I wonder if E. H. Hotchkiss was related to the Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon's (1882) and the Hotchkiss Machine Gun's (1914) inventor Benjamin Hotchkiss of Watertown, CT... about 15 miles from Meriden.
http://www.madehow.com/inventorbios/...Hotchkiss.html
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Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
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George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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