96 ON DACHSHUNDS 



some time ran a dachshund of mine with 

 them, but found hun too fast for them. 

 This is no criterion of speed, I grant, and a 

 dachshund is not, and should not be, a fast 

 dog ; but he should be a quick, active dog, 

 and go along on a scent at the rate, at least, 

 of a twelve-Inch beaole. 



Now let us analyse the dachshund's claim 

 to be considered a sporting dog. I base that 

 claim on three grounds — (i) His position 

 in his native country, (2) his uses In 

 this country, and (3) my own personal ex- 

 perience of him in many countries. 



And first as to his position In his native 

 country, by which I mean Germany and 

 Austria, where he has so lono- been natural- 

 ised, for the real land of his origin has long 

 been lost to human knowledo'e, even if he is 

 not, as I said in a previous chapter, one of 



