[Roscoe]

For historical purposes only:

I have in my hands a letter dated 25 June 1975.
Back then I used to make collars/leads/harnesses and stuff just for pit
dogs.

The letter is from a great guy named A.D. Castelli of South Florida. AD had
a house dog named "Savage Captain Bob", a red nose Pit Bull of about 85 lbs. I used
to make and repair 'Hog' collars (Catch Collars) for AD as he and "Bob"
would tangle with wild boar now and then. Well, here goes:

Dear Bob,
Your "Max" is one fine dog. I am interested in that fighting harness you
have on him. How would that work keeping a hog from cutting a dog? I am
sending you under seperate cover a catch collar that we use to protect our
dogs throat. Hoping you can repair it.

It needs a new strap. I like two straps instead of one but the guy I had
make it only put one on it. It slides around a lot.

About two weeks ago "Bob" was cut up so bad by a Russian Boar that we almost
lost him. We were hunting at night when its coolest. And to make a long
story short "Bob" jumped a 360 lb Russian and they were fighting a long
time, too long because "Bob" won't quit and he didn't have any help. He was
slowly bleeding out. It took 318 stitches to sew his throat, chin and
inside his mouth. You could have stuck a beer can thru his chin into his
mouth!. He was holding the boar by his tusk when we got there. It was the
only way. That hog didn't squeal once; not even when I shot him in the
spine to break his back. It was the quietest fight I ever witnessed.
Neither one trying to run. "Bob" was shakin him like a gator and so was the
boar. Both game as hell.

I think I am going to retire "Bob" from hunting as he's just been cut up too
much lately and I am afraid he'll get killed.

Your friend,
A.D. Castelli