Our boy Destry has had a rough Holiday season. His dear Mother has been quite ill. His (our) faithful Mitchell's Bay guide has been arrested (again) and struck from the licensed guide list. Nevertheless, Destry will soon and once again don his fanciful alternative persona of Capt. Adam Bogardus in order to attempt to gain The Sterling Watch in another of his series of matches against the formidable, Fred Kimble. Now lately of Vienna, GA rather than Peoria, IL, Fred aka our own John Davis awaits Parker in hand to venture north to battle Bogardus...Nevetheless, it appears (one of) Destry's(many) quests may have been fulfilled. Timely intervention on-line by an oft disappointed backer of Bogardus in an auction against the evil denizen of the Doublegun BBS, the Malevolent Memphian, one "Homeless Joe" was successful and DeHo will finally have his W&C Scott, "BOGARDUS CLUB GUN"....Capt. B was an early innovator of product tie ins and promotion...like his nemesis "Doc" Carver, Bogardus was a great shot but essentially a self-promoting "carny". His association with the great firm of Scott has left us with these little artifacts of his simpler world, like this 10 bore
