When Frank Burgess ran it , he & all of his leather was top notch .
He carried quality and his friendliness and response to orders was second to none.
I spent a goodly amount with him through out the 1980's & early 90's
He had Family in Germany, and would travel there from time to time. I'm guessing it was about 1993-4 he sold the Business
to retire and spend more time traveling. At least that's the time frame I recall ,and what he told me back then.
The new owner, at first kept up , but his manor was not the same, business began to suffer.
It was tough to get him to answer the phone , to order.
By that time, Doug Kidd, David Carrico were well known with really good horse equipment.
F. Burgess & Co. just seemed to ceased to be.
I lost touch with Frank after he sold out, I heard sometime ago he had gone over