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to Xaverl, and many of them are in-bred to him. Xaverl first 

 appeared at the Kennel Club Show at the Crystal Palace in June, 

 when he was placed second, Pixie being first ; but this decision 

 was reversed at Brighton. Zieten came out with Xaverl, and was 

 awarded an extra prize, he was said to be the sire of Xaverl, though 

 they were quite different in type ; and most of Zieten's stock born 

 in England had his square, lippy type of head, short cloddy body, 

 with immense bone ; whereas Xaverl was a most graceful dog T 

 with beautiful neck and shoulders, magnificent loin, but light in 

 bone. 



At Maidstone, Dina came out and was awarded an extra first, 

 she had a lovely head, narrow and straight, with a beautiful skull, 

 good skin and bone, but moved badly behind. Fritz also came 

 out at Maidstone, he had particularly long ears, was rather large, 

 but plain in head, he was not so low, nor with so much bone as 

 Dina. At Darlington Festus beat Xaverl, and again at Birming- 

 ham, but the judging of dachshunds at this time was very 

 inconsistent. 



At Brighton, in October, Dessauer, Chenda, Linda, and 

 Schlupferle were new faces. Dessauer won first in black and tan 

 dogs, and five prizes were awarded in black and tan bitches, viz., 

 Marguerite ist, Chenda 2nd, Linda 3rd, Dina 4th, and Frou Frou 

 5th. In the other than black and tan, Xaverl ist, Pixie 2nd, 

 Schlupferle 3rd, and Gisella 4th ; the latter was a very small bitch, 

 light in bone and toyish in head. Dessauer had a long punishing 

 terrier-like head, was too large, but very sound ; Chenda was 

 houndy, but, like her dam Waldine, lacking in quality ; Linda was 

 still larger, with a particularly long head, but flat in skull ; 

 Schlupferle was a large red bitch, with a good head, but wanting in 

 length of ear, and short of quality. At Birmingham, 1876, Major 

 Cooper's Waldmann, bred by Count Minister, came out, and only 

 obtained h.c., but in the following year, 1877, he won first each 

 time shown, viz., at the Kennel Club Shows at the Agricultural 

 Hall and Alexandra Palace, and at Birmingham, whilst at the 

 Alexandra Palace the following year, when shown in excellent 



