John Henry Patterson

Ray Holland Field & Stream editor?

That would make sense - do you have a picture of Ray Holland we could compare?





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Nope, this is Ray Holland...


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If it were some notable person among our circles, someone would have recognized him by now. It is probably just a random friend of his

Could be a random friend I suppose but Spiller had a lot of distinguished and not so “random” friends and associates.

I’m going to make it my ‘life’s mission’ to discover who he is....

So please, if anyone thinks he knows who this man is, post it here. And pictures supporting your opinion would be good.



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Dean, shot in the dark here...google 'William Barber Haynes goose and duck shooting' and look at images. You'll see a picture of him holding a some geese. Not sure, but there is a faint similarity. Question is, was this Haynes cat an upland hunter traveling in Spiller's circles. Good luck on your search.

I uploaded two pictures from my book.

The guy looks a little like the person on this book cover by Arthur MacDougall Jr.


http://www.outdoorsportinglibrary.co...ed-206x300.jpg

I can't find an image of MacDougall to know if the book cover is a rendering of the author. MacDougall was born in 1896.

Ken

Brian - that’s the closest I’ve seen yet.





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