The first of Lord Tweedmouth�s yellow retrievers were born in 1868. He had purchased Nous, the only yellow dog in a litter of black wavy-coated retrievers from a cobbler in Brighton in 1865. Nous was mated to the bitch Belle ( a Tweed Water Spaniel ) producing four yellow bitchs -Ada, Cowslip, Crocus, and Primrose . These four became the foundation stock for Lord Tweedmouths breeding program. Feeling that Cowslip had the greatest number of desirable traits for the development of the perfect hunting retriever Lord Tweedmouth began linebreeding all his yellow retrievers back to her. First he bred Cowslip to another tweed water spaniel. Then he bred a bitch from Cowslips litter to a descendant of Ada. Lord Tweedmouth continued linebreeding with the occasional outcrosses. He then introduced wavy coated retrievers into the line to improve hunting abilities, Irish setter to improve color and bloodhound to increase tracking ability. As a result of Lord Tweedmouth�s dedicated work the first Flat-Coats-Golden were registered in the Kennel Club of England (KCE) in 1903.Then in 1911 they were recognized as a separate breed called yellow or golden retrievers. Lord Tweedmouth�s son brought the breed to the USA in 1894 when he and his golden retriever Lady moved to Texas. However the golden was not seriously bred until after The American Kennel Club officially recognize the breed in 1932. Just one year later the imported golden Speedwell Pluto won the first American Best In Show for his owner Colonel Samuel Magoffin. The Colonel formed the Golden Retriever Club of America (GRCA) in 1938 which has grown to be one of the largest parent breed club in the United States. The GRCA advances and protects the golden in all aspects of life- whether as a champion stud or family companion.