Aha!... "The Little Gun" was finished in the dusty little plant down in Meriden in November 1889."
That makes perfect sense Dave, and Foster, being a true Parker man and editor and publisher of two sporting magazines while writing NEGS, would very likely have known that fact. Thanks very much Dave - Good thinking, I'm going with that!
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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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