THE CHESAPEAKE BAY DOG. 361 



For years this promiscuous breeding to which we have 

 attributed the different types of dogs to be seen which are 

 called Chesapeake Bay Dogs was kept up along the shores 

 of the Chesapeake Bay, and to obtain specimens that would 

 conform to the description of Sailor and Canton was well- 

 nigh impossible. Still they did, and do now exist, and the 

 sportsmen of to-day can thank O. D. Foulks, J. J. Turner, 

 and one or two others in the East, and the writer and one 

 other breeder in the West, for the perpetuation and produc- 

 tion of the most perfect specimens that are now obtainable. * 



A correspondent of the American Field, who signs 

 " Banshee," gives this as his idea of the correct type of 

 this breed: 



The genuine and true type of the Chesapeake Bay Ducking Dog Should 

 not be taller than a medium-sized Setter, though a good deal heavier in body; 

 short legs, long neck, rather a pointed nose, running back into a broad head 

 reminding one very much of the other with rather small ears, set up high on 

 the head, its face having a very quick, bright, and intelligent expression; with 

 short, straight hair, without a wrinkle in it, from one and one-fourth to one 

 and one-half inches long in the longest places, and very short about the head 

 and legs; and under this short, straight hair, by opening it, you will find a kind 

 of fur about half an inch long. 



The characteristics of the Chesapeake Bay Dog that 

 especially commend him to wild fowl shooters are, first, 

 his good, hard common-sense. There is no retriever so 

 cool-headed and quiet as the Chesapeake; and for this rea- 

 son he does not use up his strength foolishly, going after 

 he knows not what, and many times nothing. You have 

 all seen hot-headed dogs do this frequently. 



Your Chesapeake has the strength and power to go where 

 he will, and he has the will to go to where your duck falls; 

 be it through ice, mud, rice-beds, or what it may, he will get 



* There are other breeders and owners of good Chesapeakes, among whom 

 we may mention the following: Chesapeake Kennels, Malvern, Iowa; Edmond 

 Brooke, 41 P. O. Square, Boston, Mass.; John N. Lewis, Ramsay, N. J. ; Jay 

 F. Towner, Ferryman's, Md.; Robert Milbank, 154 West Forty-eighth street, 

 New York City; Osceola Kennels, Osceola Mills, Wis.; Dr. G. G. Hammond, 

 Boston, Mass.; John M. Sellers, 514 La Salle avenue, Chicago; George Oliver, 

 5604 Wentworth avenue, Chicago; J. D. Boardman, 244 Beacon street, Boston, 

 Mass. ED. 



