234 BRITISH DOGS 



In the volumes referred to, which should be in the possession 

 of every one interested in the Dachshund, occur of course the 

 names of those fanciers who have done most to place the variety 

 upon the pinnacle of fame it now enjoys. Already some of these 

 have been mentioned, but there are some few others who, having 

 espoused the cause of the variety on its introduction, have 

 retained at least their affection for it up to the present day Mr. 

 A. O. Mudie, Mr. A. W. Byron, Mr. Montague Wootten, Mr. E. S. 

 Woodiwiss, Miss Pigott, Mr. W. Arkwright, Captain and Mrs. Barry, 

 and a few others ; while the lady who at the outset was largely 

 responsible for the dog's introduction here was Mrs. Merrick-Hoare. 



To those accustomed to regard the soft-eyed, smooth-coated 

 Dachshund as but a pampered pet-dog, incapable of little 

 beyond the bestowal of its affection upon its owner and it may be 

 the guarding of the house, the instructive contribution from Mr. 

 William Carnegie ("Moorman") on the dog's working capabilities will 

 come as a revelation. It is also to be hoped that those who have 

 the true welfare of the breed at heart and their name is legion 

 will see fit to pay attention to those workmanlike qualities that 

 first endeared the breed to English hearts, instead of contriving to 

 breed solely for those more ornamental ones that fickle Fashion 

 has for the nonce ruled shall obtain : 



" The popularity of the Dachshund in this country dates now for 

 many years back, but the curious little dogs have never achieved 

 that position for either Terrier or Hound work that they hold 

 in Germany, Austro-Hungary. and other parts of the Continent. 

 They quickly secured the approval of the ' Fancy ' upon intro- 

 duction to English kennels and the benches of our dog shows ; but 

 to a very large, in fact, preponderating, extent their merits in field 

 and covert, when properly trained and worked, have been either 

 overlooked or ignored. True, there have been, and are, many 

 owners of Dachshunds who have sought to prove their worth other- 

 wise than as merely fancy dogs ; but whatever measure of success 

 has crowned their efforts in this direction, the generality of those 

 interested in the breed have not sought to follow up or extend these 

 favourable results. 



No doubt the. name Dachshund, with the German translation 

 of ' badger-dog,' has handicapped the breed for work in this country, 

 because people naturally point to the scarcity of badgers in most 

 parts of the British Isles, and, further, to the apparent unsuitability 

 of the undoubtedly peculiarly built dogs for drawing badgers, their 

 inability to tackle them, and the pronounced fact that we have 

 numberless dogs of various Terrier breeds more suitable to work 

 of this kind than the Dachshund itself. 



It is greatly to be regretted that the breed has been so closely 



