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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 

 tracking 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 

 impossible 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 obtaining a similar 

 distinction with his " Feldman," a very neat whole tan of the 

 Saxe-Weimar breed, with which he laid the foundation of his 

 celebrated kennel, winning with him individually between thirty 

 and forty prizes, but succumbing in 1872 to the Earl 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 £50. Of course, with, this high market value, no time 

 was lost in importing specimens by the score ; and Mr. Schuller, 

 I believe, brought over fully two hundred dogs in that and the 

 following year. Latterly, however, either from the breed not being 

 generally approved of, or from caprice, the market price has gone 

 down, and a moderately good dog can be got for £5 or £10. 



