After many years without a Golden Retriever in the Scot-

tish ancestral home of the Golden, Guisachan, a new

arrival is romping across the Guisachan hills. Floss has

arrived. “We’ve got a new dog” Nigel Fraser wrote “and, of

course, it’s a Golden.” Floss is a lovely 1 1/2 year old fe-

male Golden, bred by Erica Munro Ferguson at Novar

Estate. “Floss is very much a working dog,” writes Nigel, “

She has already been shooting.” Nigel Fraser owns the

Guisachan Farm Steading, now Tomich Holidays, and he

provided the land for our bronze Golden Retriever statue.

Abbey Goff, a Cannich land-

scaper, has done the strim-

ming on the site and put the

statue site to bed for the win-

ter. Two of the plantings were

damaged by visitors, but it is

hoped they will recover come

spring. Crocus, snow drop

and daffodil bulbs have been

planted in order to bring

spring color to the site. The

plantings Abbey put in place

in April were Wooly Willow,

Dogwood, Bog

Rosemary, Heather

and Primrose. A

bridge also was in-

stalled to enable

visitors to safely

cross the roadside

drainage ditch.

V I L L A G E N E W S

The Friends of Guisachan are launching this news-letter to inform Gold-en fanciers around the world about cur-rent Guisachan ac-tivities and interest-ing bits of history from the past. The newsletter also will contain information about Friends activi-ties and future plans including the 2018 celebration of the 1868 founding of the

Golden Retriever.

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F A L L C A R E

T H E G U I S A C H A N G A Z E T T E

A New Guisachan Golden

Harris Island Crafter Settles in Tomich

Sue Hill, originally from the Harris Isles has

moved to Tomich with her husband and daughter

and has opened her Harris Tweed business in

the village. “We sell to several craft shops in the

area including Beauly Gallery, but our most re-

cent outlet is right here at the Tomich Hotel.

I also sell from my website, www.hillcraftofharris.co.uk . “,

Sue explained. “We moved to Tomich in March of this year and could not believe we had found

such a beautiful place. Living only a 15 minute walk from the Guisachan mansion ruins enables

me to step back in time when we go out walking. What a magnificent building it must have

been. Our business has been doing well since our move to Tomich and we look forward to

Village news coming in January: Café and farm

store being built adjacent to historic post office; hydro-

electric plant under construction at Tomich Holidays.

Endowment 2

Stone Jewelry 2

Silent Auction 2

Marcia’s Notes 3

Scottish 3

Volunteers 4

Share Your 4

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ISSUE:

The Friends of Guisachan have begun a cam-

paign to raise money for an endowment fund.

The campaign is needed to assure adequate

funds in decades to come to cover the Scot-

tish government’s mandatory liability insur-

ance, insurance on the statue and protection

of the statue site.

A total of $5,800 has been raised since the

campaign launch in October. Donations may

be sent to Friends of Guisachan, P.O. Box

101, Wayland, MA 01778, through the

Friends website, www.friendsofguisachan.org.

or through PayPal.

est… and money… con-

tact Joy Viola. AJVIO-

LA@Verizon.net . Pro-

ceeds from the auction

will go towards the

Guisachan Statue En-

dowment Fund.

Items need not be Gold-

The Friends of Guisa-

chan will be sponsoring

an on-line auction in the

Spring of 2016. Some

items have already been

promised. Donations are

being sought and if you

have something you feel would generate inter-

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special. Once completed

they will be sent to anoth-

er artist who will fashion

the sterling silver clasps

onto the pendants.

Three, by Massachusetts

artist Melissa Teichler,

were offered via Silent

Auction at the GRCA

National in September. The pendant shown here

is Sunset Lad, 1944-

1952, son of Ch. Ton-

kahof Bang.

Laddie was the stud dog

at Winyon Kennels, Al-

derwood Manor, WA.

owned by my parents. He

was my first Golden! (Joy

Viola)

G U I S A C H A N R U I N S S T O N E B E I N G F A S H I O N E D I N T O J E W E L R Y A N D H O U S E H O L D I T E M S

A unique Golden artifact

is being fashioned into

jewelry and paper

weights. Stone from the

Guisachan ruins has

been shipped to the US

where it has then gone to

a stone cutter for sizing.

Once an appropriate

size, the pendant-sized

pieces were shipped to

the Golden world’s fa-

mous artist, Marcia

Schlehr, who will be hand

painting Golden profiles

on each piece. No two

pieces will be alike, mak-

ing them all the more

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Items need not be Golden

specific.

We invite you to visit our new Guisachan Marketplace just opened. Crea-

tively designed by Janette Stubelt, it offers a variety of goods in beautiful

Scottish settings. You’ll find it at www.friendsofguisachan.org

Beef and Barley

3lb (1.5kg) brisket, beef shim (hough) or other meat suitable for long cooking

1 marrow bone

6 pt. (3l) cold water

2 oz (50 g) pearl barley, washed (1/3c)

2 oz (50g) dried peas soaked overnight (13c)

1 whole onion stuck with cloves

Sprigs of fresh herbs: parsley, thyme and bay leaf tied together in a bundle with celery or leek

1 large onion finely chopped

3 medium carrots finely diced

Quarter turnip (swede), finely chopped

1 head of celery, chopped

2 leeks, finely chopped, white and green separated

1 teaspoon sugar

Seasonings: salt and pepper

Garnish: chopped parsley, marigold petals

Cooking the beef: Put the meat and bones into a 12-14 pt (7-81) pot, add the water, barley, peas and studded onion. Bring slow-ly to a simmer and skim. Turn down the heat , add the herbs and cook very slowly till the meat is tender. Remove the meat and set aside. Discard the bones.

Cooking the vegetables: Add the onions, carrots, turnip, celery, white of leek and sugar, and cook slowly till the vegeta-bles are just tender.

Finishing and serving: Remove the bundle of herbs and just before serving season and add the green leek, parsley and marigold petals. Slice some of the meat thinly into bite-size pieces and put in the centre of the plate or serve separately.

This recipe is from Broths to Bannocks: Cooking in Scotland 1690 to the present day by Catherine Brown, one of Scotland’s best-known food writers and an acknowledged expert on Scottish food in particular. “ More than a collection of recipes, this book takes us on a tour of Scotland’s kitchens from the late 17th century to the present day in a celebration of all that is simple and authentic in the Scottish food tradition.” The book is available from Amazon.com. P.S. The author has advised us that her daughter has two Goldens and she has been a fan of our Friends of Guisachan Facebook page! Small world!

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Marcia’s Notes from the Past By Marcia Schlehr, GRCA Historian

A few centuries ago, in the Border region of Scotland, once stood the fortified home of the

Armstrong Clan, Gilnockie Tower. A memorable clan member, Johnnie Armstrong, known as a

Border riever and freebooter, was hanged by King James V in 1530. But it is a later Armstrong

that is of so much importance to North American Golden Retriever history. Bart Armstrong of

Winnipeg, Canada, took Gilnockie as his kennel name for his sporting dogs as early as 1918.

In the 1920’s he imported the Golden Retriever Noranby Eventide,and others, among the first

Goldens registered with the Canadian Kennel Club.

Mr. Armstrong was a friend of Sam Magoffin ( Rockhaven Kennel in North Vancouver) and on

Armstrong’s death, the Gilnockie name was transferred to Magoffin. Magoffin established a

kennel in Colorado (USA) with the Gilnockie prefix. One of the most noted Goldens to carry

this prefix was Gilnockie Coquette, who in the ownership of Ralph Boalt, became the first dam

of field, show and dual champions. Upon John Rogers Magoffin’s death, the name was passed

to Eliesa Enloe. It is now deemed an Historic Kennel Name by the Golden Retriever Club of

America.

Gilnockie Tower: Copyright anony-

mous & licensed for reuse under

the Creative Commons license.

Gilnockie Coquette

The Friends of Guisachan was established in 2013. Since that

time, funds were raised for the commissioning of the bronze life-

size Golden Retriever statue that now rests along the village road

to the Guisachan Mansion ruins in Tomich, Inverness-shire, Scot-

land. A Walking Guide to Historic Guisachan also has been pub-

lished and distributed free of charge to area hotels and businesses

to aid visitors in understand the life of 19th century Guisachan.

Friends of Guisachan

P.O. Box 101

Wayland, MA 01778 USA

Email: Contactus@friendsofguisachan.org.

Volunteers Needed

Volunteers are needed to help the Friends of Guisachan with Mail/Chimp and with helping to

augment our presence on the world-wide web. If you have a talent for working with computers,

we’d love to hear from you.

We’d also like to find volunteers to contact Golden Retriever Clubs on every continent (well,

maybe not Antarctica) to establish links to our website and develop communication networks

within individual countries. Can you help? If so, please contact Joy Viola, President, Friends of

Guisachan email: AJVIOLA@Verizon.net

Board of Directors and Officers

John Cotter, Chairman, President emeritus, Golden Retriever Club of America (GRCA)

Marcia Schlehr, Author, Artist and Historian, Golden Retriever Club of America (GRCA)

Ainslie Mills, Golden Retriever Club of Canada & Judges Education Committee Chair, Golden Retriever Club of America

Advisory Board

Doreen McGugan, Chair, Golden Retriever Club of Scotland

Jackie & Bernard Gill, Proprietors, Tomich Hotel, Tomich, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Marilynn Morphet, author, Golden Retrievers: Research into the First Century in the Show Ring and Golden

Retrievers, the E-Book (due out 2016); Past Secretary, Australian National Golden Retriever Council.

Officers

Joy Viola, President, past Director of Development, Golden Retriever Foundation

Patricia Lindquist, Secretary-Treasurer, past Treasurer, Yankee Golden Retriever Club

Webmaster

Janette Stubelt

Guisachan Reunion 2018 In 2018, the Golden Retriever Club

of Scotland will host a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the

founding of the breed at Guisachan . Travel to Tomich to be a part of

this special event! (Dates yet to be announced)

Visit our website: www.friendsofguisachan.org.

Chat with us on Facebook

Check out our website on-line Store with our many exclusive hand made Guisachan tweed items such as a tweed holiday pine cone ornament and the Marcia Schlehr Collection of Guisachan ruins stone jewelry coming soon!