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been seen in England, and probably as good as anything in 

 Germany. 



Ch. Jackdaw was a black and tan dog, bred and owned by 

 Mr. Harry Jones, of Ipswich. He was sired by Ch. Charkow, 

 out of Wagtail, and born 2Oth July, 1886. Through his dam 

 he was descended from a famous bitch, Thusnelda, who was 

 imported by Mr. Mudie in the early 'eighties. She was a 

 winner of high honours in Hanover. The name of Jackdaw 

 figures in all the best pedigrees of to-day. 



Ch. Pterodactyl was born in 1888, and bred by Mr. Willink. 

 He was in a measure an outcross from the standard type of the 

 day, and his dam, whose pedigree is in dispute, was thought 

 to have been imported. After passing through one or two 

 hands he was purchased by Mr. Harry Jones, and in his kennel 

 speedily made a great name in the show ring and at the stud, 

 and was eventually sold for a high price to Mr. Sidney Woodi- 

 wiss, who at that period had the largest kennel of Dachshunds 

 in England. 



" Ptero," as he was called, was a big, light red dog, with 

 wonderful fore-quarters and great muscular development. He 

 also possessed what is called a " punishing jaw " and rather 

 short ears, and looked a thorough " business " dog. He had an 

 almost unbroken series of successes at shows in England, and. 

 being taken to Germany (in the days before the quarantine 

 regulations), he took the highest honours in the heavy-weight 

 class, and a special prize for the best Dachshund of all 

 classes. This dog became the favourite sire of his day and 

 the fashionable colour. 



The black and tan thereupon went quite out of favour, and 

 this fact, coupled with the reckless amount of inbreeding of 

 red to red that has been going on since Ptero 's day, accounts 

 largely for the prevalence of light eyes, pink noses, and bad- 

 coloured coats of the Dachshunds, as a class, to-day. 



There are, strictly speaking, three varieties of Dachshund 

 (a) the short-haired, (b) the long-haired, and (c) the rough- 

 haired. 



