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The Earl of Onslow's Pino : Age, 3 years 8 months ; weight, 391b. ; 

 height at shoulder, 13in. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 33in. ; length 

 of tail, llin. ; girth of chest, 24in. ; girth of loin, 23in. ; girth of head, 

 16|in. ; girth of forearm, 6in. ; length of head from occiput to tip of nose, 

 lOin. ; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, 8|in. 



Mr. Everette Millais' Model: Age, 7 years ; weight, 461b. ; height at 

 shoulder, 12in. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 32in. ; length of tail, 

 lliin. ; girth of chest, 25in. ; girth of loin, 21in. ; girth of head, 17in. ; 

 girth of forearm, 6^in. ; length of head from occiput to tip of nose, 9in. ; 

 girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, 9iin. ; length of 

 ears from tip to tip, 19in. ; height from ground, forefeet, 2fin. 



Mr. Everette Millais' Garrenne : Age, 2| years ; weight, 301b. ; height 

 at shoulder, 9^in. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 29in. ; length of 

 tail, 9in. ; girth of chest, 20in. ; girth of loin, 16in. ; girth of head, 

 13in. ; girth of forearm, Sin. ; length of head from occiput to tip of nose, 

 Sin. ; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, 7in. ; length 

 of ears from tip to tip, I7in. ; height from ground, forefeet, 



CHAPTER XV. THE DACHSHUND. 



BY VERT. 



To " Vert " as a sportsman we have already alluded in the preface to 

 his article on Foxhounds, and we need only say here that his large 

 experience of Dachshunds entitles his opinions on the breed to be 

 considered authoritative. He writes : 



" So much has been said and written on this breed of dogs during the 

 few years that they have had a place in the prize schedules of our shows, 

 that in treating the subject we shall endeavour to unsay some of the 

 nonsense that has from time to time been put forth by some of those 

 journals whose pages are opened to the discussion of canine matters, in 

 one of which a certain amusing correspondent, in a playful moment, tells 



