A fitting requiem for ol' Fred "Jelly Belly" Preston. What a likable guy he was.
I bought a set of Bernard barrels from him almost fifteen years ago - I've shown them here a couple of times. He had some nice Parkers too. He was a very decent man.
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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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