This was just sent to me by a long-time friend and esteemed PGCA collector to illustrate my post about the patent stamp for the hickory reinforcing rod.
Parker Brothers displayed this gun, a Damascus barreled 12 gauge BHE at the 1904 Worlds Fair.
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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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