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From what has been said and written concerning the breed from time to time by various 

 authorities, it will be seen that it is not only on the subject of type that their admirers differ. 

 Enthusiasts, as we have before remarked, give this breed of dog credit for an amount of 

 gameness which we scarcely think it fully deserves. It is no doubt true that instances of 

 exceptionally game Dachshunds have come beneath the observation of gentlemen who have 

 studied the breed, as In the cases Mr. Enoch Hutton quotes ; but we are inclined to imagine 

 that these are exceptions rather than invariable rules. As house-dogs Dachshunds are without 

 superiors, as their voices are deep enough to awaken the heaviest sleeper, and their sense of 

 hearing is very acute. 



In consequence of the fast-increasing number of these dogs which appear at the principal 

 dog shows, efforts have been made to gain additional classes for them, as they are usually 

 divided according to colour only. Classes for Dachshunds black-and-tan, and Dachshunds 

 other than black-and-tan, have been up to the time of writing (1880) the order of the day, 

 and no doubt during the earlier stages of this variety's existence as a show dog were amply 

 sufficient. As, however, so many specimens of either type appear, certain exhibitors have been 

 trying to gain classes for each variety of their favourite dog, with apparently some chance 

 of ultimate success. The efforts of these breeders, however, are not regarded with favour by 

 the supporters of the hound type of Dachshund, who maintain that the Terrier type is a 

 mongrel unworthy of support, and therefore advocate the institution of heavy weight and light 

 weight classes, instead of a division of the types. How things will work it is impossible to 

 foretell ; but an indisputable fact in connection with the Dachshund is its fast-increasing 

 popularity amongst us, and its admirers appear to spare no trouble or expense in importing 

 the best blood into the country. 



Having now come to the end of our notes on the Dachshund, we can but once more 

 repeat that our sympathies lie with the class of dog so ably depicted by the Rev. G. F. 

 Lovell ; but under any circumstances we would caution breeders against crossing the two types 

 together, as certain ruin will be caused to each thereby. In breeding, we may remark that 

 liver-coloured puppies frequently appear when reds are bred together. This colour, though 

 disliked for show purposes, is often very valuable for crossing when increased depth of colour 

 is required, and therefore a liver-coloured brood bitch or two is often seen in breeders' 

 kennels. Whilst on this subject of colour we may remark that we cordially endorse the views 

 already given on the subject of white. It is most undesirable that white blazes on the head 

 or chest should ever be seen, and white feet we regard almost as a disqualification. In 

 Germany we have seen many of the breed marked similarly to hounds, but cannot recall 

 any to memory which were black-and-tans or fallow-reds marked with white. As regards the 

 black ones, Mr. Mackenzie, of Perth, in 1879, imported a very handsome dog of this colour 

 who rejoices in the name of Gravedigger. This dog was a good winner in his own country, 

 and has done his master good service in the land of his adoption, and we do not know of a 

 better-coated one, his skin being everything that could be desired. 



Amongst the leading Dachshund breeders and exhibitors of the day the names of the 

 Rev. G. F. Lovell, Mr. John Fisher, Mr. Everett Millais, Mr. W. Arkwright, and Mr. Enoch 

 Hutton, are the most prominent, the first-named gentleman having been the owner of what is still 

 considered to have been the best Dachshund ever seen in this country. We allude to Pixie, 

 a wonderful little bitch, whose untimely death alone prevented her appearing in our coloured 

 plate. Mr. John Fisher's Feldmann was truly, as Mr. Hutton says, the pioneer of his variety 

 in this country, and Mr. Hutton's Festus, whose portrait is in our coloured plate, is recognised 



