ON DACHSHUNDS 95 



front, and I do not believe that any dog so 

 built can ever be a cripple — I mean from 

 causes of formation. But my object does 

 remotely bear on this point, because It is to 

 try and convince a few English sportsmen 

 that the dachshund Is a sporting dog. If he 

 is, as I think I shall presently very clearly 

 show, it is obvious that he cannot belong 

 to that class of dog in which it Is not any 

 drawback to be a cripple. But the Ideas of 

 English people on the subject are really very 

 funny. The other day I saw a dachshund 

 advertised in the Field by a sporting 

 publican. "Can go a good bat when 

 roused," it ran, as if the owner was really 

 quite surprised it could do more than waddle. 

 I should be sorry to be (foot) huntsman to 

 a pack of dachshunds. When I was Mas- 

 ter of a pack of basset hounds, I for 



