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St. Hubert Society, under a German judge, and each year she not only 

 won the first prize in her class, but was awarded the prix d'honneur 

 for the best Dachshund of all classes. She was a small-sized black- 

 and-tan. 



In 1891 I exhibited Pterodactyl (24,854) at Spa under a 

 German judge, who awarded him first prize in his class, but he was 

 not permitted to compete for the prix cfhonneur ; and Pterodactyl 

 was one of the most successful prize winners in England. 



That Dachshunds of very different types do win prizes under our 

 different judges is only what occurs in nearly every breed of dog ; 

 but since the Teckel-Klub published its scale of points there 

 has been a decided effort on the part of English breeders to breed 

 more on the lines of the best of the German dogs, and with this 

 object several of the winning dogs at the trials and shows have 

 been imported during the last few years. 



I think the greatest harm that is now being done to the breed in 

 England is to change the nature of the dog, from being a hardy, 

 keen, sporting little dog, quite able to hold his own with any dog of 

 his size at field sports, into the ladies' pet dog we now find him. 

 Instead of being a merry, bold, active dog in the ring, we find half 

 of them are so shy that they cannot be induced to walk, and some 

 will not even stand up. 



That the Dachshund in his native country is a game sporting 

 little dog will be admitted by all who have seen the trials under 

 ground at foxes and badgers at Continental shows. Nearly all 

 the prize winners were good workers, and some were excellent 

 under ground. 



I think it is a far more serious matter to change this sporting 

 little companion from a hardy, courageous dog into a pet dog, 

 nervous, delicate, and shy, than to have a difference in the scale of 

 points." 



No less interesting and practical are the opinions expressed 

 by another well-known breeder of the variety, Mr. J. F. Sayer. 

 That gentleman, in his review of the breed in the Kennel Gazette 

 of January, 1903, states that : 



" What we want now is a few good German-bred dogs for mating 

 with our houndy bitches to produce better stamina and courage, 

 better legs and feet, tails, skin, and colour. The body and chest 

 we have fairly right, and even the head, as to skull, etc., but stronger 

 jaws are required. I have been much impressed when judging 

 by the comparatively few Dachshunds that are really sound on their 

 legs and able to stand evenly on their feet. Many can stand 

 without knuckling over ; but soundness demands something more 

 exacting than this namely, strong (sound) feet, not too long, 



