THE CHESAPEAKE BAY DOG. 363 



butt-end of it. There seems to be something about it, say 

 what you can, but you can't describe it, for there is no 

 other dog's coat that looks like it or that acts like it in 

 water. 



They are intelligent and quick to catch your meaning, 

 and when they do, they never forget; show them once or 

 twice what you want them to do, and they will never forget 

 it. As companions they are perfect, for the reason that 

 they are fond of one master and will know no other per- 

 son. 



There seems to be no limit to the amount of endurance 

 they possess. For example, I will cite the dog Monday, 

 by Sunday, out of Nellie. This dog went into the hands 

 of a market-shooter on the famous Kankakee marshes, in 

 Indiana, at the age of about fifteen months; for nine years 

 worked on an average four days out of seven, from the 

 time ducks came, in September, until they left, when the 

 marshes froze up. His work was done for a man that aver- 

 aged a thousand ducks every fall. We have an actual record 

 of this dog having retrieved over eleven thousand ducks. 

 Yet Monday is no exception to the rule as to the matter of 

 endurance. One of these dogs will last the most ardent 

 duck-shooter, with ordinary care, eight to ten years. 



The general utility of these dogs is a strong point in 

 their favor, especially where a man keeps but one dog. 

 While I claim they are the best duck-retrievers on earth, 

 this is not their only virtue; I consider them the best 

 all-around dog a man can keep about his place. I use my 

 Chesapeakes for jumping pheasants and quails, treeing 

 squirrels, running rabbits, and in fact all sorts of upland 

 shooting, and I know others who do likewise. As 'coon dogs, 

 they have no equals at the shake-out, as they never turn taiL 

 As guardians of property they are equal to the Mastiff, 

 and have not the objectionable features of the Bulldog. 



To substantiate these assertions as to the general utility 

 of these dogs, I deem it but just to quote from a few auto- 

 graph letters I have received from brother sportsmen in 

 regard to them: 



