Gender: Male
Color: BLK
Whelp Date: 0/0/1872
Date of Death: 0/0/0
Website: dai.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/TheLabradorDogItsHomeAndHistory.pdf
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Other Qualifications or Notes:
It is on record that the fifth Duke of Buccleuch in 1839<br>took his Labrador "Moss" in his yacht to Naples; Lord<br>Home, who was with him, took his Labrador, ''Drake''.<br>In 1858 J. Craw went from The Hirsel (Lord Home's)<br>to Netherby as gamekeeper, taking some of these dogs with<br>him. In 1872 Sir Frederick Graham of Nether by bred<br>Kielder by Boatswain from Lord Home out of Nell from<br>the Duke of Buccleuch. Between 1865 and 1875, and pro-<br>bably before, black water-dogs arrived at Poole Harbour<br>from Newfoundland, and were acquired by Lord Mal-<br>mesbury, Lord Wimborne, Mr. Montagu Guest and Mr.<br>C. J. Radcliffe of Hyde, Wareham.<br>After many years the kennels of the Duke of Buccleuch<br>and Lord Home died out, but the pure strain was carried<br>on by others, whereby Nether by Kielder 1872, and the<br>Duke of Hamilton's Sam 1884 (descended from the dogs<br>originally imported) were bred. It vvas said that Lord<br>Home's Kennel died out after J. Craw left The Hirsel.<br>The first Earl Cairns lived at Bournemouth, and in the<br>early eighties of the last century, Lord Dalkeith and Lord<br>Home spent several winters at Bournemouth ; whence<br>they used to go to Hurn Court as guests of Lord. Malmes-<br>bury for shooting.<br>It is probable that the illness in their respective families<br>at that time was a large factor in preserving the Labrador<br>retriever from the extinction which overtook the famous<br>kennel at Hurn Court a few years later.<br>It is also probable that Lord Malmesbury gave his dogs<br>to these two friends, hoping that they would carry on the<br>breed after his death, in purity. A hope which was justified.<br>The third Earl of Malmesbury, I8o7-188g, gave them<br>the following dogs: Ned I882, Avon 1885, Nell 1886,<br>to Lord Dalkeith, afterwards sixth Duke of Buccleuch ;<br>Dinah 1885 to Lord Home ; · and Juno, I885, and Smut<br>188s, brother and sister, to the Hon. Herbert, after-<br>wards third Earl Cairns, who subsequently gave Juno and<br>Smut to Mr. F. B. Barnett. |