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Originally Posted by Gerald McPherson
Is the pointer a boy dog?
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That was a typical feature on dogs engraved during the period when Frederick Anschutz was chief engraver. When he died in 1930 that feature ended for the most part. I had been a proponent of those dogs having been engraved by him... but who knows. And now we see one engraved by Runge with that feature...
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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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