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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: June 6, 2009
Caption: Tampa Bay Hotel Grounds and park
Additional Description: A statue called Au Coup de Fusil, or the Hunting Party, can be found right outside the hotel. These two bronze hounds were cast in France by Maurice Denonvilliers in 1890. Originally, they faced south rather than north, and their rapt attention was focused on a small bronze squirrel placed in a low hanging oak limb. However the squirrel eventually was stolen and the dogs were moved to their current location. Supposedly the two dogs represent Mr. Plant's personal favorite hunting dogs, and the hotel itself had kennels stocked with hunting dogs for guests use on hunting expeditions.
Submitted: June 18, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p67532
File Size: 2.915 Megabytes

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