Thanks John.

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Very interesting letter John.

The guns were made in 1897, the year that Titanic Steel barrels were first introduced. Acme Steel came on the scene several years later. The choices for Grade 4 hammerless Parker barrel steel were Damascus, Bernard, Titanic and then Acme.

And the gun was subsequently sold to a M. H. Hogan of Torrington, CT...... I wonder if there was a connection between M. H. Hogan and our former Parker Pages editor, Austin W. Hogan or his father Austin S. Hogan.

This is a great thread Dave!





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A.W.'s older son Noel had already left for his "front" in North Africa and Palestine. Noel, having previously served in India and the Boer War, progressed up the ranks quickly. He was a Major when he got to Libya, was a Colonel by the time he was in Egypt, and was a Brigadier commanding the 159th Infantry Brigade, 53rd Welsh Division, when they advanced into Palestine with General Allenby.[/QUOTE]

Dave, do you remember having cocktails and hors d'oeuvres with General Allenby's granddaughter at the last Vintage Cup held at Sandanona? Apparently her escort for the banquet stood her up (or 'Scotched out') and she approached our little standup cocktail table and asked if she could join us. Very elegant and attractive lady, a walking encyclopedia of British social, military and cultural history. I think she wound up buying a ranch in Texas for her U.S. digs, in addition to the family estate back on the old sod. Fascinating woman!

Can we hunt on her property? More important, was I in the group that this lady approached at Sandanona? Don't give the newcomers too much information about early Sandanona cocktail parties, Kevin.

Well, I don't know Bill - were you? I think you would have remembered her! She might let you hunt on her ranch if you buy one of her Springers...

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I do remember back in 2005 this lady leaving her infant with us while we were drinking wine, and you were enjoying a cigar, outside our motel room while she went inside to change.

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I remember seeing her.





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Best I can do from her handwriting on the back of the photo she is Angelene Rockwood and the child is Jeffrey "The Littlest Vintager".

I’ve been to all the Vintage Cups and the Sandanona years are my favorites! Given the current state of covid affairs, I’m doubtful they’ll be a VC this year!

The way things have been going, everything is on until a couple of weeks prior, and then they get cancelled. School around here is coming up in a few weeks. Public schools are going online and we are just waiting for the boys' schools to follow suit