More likely to be European hares, keeping in mind many of the best engravers employed by Parker Brothers were trained in Europe and in particular, the British Isles. The long faces are those more of hares than of rabbits.
But then, on further investigation, the jack rabbit of the American Southwest is actually a hare and not a rabbit at all...
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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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