Historical dossiers
Research dossier
Editorial evidence is separate from accepted ancestry. Original records and prior revisions are retained.
Plumber’s Alligator is the black male reported from Tudor’s Nigger and Williams’ Satin Lady. FIAPBT attributes his breeding to Williams and historical ownership to The Plumbers. GameDogs lists a historical pit weight of 25.4 kg (56 lb); this is not a habitual or present-day weight. Hammonds’s recollections place Alligator, Rufus and subsequent branches in his breeding history. The family name, individual dog and later kennel programmes remain distinct. The 1997 Colby family history identifies Crenshaw’s Red Boy as Alligator’s great-grandsire and dates Red Boy to 16 January 1957. It places this relationship among Dime’s descendants, adding a published Colby-family connection rather than a new accepted pedigree.
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The dog and the family
Source-reportedADBA’s Gazette listing names Plumber’s Alligator; FIAPBT record 380 identifies the same historical name. Alligator is the canonical PITVU family label. Aligator is a search spelling, not a separately identified dog.
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Origins and chronology
Source-reportedFIAPBT reports a 1971 birth and associates the dog with Williams and The Plumbers. Those details lack inspected original documents. In his 2012 contribution, Hammonds places his transition toward the Alligator family in the early 1980s; these are distinct stages.
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Breeders and historical roles
Source-reportedHammonds describes Alligator, Soko and Renee in his recollections and discusses Satin Lady and Maurice Carver. Williams, The Plumbers and Hammonds have different reported roles. These historical associations do not identify a current owner or a registered kennel.
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Rufus and reported branches
Source-reportedHammonds’s book contribution describes Rufus as an Alligator–Satin Lady offspring, and discusses crosses involving Black Sister and other dogs. The interview also names Michelle, Spike and Snort. These are reported family references; no new accepted pedigree edges are created.
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Later breeding programmes
Source-reportedCentral Coast Kennel’s own Italian account reports receiving Humble Hail and Huckleberry Doodle from Catch Dog Enterprises and describes Showtime within an Alligator/Bolio/Tombstone context. That later programme is distinct from the founder dog and does not prove ancestry for other dogs carrying the label.
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Evidence and remaining unknowns
UnknownThe publisher’s listing and attributed breeder recollections are different evidentiary origins for recognition of the historical name. The interview and Hammonds’s book contribution are one witness, not two. Original birth and registry documents, independently corroborated parentage and complete chronology remain outstanding.
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Photographic record
UnknownThe selected historical photographic candidate is now displayed with an attributed-identity label under PITVU’s explicit editorial decision. Identification is not finally confirmed, and the legal status of republication remains undetermined. This decision does not establish permission, a free licence or public-domain status. The image’s source, available credit, original file and SHA-256 remain in its photographic provenance.
Source · fiapbt-380
Bibliography
Bibliography
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American Pit Bull Terrier Gazette, volume 45 — Alligator centerfold listing
American Dog Breeders Association · Primary record · Accessed
The publisher lists a reprinted centerfold of Plumber’s Alligator. This independently establishes editorial recognition of the name, not parentage, birth or photograph reuse permission. Page title says issue 1 while URL says issue 2; issue number is unresolved.
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Interview with Gary Hammonds
Gary Hammonds (interviewee); interviewer uncredited in this copy · About gamedogs & game dog (reprint) · Attributed interview · · Accessed
Attributed first-person recollections: Alligator line, Soko, Renee, Satin Lady, Rufus and later combinations. Original interview date and original publication are not established. Reprint date is not an event date. The 2012 Hammonds book contribution is the same witness, not independent corroboration.
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Pit Bulldogs: A Manual for Owners, revised edition — Gary Hammonds contribution, printed pages 25–27
Gary J. Hammonds, contribution in Bob Stevens’s book · Pine Haven Press · Attributed interview · · Accessed
The actual title page identifies Bob Stevens, revised 2012, ISBN 978-0-9857194-2-5; upload title is misleading. Attributed contributor describes early-1980s transition, Alligator, Renee, Soko, Rufus and Catch Dog Enterprises. Same witness as interview. No text passage or photographs are reproduced.
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FIAPBT public pedigree record 380 — Plumber’s Alligator
FIAPBT Pedigree / Villa Liberty · Catalog record · Accessed
External ID 380 reports the name, Williams as breeder, The Plumbers as owner, a 1971 birth, parents and named descendants. Underlying registry documents and independence from breeder recollections are not supplied. Exact date, registration, ownership and parentage remain unverified and are not copied into accepted registry fields. Image courtesy is not a reuse licence.
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Central Coast Kennel’s Showtime — breeder’s account
Central Coast Kennel (first-person kennel account) · Central Coast Kennel · Primary record · Accessed
The Italian account reports importing Humble Hail and Huckleberry Doodle from Hammonds’s Catch Dog Enterprises and identifies Showtime as a later Alligator/Bolio/Tombstone-associated dog. This is a later kennel’s own account, not independent validation of founder parentage. The English page principally displays a pedigree. No photographs are licensed by the inspected page.
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GameDogs — Plumber’s Alligator, record63919
GameDogs pedigree database · Catalog record · Accessed
Contributor-supplied historical reference, not a contemporary certificate or independent verification. Selected fields are explicitly labelled in the cited record. No birth country is inferred from owner nationality, names or standing; no pedigree links, COI, performance claims or missing dates are adopted.
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Louis B. Colby / Diane Jessup — Colby’s Book of the American Pit Bull Terrier (1997), later family captions
Louis B. Colby; Diane Jessup · T.F.H. Publications · Secondary history · · Accessed
Public OCR only; printed p.119 Dime caption reads death21 January1961 versus individual record451 comment20 January. Original page image not qualified. Birth-year OCR is corrupted/inconsistent elsewhere; no alternative birth inferred from those errors. Printed p.122 Crenshaw/Hobbs Rusty UKC329-545 is not Loposay Rusty UKC370923. Same1997 publication as existing colby-book snapshot49, distinct contextual locator, not an independent source. No protected prose or images republished.