THE DACHSHUND. 75 
so distinct from the bell-like note of the true hound. The temper 
of all the dachshund strains is short and crusty, little under con- 
trol of the master, and leading the animal into constant fights, 
both in kennel and out of it. This little dog hunts the foot-scent 
with his nose low on the ground, and his natural love of hunting 
something is so great, that he often imagines a scent where none 
exists ; and I have seen a young dog, which had never been intro- 
duced to any kind of game hunt a large garden for hours, with as 
much keenness as if half a dozen badgers were on foot, where he 
must of necessity have been imagining a scent all the time. In 
this feature he resembles the highly-bred setter, who is inclined to 
make imaginary points when no real ones can be made out. His 
worst point is, that he cannot be made to submit to control; and, 
slow as he is, he must be hunted in a leash if he is used for track- 
ing wounded deer. Fortunately he does not care for feather, or it 
would be impossible to keep poultry where a dachshund is loose, 
for he would destroy every fowl within his reach, it being impos- 
sible to break him from the game which he fancies. 
This little dog was, I believe, first introduced into England by 
the late Prince Consort, who, about thirty years ago, imported 
several from the kennels of Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, and 
used them in the Windsor Forest coverts for pheasant-shooting. 
His example was soon followed; and in 1869 we find Mr. J. F. 
Forbes winning a prize at Birmingham in the extra class for his 
“Satan,” who, however, was a dachsdecker rather than a dachs- 
hund. In the following year Mr. Fisher obtained a similar 
distinction with his “Feldman,” a very neat whole tan of the Saxe- 
Weimar breed, with which he laid the foundation of his cele- 
brated kennel, winning with him individually between thirty and 
forty prizes, but succumbing in 1872 to the Harl of Onslow’s 
“ Waldmar.” 
In 1873 a‘special class for this breed was made both at ‘the 
Crystal Palace and Birmingham shows, Mr. Hodge’s “ Erdman ” 
winning at the former, and Mr. Fisher being again in front with 
“Feldman” at the latter. Since that time all our important ex- 
hibitions have had their dachshund class, and the breed became so 
fashionable that in 1876 a show dachshund was worth from £20 
to 450. Ofcourse, with this high market value, no time was lost 
