The Dachshund. 535 



condition, lie did not obtain even a card, such was the in-and-out 

 judging of dachshunds about this time. 



In 1877 the dachshund classes at the Kennel Club shows were 

 divided by weight as well as by colour, and few fresh faces 

 appeared in the prize lists. In the class for " over 2olb." Olga, a 

 nice red bitch, was first .at the Agricultural Hall, with Dina 

 second. Olga had won first at Bath the month previous : she 

 was a houndy bitch, too large, and not sound in front. Her 

 blood is to be found in a very large number of our best 

 dachshunds, chiefly through Wag, her son by Bodo ; she also 

 to Fritz bred that good bitch Flink. In 1878 another change was 

 made in the division of the classes at the Kennel Club shows, this 

 time by colour and height. A large number of dachshunds came 

 out in 1878 that are to be found in the pedigrees of most of 

 the dachshunds of the present day, and others only distinguished 

 themselves on the show bench. These include Mrs. Hoare's Faust, 

 Mr. Arkwright's Hans, Otto, and Senta, Mr. Hutton's Haufmann, 

 Mr. C. Goas's Teck, Captain Shaw's Von, Mr. Woollen's Zigzag 

 and Zanah, and Mr. Byron's Beckah these were all bred in 

 England, except Haufmann and Teck. Faust came out a seven 

 months old puppy at the Kennel Club winter show, when he was 

 second to his sire Dessauer. Faust won a large number of prizes, 

 and his stock, more especially from Zulette, were very successful 

 on the show bench. Hans became famous chiefly through his 

 daughter Hagar from Linda, although he sired several nice 

 dachshunds from other bitches. Mr. E. Hutton's Haufmann 

 was a good coloured black and tan, another son of Dessauer, 

 but better in head ; though too large, he was a celebrated prize 

 winner. He came out in a dachshund class at Blaydon-on- 

 Tyne, when he was placed equal with Xaverl, and at Birmingham 

 he commenced the somewhat extraordinary performance of 

 winning first for six consecutive years, viz., 1878 to 1883; still, 

 very few of the present prize winners go back to him in their 

 pedigree. Otto came out as a ten months old puppy, and won 

 at the Kennel Club show at the Crystal Palace, beating his sire 



