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imported a considerable number of the winners of the day ; but the 

 two Dachshunds, imported about this time, to whom most of the 

 modern Dachshunds can be traced back were Waldine (6,355) 

 and Xaverl (6,337), the former being the dam of Chenda (6,339), 

 Hans (8,380), Zanah (8,404), etc., and the latter the sire of Hans 

 (8,380), Zigzag (8,393), etc. etc. The latter's son Ozone (10,502) sired 

 the two brothers Maximus (12,767) and Superbus (12,776), probably 

 the most successful show and stud dogs of the breed in this country, 

 but they owed a great deal of their success to their dam Thusnelda 

 (10,528), imported by Mr. W. Schuller. She was first exhibited by 

 Mr. Mudie at the Kennel Club Show of 1880. She was smaller than 

 most of the Dachshunds then being shown, and was stated to have 

 won several first prizes at Continental shows. She proved to be 

 the most valuable importation of all the Dachshunds that passed 

 through the hands of Mr. Schuller. Although she left no progeny 

 in Mr. Mudie's kennel, she bred most successfully to both Ozone 

 and Wag when in Mr. Arkwright's kennel. 



There is no doubt that nearly all our Dachshunds that were too 

 large and houndy in type obtained this from the strain of Waldine 

 (6,355), t )Ut tn i s strain when crossed with Thusnelda soon produced 

 the right size and the type required. 



In January, 1881, the Dachshund Club was formed, and before 

 the end of the year a description of the Dachshund with a scale of 

 points was published. It has often been stated that the Dachshund 

 Club when it published the description of the variety did so in 

 direct opposition to the acknowledged German type ; but the writers 

 who make these statements surely overlook the fact that this 

 standard was compiled in England and published ten years before 

 any standard or scale of points were published by any acknowledged 

 German authority viz. the Teckel-Klub in 1891. 



The standard described the Dachshund as he was then known 

 in this country by the imported dogs that were being exhibited, 

 and that were stated to have won prizes before being imported, and 

 to have been bred in the very best German kennels ; but there is no 

 doubt whatever that these imported dogs were more houndy in type 

 than the Dachshund described in the scale of points published by 

 the Teckel-Klub ten years later. 



Although the points of the breed as published by the two clubs 

 had important differences, there was not so much difference in the 

 type of the dogs themselves. 



In 1882 Dachshunds that were prize winners at our shows, and 

 bred from the most successful winners of the day, competed success- 

 fully at Hanover under a German judge. 



In 1885 and 1886 I exhibited Wagtail (16,633) a daughter 

 of Thusnelda, and the dam of Jackdaw (20,689), the most success- 

 ful English-bred Dachshund ever exhibited at the shows of the 



