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little short in ear, and in the same class Mr. Vale's Cerise II. was 

 first shown, then a puppy under ten months, and a very smart 

 dachshund she was, with good length of head, excellent body and 

 loin ; she appeared a little short in ear and light in bone. Winks 

 did some winning for Mr. Arkwright during the year; she was 

 very typical, a good deal after the style of Wagtail, but not quite 

 so long and low. 



At the Kennel Club, Crystal Palace, February, 1886, Mr. Walker 

 showed Charkow and Cusack, two houndy-headed puppies ; 

 they carried all before them in the open and puppy classes, and 

 were first and second in the fourth produce stakes ; these puppies 

 were inclined to be large, but with excellent skin and bone, but 

 failed in depth of chest and in the arched loin ; another brother 

 (Cardinal York) was introduced later, and was successful on the 

 show bench ; he was smaller and more compact. 



At Warwick Mr. Arkwright won first, puppy class, and second, 

 novice class, with Stylograph, by Graff III. ex Wiggle; this grand 

 headed bitch had been previously shown at Hanley, when she 

 was second to Indiana; she had a beautiful skull and set on of 

 ear, but was spoilt by a high carriage of stern. In May the 

 Dachshund Club and Basset-hound Club held a joint show 

 at the Aquarium; there was a good show of dachshunds 126 

 entries. At this show the writer's Joubert, after being second to 

 Maximus in the challenge class, beating Superbus, and first in the 

 reserve, came home with a Cold, and died within a week. Mr. 

 Wootten had some large classes to judge, but most of the 

 winners had been seen before. Mr. Byron brought out Eve, a 

 nice red bitch ; she won second in the puppy class, and was 

 claimed by the writer, and winning five first prizes right away, 

 when she caught distemper and died. 



Belgian Waldmann's stock were brought out towards the end of 

 the year. At Ipswich Brussels Sprout won first in the puppy 

 class; she was a chocolate and tan, long in head, but a little 

 high on the leg. At Birmingham Mr. Arkwright won first and 

 medal with Belgian Herr, and Mr. Byron second, with Rufus, the 



