[2] While he was well known for his hunting prowess and show skills, it was his prepotency, the ability to pass on his best traits to his progeny, that made him the most famous.

[1] Writing in 1904, Joseph A. Graham gives this description of Count Noble: "A large white-black-tan dog, long in the body and not considered a well proportioned setter.

"[3] A portrait of Count Noble by Edmund Osthaus hangs in the first-floor reading room of the Duquesne Club.

[2] Following his death, his preserved body was displayed in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in a scene showing him hunting quail.

[2] In 2011, American Kennel Club judge Richard LeBeau began an effort to raise $2,000 to establish a historical marker honoring Count Noble outside Osborne Elementary School, which stands on the site of Wilson's former home.