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Colonel Le Poer Trench’s “Russian Retrievers”
His later dogs were all heavy and coarse. Colonel Le Poer Trench was a fought in the Second Opium War. He returned to Ireland and represented County Galway in Parliament, but he soon moved onto other...
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Noranby Sandy
Noranby Sandy was born in 1910, and he was a middle to light gold dog. Had either pale gold or cream shadings. He was run in field trials, but he never won a conformation championship. He was just two...
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Noranby Jeptha
I have posted this photo of Ch. Noranby Jeptha before, but I have resized the image so that one can get a better look at her. She was born in 1925, and in addition to her conformation championship,...
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Higher resolution version of this photo
You can see the somewhat lighter tawny gold shadings on the darker dogs. From left to right these dogs are: Silence of Tone, Noranby Black-eyed Susan, Ch. Noranby Diana (my favorite of the prewar...
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Three generations of golden bitches
Noranby Black-eyed Susan is the center. Her daughter, Silence of Tone, is on the right, and Silence of Tone’s puppy, Saucy of Buckhold, is sitting at atention– almost as if she were as disciplined as...
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1930’s model golden retrievers
Winifred Charlesworth, the woman most instrumental in creating a distinct golden retriever breed, with some of her Noranby goldens. And the modern version: Ginger, photo courtesy of Djanick Michaud of...
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