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as a grand specimen of his type. Mr. Millais has not shown much, but has good dogs ; and 

 Mr. Arkwright's Xaverl was for a long time champion of his breed. 



The dogs selected for illustration in the coloured plate are 



Major Cooper's (of Pitsford Hall, Northampton) Waldmann, an extremely good specimen 

 of the black-and-tan variety, who is a winner at some of our best shows. 



The Rev. G. F. Lovell's Schlupferle. A handsome fallow-red, whose measurements are as 

 follows : Length from tip of nose to stop, 3 inches ; from stop to occiput, 4^ inches ; length 

 of back from top of shoulders to setting on of stern, 16 inches ; girth of thigh, 9 inches ; girth 

 of fore-arm, 5 inches; girth of pastern, 3| inches; height at shoulders, 12 inches; height at 

 elbows, 6i inches; height at loins, 13! inches; height at hock, 4! inches; length of stern, 

 II inches; weight, 23 Ibs. ; age, 4 years 10 months. 



Mr. Enoch Hutton's Fcstus, already alluded to by his owner in the notes with which he 

 obliged us as above. 



The large full-page illustration of Dachshunds at work is the production of a celebrated 

 foreign artist, who is especially happy in conveying the expression of animals to paper. 



Following our usual custom, we shall now append a scale of points for judging the breed, 

 which we cheerfully admit are founded upon the scale afforded us by Mr. Lovell in the pre- 

 ceding portion of this chapter : 



STANDARD OF POINTS FOR JUDGING DACHSHUNDS. 



Value. 



Skull and muzzle ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 



Ears and eyes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Shoulders and chest ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Loins ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Fore legs and feet ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Hind legs and feet ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Colour and coat... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 



General appearance, in-ludiny skin ... ... ... ... 10 



Total ... ... ... 50 



