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exhibited by Mr. Wootten. She won first in the bitch class, and 

 afterwards beat the writer's Jude for the special. Hagar was 

 certainly a very beautiful dachshund, excellent in type of head, 

 with capital skin and bone. She was on the big side, and not 

 quite perfection in loin and stern. She has become celebrated 

 in pedigree chiefly through her son Charkow and her daughter 

 Rachel, that was bred to Graf III. Hagar carried all before her. 

 At the Kennel Club show at the Alexandra Palace she beat 

 Zigzag and Ozone for the best dachshund in the show. Mr. 

 Benson's Rosa (litter sister to Hagar) first appeared at this show, 

 when she was placed second to Olympia. Rosa had a nice clean, 

 long head, with a capital jaw, good body, but carried her stern 

 badly. The writer's Julian and Juliet, by Hans ex Dina, were 

 prize winners here. In fact, no less than three first prizes, four 

 second prizes, the medal, and the cup were won by dachshunds at 

 this show that had Hans for their sire. And Hans was also 

 exhibited, but he only obtained v.h.c. He was not exactly a 

 show dog, but he proved himself a valuable stud dog. Juliet 

 was nearly black with white fore feet, but she was houndy in type, 

 had an excellent skull, with nicely set and low carriage of ears. 

 At Birmingham, Mrs. Price's Neva (a sister to Wag) won in class 

 for red bitches. She was long, with strong loin, and a very 

 good type of head. 



'In 1882 the division of the classes by colour was abolished 

 at Kennel Club shows. At the Alexandra Palace, in June, 

 Mr. Arkwright brought out the famous litter Maximus, Superbus, 

 and Mignonne. Ozone, now shown by Mr. Walker, won in 

 the champion class, beating Zanker and Faust. Maximus and 

 Superbus were first and second in the dog class, and Mignonne ist, 

 and Zulette (now shown by Mrs. Hoare) 2nd, in the bitch class. 



The cup for the best dachshund in the show was awarded 

 to Mignonne. Of the brothers Maximus and Superbus the former 

 had more quality, was better in skull and loin, while Superbus 

 had the better ears and more bone, and these qualities each dog 

 seemed to transmit to his stock. Soon after this show Superbus 



