526 Modern Dogs. 



With such qualifications he soon became a 

 favourite, and from being represented in couples in 

 the variety class at our dog shows he speedily 

 appeared in scores, and had, as he has now, many 

 separate divisions provided for him challenge cups, 

 and other valuable prizes, and a specialist club to 

 look after his welfare to boot. These remarks, and 

 subsequent ones, are in connection with the smooth- 

 coated little hound as we acknowledge him, and do 

 not include the rough-haired variety that has 

 occasionally been seen here, and is pretty common 

 in some parts of the German Empire. 



Who was responsible for bringing the first dachs- 

 hund to England I do not know, any more than I 

 am acquainted with the particulars of the origin of 

 the dog itself. Some sporting men of the old 

 school have said he was nothing more than the 

 common turnspit, which the cooks of their grand- 

 parents had used in their kitchens to turn the spit 

 in which their joints and geese and turkeys were 

 roasted. Perhaps there had been some connection 

 between the two breeds ; there was a resemblance, 

 for both had short crooked legs and unduly long 

 bodies, but the cooks' dogs were seldom whole 

 coloured, as is pretty nearly always the case with 

 the dachshund, at least with our British variety. 



No doubt either the dachshund himself, or a dog 



