Wilson tried to toss his coat over the dog to subdue it, but the dog savaged his hand and wrist until J.M. shot it. Wilson took blood poisoning and very nearly died. His was an excruciatingly painful wound. The famous Craig was its father and his son was the double of him. Maybe Geoff Billingham is right.
All dog training is regrets.
Wilson and his wife had no children, but J.M had proteges. Dougie Lamb remembers being in the beer tent midway through a National trial when J.M. came bursting in. Everybody set down their drams. Out there is a man you can learn from. That man was Jock Richardson, who was as gifted with dogs as J.M. was and, perhaps, a bit kinder.