I can't explain the incestuous relationship between distributors and dealers in the early days. Somehow they all made a few bucks. My GHE (originally a GH) is a 98,000 series gun. Parker probably received an order from Spalding for a gun like they had already put away for Simmons. Simmons wouldn't have missed a gun or two from their large orders. I doubt that the gun was ordered for Mr. Spalding himself.
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