[Richard Halstead]

The previous War Dog Trivia was answered by the first responder.
I hope this offers more discussion, most of this can be answered through Google searching. Answer one or all and an answer can be discssed.

Labrador Trivia

Name of the First AFC?

Name of the First FC?

Name of the first triple Champion?

First National Amateur Championship?

First Dual CH?

First CH?

Name the last Dual CH?

Owner of the most Dual CH’s?

Owner of the most NFC’s?

First Co-Champion or Co-High Point Derby Dogs?

One of the better competitors of Grace Lambert that never finished a National?

Year the first yellow born?

Year the first Chocolates born?

Year the first Labrador listed as a Labrador in AKC stud book?

 

[Tim Carrion]

Blind of Arden first Lab field champion in America.

Boli of Blake first Lab bench champion 1933.

Skipper Bob 1934 first to earn FTC in US

1939 Country Life Trophy for top Derby dog Glenairlie Rocket 55 points

 

[Richard Halstead]

Wasn't Skipper Bob the first chessie before any labs?

 

[Tim Carrion]

Wasn't Skipper Bob the first chessie before any labs?

Yes first of all breeds. Then and now!

 

[Richard Halstead]

By triple champion I mean fc-afc-Ch when it happened the people at the trial called the first triple champion.

 

[tmt]

Based on a Google search, it looks like Ben of Hyde was the first recognized yellow Labrador. He was born in 1899 to the kennels of Major C.J. Radclyffe.

Ben of Hyde

It also looks as though the first Labrador was registered to AKC in 1917 although they were recognized as a breed in 1903.

I found the info here, for those interested in reading more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labrador_Retriever#History

 

[Richard Halstead]

All the Labrador fanatics giving in already?

I'll give an answer One of the better competitors of Grace Lambert that never finished a National?

If you have the yellow book "The Official Book of the Labrador Retriever" sold by the Labrador Retriever Club. You can read the chapter on influential kennels you could read about Mrs. Grace Lambert owning several Dual quality Labradors and her trainer Billy Wonderlich. The dog that won many trials but never won the Natiional in shown in the photo of her dogs the clue is Duxbak kennel prefix.

 

[Linas Danilevicius]

I'll take a stab at some of these questions:

Triple National Champion - Tar of Arden owned by Mr. Blakewell

Dual Champion Shed of Arden

International Bench and Field Champion is Little Pierre of Deer Creek

Best regards,

Linas

 

[Linas Danilevicius]

First Dual Champion was Banchory Bolo (1915 - 1927) owned by Lady Howe in England.

Regards,

Linas

 

[Linas Danilevicius]

More time on my hands!

This may have been aswered above:

First Yellow Ben of Hyde in 1899

Chocolates began seriously appearing in 1930; however, they can be traced back to the Buccleuch Kennels dating to 1892. In 1908 most of the the chocolates go back to FTW Peter of Faskally.

Accoroding to Mr. Halstead himself, in his book, the Finalistis, most chocolates in the FT lines trace back to Hiwood Mike through his son Little Pierre of Deer Creek.

Mr. Halstead...How am I am doing?

Regards,

Linas

 

[Linas Danilevicius]

Mr. Halstead...Here is the answer to your "clue." FC Duxbak Scooter owned by Mrs. Grace Lambert.

Best regards,

Linas

 

[Richard Halstead]

Linas I was beginning to think there was not enough interest to get any answers. These question were asked to stimulate discussion. You are right on the yellows and I think pretty close on the chocolates. There was a report of two livers observed in a litter born in 1891 at Buccleuch Kennels (not 100% sure).

Linas call me Richard please, Mr. Halstead was my father. You did Good on the Scooter answer who was thought the best dog at Mrs. Lambert's Harrowby Kennels.

First Dual you answered twice first as Shed of Arden and Bolo second.

First Triple Champion was listed in the book "Vignettes of a Lifetime" by Sarah Larkin Loening. She did some amazing things in her lifetime from driving an ambulance in WWI to college at 84. Her involvement in dogs was in era of the big estates on Long Island. She had a large pipe organ that she played for enjoyment installed by a company that the others were in cathederals. Her husband and brother inlaw were pioneers in aviation with many patents on float planes that became Grumman Aviation.

As a young girl her nickname was Lalli and this became her kennel of Lalliden and she had a few dogs sired by her triple campion Ben.

 

[Linas Danilevicius]

Richard,

Thank you very much. I am new to the retiever world from a competitive side but have an interest in the history of the breed. I looked most of the data up in your book and one called the "Legends in Labradors", published in 1980 by Nancy Martin. I bought that based on your advice earlier this year. I will have to pick up a copy of the LRC book which I do not have but I will go look for it tomorrow.

Any other good books available that I should look for that delve into the history of the great Labs from the past?

Best regards,

Linas

 

[Linas Danilevicius]

Richard,

In the interest of keeping a discussion going, the term Bolo pads, does that originate with Dual CH Banchory Bolo or was that attributed to another dog?

Best regards,

Linas

 

[Richard Halstead]

Richard,

In the interest of keeping a discussion going, the term Bolo pads, does that originate with Dual CH Banchory Bolo or was that attributed to another dog?

Best regards,

Linas

I believe that is right. Read my last post there some clues that will lead you to the answer of the first triple champion. Not Tar of Arden, but a different arden dog.

 

[afdahl]

Last Dual: Hiwood Shadow.

Amy Dahl

 

[Linas Danilevicius]

Richard,

How is this for a try? Four Dual Champions in a row starting with: Dual CH Braes of Arden, followed by Dual CH Gorse of Arden, Dual CH Shed of Arden, and then Dual CH Bengal of Arden.

Regards,

Linas

 

[Linas Danilevicius]

Richard,

Shed of Arden was also a three time NFC as well as Dual Champion but he was born after Braes of Arden.

Linas

 

[Richard Halstead]

Last Dual: Hiwood Shadow.

Amy Dahl

If I had to answer this I would have been wrong without checking the list. The questions were to get recent Lab owners to know about the history of the breed.

 

[Linas Danilevicius]

I have had to dig through the archives tonight to find the answers. Keep the questions coming!

Linas