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Xaverl ; he was a nice red puppy, but he lacked the quality of 

 Xaverl, who turning the tables, beat him the same year at 

 Bristol, at the Kennel Club show, and at the Alexandra Palace. 

 At this show Zigzag and Senta made their first appearance, the 

 former only getting third, but as he was but eight months' old, 

 he had not let down and furnished, so appeared high on the leg ; 

 still, the awards were very inconsistent as regards any type : 

 Xaverl, first ; Von, second ; Zigzag, third ; Otto, v.h.c. ; Von 

 Jostik (Zieten), v.h.c., and Teck, h.c. ; the latter had won first the 

 previous week at Birmingham. Von was much of the same type 

 as his sire Zieten, cloddy in body, and lacking the beautiful 

 outline of Xaverl. 



Then Senta caused a flutter among dachshund breeders ; she 

 had no difficulty in winning first in her class ; her skull and ears 

 were wonderful, and her skin and bone extraordinary, but she 

 lacked the grand outline of body of her sire Xaverl ; it was a great 

 loss to the breed that she was never bred from ; Zanah, her litter 

 sister, not at all good in head, became famous as the dam of a 

 large number of winners. In 1879 champion classes were 

 established, and Xaverl was the first winner at the Kennel Club 

 show at the Alexandra Palace in July, 1879, beating Dessauer, old 

 Erdmann arriving too late to compete; but his presence would 

 have made no difference in the awards. At this show Otto was 

 exhibited by Mr. Mudie, when he only obtained v.h.c. ; he should 

 have made a valuable stud dog ; his sister Erdine bred a good 

 dog in Mr. Parrot's Zanker, and also Mr. Southwell's Hannah. 



Olympia, a puppy by Otto, came out in the puppy class in this 

 year ; she was scarcely six months old, and won first, the writer's 

 Blitz being second ; Olympia was simply immense, much too 

 large, coarse in head, but with wonderful ears, skin, and bone ; 

 whereas Blitz was very small, with a lot of quality, and excellent 

 loin. The awards at the Kennel Club show, held at Brighton, in 

 November, upset all previous opinions of dachshund type, when 

 Olympia was placed over Xaverl and Zigzag, the latter being 

 again beaten by Zanker at Birmingham. The new faces in 1880 



