All:
M.V. Highsmith has surpassed 85 years and is on a slipperly downhill slope. His short-term memory is lacking but he still goes to work most days. I spent hours with him, inquiring and reading from his library(after he retired for the evening after several stiff highballs of "Wild Turkey" and springwater) as well as getting clues on doubles that I took with me. I also had to repair icemaker("Wild Turkey" highballs w/out ice is a crime), assist Mrs. Highsmith in purchasing a LCD tv and other sundry things. I plan to return in the near future to inquire more. High referred to the Becker as a "Super Fox." We talked of Horace who defined Capt. Harold Money, an Englishman(Limey(?) according to Highsmith), as the "De Shootinest Gent'man." He had another book by an Englishman from the turn of the century by Capt. Money with different initials(Blue Rock) on Pigeon Shooting, whose photo was somewhat similar. Yes, sandwiched between pages 140-141 is a plate with "Frank" and an 1893 converted to 1897 Winchester trombone and the flip side is "Bo-Whoop" and the 1893 converted to 1897, which Mr. M.V. Highsmith adamantly referred to as "a 1897." More later.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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