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TrackingDates : Sunday April 25th (A combined TD/ TDX test will be held in the morning and VST test will be held in the evening. Plotting will take place on Saturday, April 24th.) Location: TD, TDX, and VST tracking tests will be offered at two different offsite locations during our 2010 anniversary show. Both test sites are located less than 12 miles from the host hotel and it is only 4 miles from the TD/TDX site to the VST test site. The combined TD/TDX test will be held offsite on US Army Corps of Engineers property located above and below the dam on Lake Texoma in Denison, Texas. Use GoogleEarth to view the site: Search: 351 Corps Road, Denison, Texas 75020 The VST test will be held off site at the Texoma Medical Center complex in Denison. Please note - Texoma Medical Center has more than one location in Denison, Texas. ALL VST tracking activities will take place at their 1000 Memorial Drive location. Use GoogleEarth to view the site: Search: 1000 Memorial Drive, Denison, Texas 75020 Judges : TD/TDX - Tannis Witherspoon and Sally J. Elkins VST- Carol Ruthenberg and Robert Brown Event Chair: Test Secretary : Sarah Helber Test: We will offer 4 Tracking Dog (TD), 4 Tracking Dog Excellent (TDX), and 5 Variable Surface Tracker (VST) tracks. PremiumPremium lists will be available as PDF downloads from either the event pages on the left or from the Downloads sections of this website. All spectators are welcome! Please feel free to come join the tracking gallery and watch our tracking dogs and handlers work! Entry FeesIn a special effort to honor those who have blazed the path in Tracking before us, we will offer historic entry fees to all tracking entrants for our 50th Anniversary National Specialty. Accordingly, the 2010 entry fees will reflect the exact price charged for each test in the FIRST YEAR it was offered at any ABTC National Specialty. Our 2010 entry fees are: TD - $15.00 - Honoring the first
TD test which was offered way back in 1983 in Colorado.
Additional TD/TDX Information TD Trackers - TD Photos show vegetation length, types and overall terrain shown in these photos is what can be expected throughout the available tracking area. The photos were all taken on the morning of 25 April - exactly one year from when our tests will take place. Accordingly, the vegetation growth should be close to the same in 2010. It's hard to believe we now have LESS than one year until 2010 begins! Please note the abundance of wild flowers in the area. East Texas is famous for them and particularly at this time of year they are bountiful. I wish the sun had been shining when I took these photos, they would have shown up much better. The 25th was a cloudy day and VERY windy. Our TD trackers should be aware they will be tracking fields containing lots of wild flowers. TDX Trackers - TDX photos show vegetation that will range from quite short to well over knee high and trackers should expect the tracks to go through some wooded areas. Additional VST InformationVST Trackers - VST photos show the typical VST offerings such as asphalt, concrete, curbs, buildings, manicured grass, etc.
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