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FOREST AND STREAM 
August, 1921 
THE CHESAPEAKE 
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DOGS 
In transactions between strangers, the 
purchase price in the form of a draft, 
money order or certified check payable to 
the seller should be deposited with some 
disinterested third person or with this of- 
fice with the understanding that it is not 
to be transferred until the dog has been 
received and found to be satisfactory. 
AIREDALES 
AIREDALES WANTEI>— BOTH PUPPIES 
and grown stock. Buckeye Boarding Kennels, 
La Rue, Ohio. 
AT BARGAIN PRICES— TWO CLASSY 
registered airedales; young male and winning fe- 
male. Wm. Macaulay, Trempealeau, Wisconsin. 
FOR SALE — REGISTERED AIREDALE 
puppies, big huskey, farm raised, night hunters. 
J. A. Jennings, Coshocton, Ohio. 
LIONHEART AIREDALES— THE STRAIN 
with brains. Testimonials from 37 States. Can- 
ada and Old Mexico prove them unequalled as 
guardians for children, hunters and retrievers. 
Write for literature and sales list of pedigreed, 
champion bred puppies from trained parents. 
Lionheart Kennels, Anaconda, Mont. 
CHESAPEAKE BAY DOGS 
CHESAPEAKE BAY RETRIEVERS AND 
puppies from working stock. Get the best from 
an exclusive Chesapeake kennel. Lake Kennels, 
Medicine Lake, Montana. 
IF YOU WANT A RETRIEVER, WHY Ex- 
periment? Get a Chesapeake Bay dog bred to 
work, whelped by intelligent sires and dams. 
Write for list of members who have puppies for 
sale. W. H. Orr, Secretary, American Chesa- 
peake Club, Clear Lake, Iowa. 
CHE S APE AKES— PURE BRED OF THE 
best possible breeding, broken dogs and bitches; 
choice puppies, both sexes; country raised stock, 
strong and healthy; studs to serve approved 
bitches; get busy on those older pups; ready to 
start. Barron & Orr, R. F. D. No. 4, Mason 
City, Iowa. 
COLLIES 
WHITE COLLIES, BEAUTIFUL, INTELLI- 
gent, refined and useful; pairs not a kin for sale. 
The Shomont, Monticello, Iowa. 
GUN DOGS 
BEAGLES, RABBIT HOUNDS, COON, 
skunk, opossum dogs, broke, unbroke pups, farm 
pet dogs all times; catalog 10c stamps. Kiefers 
Kennels, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 
I CAN SUPPLY YOUR DEMANDS IN HIGH 
class shooting dogs and bitches and bitches in 
whelp from one to three years of age from such 
noted sires as Ch. Eugene M„ Momoney, Ch. 
Comanche Frank, Ch. John Proctor, Ch. Broom 
Hill Dan and others. All broken by professional 
handlers and heavily shot over in a birdy coun- 
try with four months open season. All dogs are 
good lookers and fine retrievers, price from $200 
to $500 each. Also have some fine pointer and 
setter puppies of the best breeding, priced 
from $35 to $100 each. If it is high class 
shooting dogs or puppies you want, I have them. 
Harmon Sommerville, Amite, Louisiana. 
BEAGLE, RABBIT HOUNDS, FOXHOUNDS, 
coon, opossum, skunk, squirrel dogs, setters, 
pointers, bear, deer, wolf hounds. Circulars, 10c. 
Browns Kennels. York. Pennsylvania. 
(See also pages 377 and 381) 
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taken idea among a certain class of dog 
fanciers that, in order to judge Chesa- 
peakes one does not need any particular 
knowledge of the breed. Some of the 
results of our dog shows emphasize this 
heresy. In fact, this very mistake has 
long been a big factor in preventing 
the Chesapeake from coming into his 
own. The judge who makes this error, 
however, is usually one who has the 
idea that the dog that needs very care- 
ful consideration is the poodle, so we 
can be charitable and forgive him, even 
though he has done our dog a grievous 
wrong. In the judging of horses we 
call for expert knowledge, not only for 
the racing stock, but also for the use- 
ful draft variety as well. Having rec- 
ognized an evil in the judging of the 
Chesapeake, let us correct it by the 
selection of judges who know the dog 
and the special work for which he was 
made. 
A GREAT many people fail to grasp 
what the real color of the Chesa- 
peake should be. More than any- 
thing else this is due to the use of the 
word “sedge” as a color designation. 
With “sedge” as a standard there is 
no distinction between the dead-grass, 
his true color, and liver, including all 
the intermediate shades. Dead-grass 
color and that only should be accepted 
as the standard of the high class Chesa- 
peake. 
The American Chesapeake Club gives 
the following as a scale of points under 
which the dog should be judged. As 
this club has made an exhaustive study 
of the dog surely its conclusions can be 
accepted. 
SCALE OF POINTS 
Head, including lips, ears and eyes 12 
Neck 8 
Shoulders 10 
Back, quarters and stifles 12 
Elbow, legs and feet 10 
Stern 6 
Symmetry 10 
Coat and texture 13 
Color 13 
Tail 6 
Total 100 
APPROXIMATE MEASUREMENTS 
Inches 
Length of head, nose to occiput.... to 10 
Girth at ears ....20 to 21 
Muzzle below eyes 10 to 10J4 
Length of ears to 6 
Width between eyes 2*4 to 2 
Girth of neck close to shoulder. — 20 to 22 
Girth of chest to elbows 85 to 36 
Girth at flank 24 to 25 
Length from occiput to tail base.... 34 to 35 
Girth forearms at shoulders 10 to 10t£ 
Girth upper thigh 19 to 20 
From root to root of ear over the 
skull 5 to 6 
Occiput to top of shoulder blades... 9 to 9 'A 
From elbow to elbow over shoulders 25 to 26 
T HE Chesapeake has, however, in 
common with all other dogs, but 
to a higher degree, that sympa- 
thetic love of master and home, that 
desire to .please, to love and be loved, 
that once known, you cannot hut open 
your heart to. As a boy I remember 
many a happy day spent in the swim- 
min’ hole with my old “Jack”; the 
duckings we gave one another; and the 
long cosy naps on the banks in the hot, 
drowsy summer afternoons. 
When I came to the shotgun period, 
old Jack was ever my faithful com- 
panion, be the game rabbit, quail or 
duck. Every Friday night Jack would 
sit at my feet and watch my every 
move as I cleaned and oiled my shotgun 
and got my hunting togs together. Long 
before dawn or the sound of the alarm 
clock on Saturday morning I was sure 
to be awakened by a heavy weight on 
my chest and a sticky feeling on my 
face from several flaps of his velvet 
tongue. At times, just to see what he 
would do, I refused to respond to this 
treatment, whereupon he would alter- 
nately whine and bark until I arose. 
In a duck blind he was a shooting 
pal par excellence. When the ducks 
were flying he lay immobile at my 
feet, to all intents and purposes a fig- 
ure of stone, except for the almost im- 
perceptible twinkling of his amber- 
colored eyes. He rejoiced with me in my 
successful shots by wagging tail and 
The Chesapeake’s hindquarters are a 
trifle higher than the shoulders and 
equally as strong 
joyful bark. When I missed he plainly 
showed the dejection he felt. 
Then came the time when I left 
home for a period of two years, and 
Jack and I had to part. On my return 
he welcomed me with such expressions 
of gladness that it brought tears to my 
eyes and added to the joy of my home- 
coming. By his death, while I was 
away on service, I lost a true friend 
and loving companion. 
Since Jack I have had other Chesa- 
peakes and I am glad to say they all 
showed the same sterling qualities. Just 
a year ago my four-year-old daughter 
strayed away from home and became 
lost. When we found her, there with 
her was my Chesapeake pup, Yankee, 
in full command of the situation. 
Another time I was sitting on the 
front porch of my quarters with the 
little girl playing in the yard and Yank 
asleep behind me. A bulldog rushed 
at the child and I leaped to inter- 
vene. Although he was much farther 
away, Yank was there first. I saw a 
yellow “Knight” hurtling through the 
air in the defense of his lady and 
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