The Dachshund. 547 



Mr. Jones believes our modern dachshunds are 

 far more typical than they have ever been, and with 

 this opinion I thoroughly coincide. There may 

 be cases in which legs, feet, chest, and loin have 

 been neglected in trying to produce beautiful heads, 

 but this has not been carried out to any great extent. 

 The best dachshunds of to-day are particularly 

 sound, have excellent chest and loins, and, con- 

 sidering their short legs and long bodies, get over 

 the ground at almost an extraordinary rate. 



Although, as I have previously stated, the dachs- 

 hund is usually kept in this country as a com- 

 panion and for show purposes, he is quite capable 

 as a sporting dog. Personally, I have never seen 

 one of the little hounds at work, so for information 

 as to their abilities in this respect I cannot speak 

 of my own knowledge. Again Mr. Jones kindly 

 acceded to my wishes and furnishes the following 

 very interesting account of three or four days 

 badger hunting with dachshunds of his own. That 

 they acquitted themselves with credit no one will 

 deny, and at any rate performed their duties quite 

 as well (perhaps better) as our terriers would have 

 done under similar circumstances. 



" I had some excellent sport with dachshunds in 

 the spring of 1878. I arranged to pay three visits 

 to friends, all of whom promised to introduce me to 



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