Norris' Coaltrain

The Norris line is often confused as the "Coaltrain line" The dog "Coaltrain" was



Norris'"Coaltrain"



......................Dowds"Southwestern Samson"

............."Streak of Lightning"

......................"Golden Prinsess"

......Curry's"Slim"

......................Curry's"Buster"

..............Gunn's"Dusty"

......................Mill's"Red Star"

Norris"Coaltrain"

......................Streak of Lightning"

.............."Savacool Concrete Frisco"

......................Bell of Garfield"

.......Shonda's"Loni Prim"

......................Smiths Tar Heel's"Boss"

.............."Midnight Lady"

......................Tar Heel's"Rose"



"The "Coaltrain" dog was a hard mouth, strong willed, hard hitting, unstoppable, rough bulldog, with a steel heart." Said by Mr.Sparks before he past away in a conversation with my father.(Spark's produced Norris"Maggie") Norris was very selective and kept his dogs to himself, did not bred out much and rarely sold to the public. The "Coaltrain" dog produced the following dogs, some may be familiar with, these lines are old and are rarely seen bred properly, or hardly even seen anymore for that matter:



..................Norris"Coaltrain"

Gr.Ch.Taylor's"Samhaine"

..................Taylor's"Gabriela"



...................Norris"Coaltrain"

Russel's"Cocoa"

...................Norris"Maggie"



...................Norris"Coaltrain"

Russel's"Razzel"

...................Taylor's"Gabriela"



It is VERY RARE to find a heavy or tight bred "NORRIS COALTRAIN" dog. I was LUCKY, I have stumbled upon him, when he was two, when I view his pedigree, I remember clearly what my father and Sparks had said about the line. And I took em'!



Mr.Luis Colby is NOT even familar with it! And some of dogs he is very familiar with produced a NORRIS dog!!



.........Hetrick's"Colby Pedro

Spark's"Bob"

.........Hetrick's"TNT Blondie"





Spark's"Bob" was bred to Spark's"Amy" and produced Norris"Maggie"



From what I've heard the line is over 100 years old. Each time I come across a dog man whom has been around and is a truly experienced dog man of his time, has the SAME opinion Sparks had about the line, so far I found five people who know of the real Norris line and you know whats strange?........they all work with the Colby line. (NONE know one another)



I don't know "Coaltrain's" show record, I do remember Sparks going over a shown he watched, and said only GREAT things.



I don't go by what others say, I was raised with some great legends in the sporting world of game dogs, and I pretty much know what advice I want to take in and Im glad I listened to Sparks and my father! And bought this dog. Growing up with the these people, I saw and read many books, shows, journals, ect. And this dog I bought with the heavy "Coaltrain" is just what Sparks described



I would highly reccomend the line to ANYONE (IF you find it bred right. I have found a few!!) If you find any heavy Coaltrain please inform me.



I hope I have shed a little light on the line. Iam still studying the rare line today and will continue to do so.



A.Stanley

Norris' Coaltrain