This dog is another golden with lots of white on it. For more analysis check out posts here and here.
I also found photograph of Mrs. Cottingham’s Woolley goldens. The Woolleys were really important as the breed developed into a more distinct type in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
At lest three of the Woolleys pictured here have large white spots on the chests.
These dogs are also very dark in color. Some of them are probably mahoganies.
And they have a flat-coat look to them, as most of the early goldens clearly did. After all, the flat-coat still has the working conformation that both of these dogs once had, while the modern show golden has deviated from that functional conformation.
White markings have always been around in goldens, and these white marks are not always confined to “a few white hairs on the chest.”
