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duck, and have grit enough to do it again and 

 again. Here's where the yellow streak will show 

 out, if a mongrel. That, and looks. For the 

 thoroughbred is a good-looking dog, whatever 

 rags-and-tatters cross-breds may masquerade un- 

 der the name Chesapeake. 



The great rival of the Chesapeake is the Irish 

 water spaniel. An odd-looking dog, but every one 

 who has ever owned one swears by him as the 

 greatest ever. Mr. Percy Swan, of Chico, Cal., 

 has lately imported a number of good ones and 

 Dr. H. E. Rodley, of the same place, has a fine lot. 

 His Ch. Hooker Oak Hogan is a typical dog of the 

 breed. Hooker Oak Harp, Imp. Florrie McCarthy 

 and Lady McShane will be names frequently met 

 with in American strain Irish water spaniel fam- 

 ilies. The best colour is a reddish brown almost 

 as sedgy as Chesapeakes. The Rev. T. Moore 

 Smith is one of the best known breeders of the 

 fancy in the east. As to some of the wonderful 

 feats of endurance and staying qualities in icy 

 water and freezing duck weather that these dogs 

 accomplish as part of their day's work the Cali- 

 fornia duck hunters are only too eager to testify. 

 I have read many an enthusiastic letter from own- 

 ers of the breed who hunted their dogs day after 

 day in such conditions. 



