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Originally Posted by Phil Yearout
Let's not forget William G. (Bill) Tapply who was given Burton Spiller's 20ga Parker.
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I love Bill's telling of the story of Burt's non-ceremonial passing of his Parker to young Bill.
In one of our several communications, when I was editor and shortly before he died, he gave me written permission to use that story, exactly as he wrote it or in any form I chose, and use it or publish it as I saw fit. To date I have not done so.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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