trials.
Nearly all these people are gone now. Cathern died a few years ago, Paul passed away this spring. The Central Ohio Dachshund Club owes them a large debt of gratitude. They were both very diligent, tireless workers and officers of the club for many years. Their efforts and energy were in large part responsible for the fact that, at that time, Central Ohio was the only dachshund club other than Dachshund Club of America to host conformation shows, obedience trials, and field trials. Central Ohio also hosted the first ever DCA Regional Field Trial.
The Essmans bred miniature wirehairs with the prefix Doxman's. Their FC Doxman's Jo Jo was the first Ohio Field Champion and there was at least one trial where he was the ONLY Field Champion. Times have changed! Numbers of trials and trial participants have grown by huge leaps since then but the people who were active when I began field trialing will always have a place in my heart.
Paul's sister Eileen was married to beagler Bob Altiere. Bob Altiere was a prominent member of Indian Springs Beagle Club in Johnstown, Ohio. Paul and Cathern Essman and Bob Altiere were instrumental in starting dachshund field trials in Ohio which, for several years, were held at Indian Springs Beagle Club.Other Indian Springs beaglers included Preston Current, Greenville Burton, Bob Allen, Al Uhrig, Ken Stump, Al Stump, Gene Chandler, and Sam Childers. All were very hospitable to the dachshund people and most of them judged at our trials.
Nearly all these people are gone now. Cathern died a few years ago, Paul passed away this spring. The Central Ohio Dachshund Club owes them a large debt of gratitude. They were both very diligent, tireless workers and officers of the club for many years. Their efforts and energy were in large part responsible for the fact that, at that time, Central Ohio was the only dachshund club other than Dachshund Club of America to host conformation shows, obedience trials, and field trials. Central Ohio also hosted the first ever DCA Regional Field Trial.
The Essmans bred miniature wirehairs with the prefix Doxman's. Their FC Doxman's Jo Jo was the first Ohio Field Champion and there was at least one trial where he was the ONLY Field Champion. Times have changed! Numbers of trials and trial participants have grown by huge leaps since then but the people who were active when I began field trialing will always have a place in my heart.