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foundland dog of old times, before there were dog 

 shows and before this breed had been greatly modified. 



The history of this breed is partly traditional and 

 partly authentic. It is said that about the year 1805 

 there arrived at Baltimore a ship called the "Canton," 

 which at sea had met with an English brig bound from 

 Newfoundland to England, in a sinking condition. On 

 this brig were found two puppies, a dog, which was 

 brown in color, and a bitch, black. These pups were 

 rescued and became the property of a Mr. Law. The 

 dog was named Sailor, and his mate. Canton. The 

 dog passed into the hands of Governor Lloyd, of Mary- 

 land, and the bitch became the property of Dr. Stewart, 

 of Sparrows Point. Their progeny became the Chesa- 

 peake Bay dogs. 



The dog of the present day is almost always a faded 

 brown or dark yellow in color, though it is quite usual 

 to see puppies with some white markings, or even black 

 and white. It may fairly be assumed that the black 

 and black-and-white puppies, which are occasionally 

 produced, being esteemed a bad color for the work the 

 dogs are expected to do, have been gotten rid of and the 

 brown or yellow dogs bred from, so that the present 

 color is due to selection. There are two types of coat, 

 one short, thick and straight, or slightly wavy, and 

 the other much longer and tightly curled. 



Not a few efforts have been made to improve the 

 Chesapeake Bay dog by crossing it with other breeds; 

 the setter, the water spaniel and the English retriever 

 having been used for this purpose. All of these efforts 



