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As faulty are considered dogs who have a compressed or conical head ; 

 the muzzle too short, too broad, or with a stop at forehead ; when the 

 lips are hanging ; the ears folded, or not hanging close ; when the fore 

 legs are so crooked that the knees touch each other, or are unable to bear 

 the weight of the body ; when the neck is thin and the breast too narrow; 

 when the fore feet are too much, or irregularly turned outward, when the 

 knee joint is weak and the toes spread out ; also when the bone from the 

 hock downward is too long and the hocks too close together. The tail is 

 bad if it is crooked or has long hair sticking out. Any white as principal 

 colour is also faulty. 



Measurements and weights of celebrated dachshunds : 



Mr. J. Hanson Lewis's Uhlan (K.C.S.B., 6333) : Age, 3 years; weight, 

 221b. ; height at shoulder, 8|in. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 

 27in. ; length of tail, 9in. ; girth of chest, 21in. ; girth of loin, 10|in. ; 

 girth of head, 13in. ; girth of forearm, 4fin. ; length of head from occiput 

 to tip of nose, T^in. ; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of 

 nose, 6fin. 



Mr. J. Temperley's Waldine (K.C.S.B., 6355) : Age, 5 years; weight, 

 23|lb. ; height at shoulder, lOiin. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 

 30Jin. ; length of tail, lOiin. ; girth of chest, 20in. ; girth of loin, 18|in. ; 

 girth of head, 13^in. ; girth of forearm, 4|in. ; length of head from occiput 

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

 of nose, 7in. ; length of ear, 6^in. 



Capt. Donald Shaw's Olga (K.C.S.B., 7416) : Age, 4 years ; weight, 

 191b. ; height at shoulder, 9fin. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 31in. ; 

 length of tail, 9iin. ; girth of chest, 19in. ; girth of loin, 17fin. ; girth 

 of head, 12in. ; girth of forearm, 5in. ; length of head from occiput to 

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

 nose, 7in. ; length of ear, 6in. 



Mr. W. Arkwright's Xaverl (K.C.S.B., 6337) : Age, 3| years ; weight, 

 18lb. ; height at shoulder, lOfin. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 

 29fin. ; length of tail, llin. ; girth of chest, 19|in. ; girth of loin, 15fin. ; 

 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 ear, 6in. 



Mr. W. Arkwright's Senta (K.C.S.B., 8401) : Age, H years ; weight, 

 191b. ; height at shoulder, 9fin. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 31in. ; 



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