Count Noble
The National Bird Dog Museum Grand Junction, Tennessee | |
| Known for | Hunting dog and show dog |
|---|---|
| Owner | Benjamin Frederick Wilson |
| Parent(s) | Count Windom (sire) Nora (dam)[1] |
Count Noble (August 1, 1879 – January 20, 1891) was a dog
His owner, Captain Benjamin Frederick Wilson, was a banker and coal barge operator.[2] While he was well known for his hunting prowess and show skills, it was his prepotency, the ability to pass on his best traits to his progeny, that made him the most famous.[2] In 1880, he won the national amateur Derby dog show.[1] He was so famous that owners of other setters refused to compete in shows with him.[1] Other shows offered special inducements in order to encourage his owner to compete.[1]
Writing in 1904, Joseph A. Graham gives this description of Count Noble: "A large white-black-tan dog, long in the body and not considered a well proportioned setter. He weighed sixty pounds."[3]
A portrait of Count Noble by Edmund Osthaus hangs in the first-floor reading room of the Duquesne Club.[2]
Following his death, his
In 2011,
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Death of Count Noble - A Famous Setter Dog Expires Near Pittsburg" (PDF). The New York Times. January 22, 1891. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-30. Alt URL[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Pitz, Marylynne (January 23, 2011). "Honoring Count Noble, the 'Man O'War of English setters'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ Graham, Joseph A. (1904). The Sporting Dog ... With Many Illustrations. New York: Macmillan Company. p. 61.
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