The Guisachan Gazette

THE GUISACHAN GAZETT E

VILLAGE NEWS

A New Guisachan Golden After many years without a Golden Retriever in the Scot- tish ancestral home of the Golden, Guisachan, a new The Friends of arrival is romping across the Guisachan hills. Floss has Guisachan are arrived. “We’ve got a new dog” Nigel Fraser wrote “and, of launching this news- course, it’s a Golden.” Floss is a lovely 1 1/2 year old fe- letter to inform Gold- male Golden, bred by Erica Munro Ferguson at Novar en fanciers around Estate. “Floss is very much a working dog,” writes Nigel, “ the world about cur- She has already been shooting.” Nigel Fraser owns the rent Guisachan ac- Guisachan Farm Steading, now Tomich Holidays, and he tivities and interest- provided the land for our bronze Golden Retriever statue. ing bits of history from the past. The Harris Island Crafter Settles in Tomich newsletter also will contain information Sue Hill, originally from the Harris Isles has about Friends activi- moved to Tomich with her husband and daughter ties and future plans and has opened her Harris Tweed business in including the 2018 the village. “We sell to several craft shops in the celebration of the area including Beauly Gallery, but our most re- 1868 founding of the cent outlet is right here at the Tomich Hotel. Golden Retriever.

I also sell from my website, www.hillcraftofharris.co.uk . “, INSIDE THIS 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 ISSUE: 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 Endowment 2

Stone Jewelry 2 GOLDEN STATUE SITE G ETS F A L L C A R E Silent Auction 2 Dogwood, Bog Abbey Goff, a Cannich land- Rosemary, Heather Marcia’s Notes 3 scaper, has done the strim- and Primrose. A ming on the site and put the bridge also was in- statue site to bed for the win- stalled to enable 3 ter. Two of the plantings were Scottish visitors to safely damaged by visitors, but it is cross the roadside hoped they will recover come drainage ditch. Volunteers 4 spring. Crocus, snow drop and daffodil bulbs have been planted in order to bring Village news coming in January: Café and farm spring color to the site. The store being built adjacent to historic post office; hydro- 4 Share Your plantings Abbey put in place electric plant under construction at Tomich Holidays. in April were Wooly Willow, THE GUISACHAN GAZETT E Page 2

ENDOWMENT PLAN BEING ESTABLISHED

The Friends of Guisachan have begun a campaign 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 insurance, 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.

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

GUISACHAN RUINS STON E BEING FASHIONED INTO JEWELRY AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS A unique Golden artifact special. Once completed is being fashioned into at Winyon Kennels, Al- jewelry and paper they will be sent to anoth- derwood Manor, WA. er artist who will fashion weights. Stone from the owned by my parents. He the sterling silver clasps Guisachan ruins has was my first Golden! (Joy onto the pendants. been shipped to the US Viola) where it has then gone to Three, by Massachusetts a stone cutter for sizing. artist Melissa Teichler, Once an appropriate were offered via Silent size, the pendant-sized Auction at the GRCA pieces were shipped to National in September. the Golden world’s fa- The pendant shown here mous artist, Marcia is Sunset Lad, 1944- Schlehr, who will be hand 1952, son of Ch. Ton- painting Golden profiles kahof Bang. on each piece. No two pieces will be alike, mak- Laddie was the stud dog ing them all the more ON- LINE SILENT AUCTI O N P L A N N E D The Friends of Guisa- est… and money… con- Items need not be Golden chan will be sponsoring tact Joy Viola. AJVIO- specific. an on-line auction in the [email protected] . Pro- Spring of 2016. Some ceeds from the auction items have already been will go towards the promised. Donations are Guisachan Statue En- being sought and if you dowment Fund. have something you feel Items need not be Gold- would generate inter- Page 3 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

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. Gilnockie Tower: Copyright anony- Mr. Armstrong was a friend of Sam Magoffin ( Rockhaven Kennel in North Vancouver) and on mous & licensed for reuse under Armstrong’s death, the Gilnockie name was transferred to Magoffin. Magoffin established a the Creative Commons license. 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 Coquette

AN OLDE SCOTTISH REC IPE FOR A WINTER ’ S E V E

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 slowly 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 vegetables 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!

The Friends of Guisachan was established in 2013. Since that Friends of Guisachan time, funds were raised for the commissioning of the bronze life- P.O. Box 101 size Golden Retriever statue that now rests along the village road to the Guisachan Mansion ruins in Tomich, Inverness-shire, Scot- Wayland, MA 01778 USA land. A Walking Guide to Historic Guisachan also has been pub- Email: [email protected]. lished and distributed free of charge to area hotels and businesses to aid visitors in understand the life of 19th century Guisachan.

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: [email protected]

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

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!

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)