My grandfather raised airedales as well as setters for hunting. I have pictures of him with his airedales and setters from just after 1900 to about 1910. Since he lived in Hazleton, PA, his available bird of choice would have been the ruffed grouse with pheasants only after a trip a bit south. Granddad probably never saw a bobwhite in the field. He was the proprietor of a saloon (café is the polite term used in his obituary late in prohibition) and a pigeon ring, so he didn't get out much.
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