Gary, several years ago I contacted the head curator of the Andover Historical Society asking if he knew anything about Davies, Glen Rock Kennels, W.H. Foster or any of that. He said he knew practically nothing about it but had heard something. I told him that I knew where it all began and had some history of the birth of skeet and asked if he could help me through his position of head curator and I shared with him all that I knew. months went by.... I contacted him again and weeks went by without a response. I contacted him again and he said he had been compelled to put the whole thing on "the back burner" as he had more pressing issues. Many months later I found out through other sources that he had been working on it right along... I guess he wanted an exclusive. This is when I decided to work alone and began to try to contact the owner of the property that was formerly the Davies property. Unfortunately she passed away and I contacted her heirs (with some significant help from my daughter who informed me of the estate sale) and was able to gain access to the property and the old kennel houses. I wrote very briefly of it on pg. 42 of the Summer 2012 issue of Parker Pages.
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