Who are these gentlemen?

[Drew Hause]

The figment of his former self Destry?

[charlie cleveland]

never seen destrey so thin and looks like he has bought a new pipe.....looks like hes still shooting the higgins.... charlie

[Bill Murphy]

Our hero, Destry, was headed for Argentina with a squareback and a backup.

[CSL]

Drew, That is good early time-line info you provided on Young...

Given the date of this photo and the appearance of his double gun, I would say it is indeed a Smith that Charles is holding... In the 2 images below you can see Chas was certainly a snappy dresser at competition shoots, his Smith looks to have a thin recoil pad and also a leather hand protector on the barrels... You can also see the shooter sitting next to him has a higher grade straight grip Parker with the original style SSBP... I wonder if O'l Sparrow was shooting a Smith Pigeon grade during that 1899-1900 time period?...

Best, CSL
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[Drew Hause]

Chris: Dr Jim is currently doing a bit of Smith international missionary evangelism but upon his return I might be able to pursuade him to check the records to see if "Sparrow" received a Pigeon gun.
BTW: DGJ should publish Smith Pigeon Gun infro soon. We'll see if some of the interesting rib images made the final edit

[Bill Murphy]

Isn't the extra "hitch" on the back of the grip checkering a clue to its grade?

[Drew Hause]

Good eye Bill!

Probably an A1 (offered 1892-1898) rather than a Pigeon.

[David Noble]

Originally Posted by Christopher Lien

Drew,
Second image:... The portly fellow toeing the 28-yd line with the derby head gear and relaxed suspenders, appears to be the revered Omaha shooter Frank Parmalee who preferred his Parker's configured sans doll-head... I have an original old photo showing Frank seated with his Parker ...... I'll try and post an image later today...

Best, CSL
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Sometime ago.. about 1987 or '88 I was set up at the Dallas gun show with my now deceased friend Lawton Williams who was displaying for sale a BH 12 guage Live Bird gun with the doll's head removed from the barrel and permanently installed in it's slot in the receiver. The gun had all floral and scroll engraving. Could it have been....?

[Bill Murphy]

Mark Conrad once had a BH, scroll engraved pigeon gun with no doll's head. I don't think it had a removed doll's head in the receiver, however. It is now owned by another PGCA member.

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

And where were these fellows shooting?
There seems to be a grand stand in the left background and quite a house, lake and sailboat(s) in the right background?