. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. THE DACHSHUND 311 A great controvers}' has raged for some years over this standard of points which treats the Dachshund as a " hound " pure and simple, and entirely taboos the " terrier," but at the time of its inception it was un- doubtedly a useful guide for all interested in the breed. Where I think the Dachshund Club made a great mistake was in not approaching the German Teckel Club, wh
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. THE DACHSHUND 311 A great controvers}' has raged for some years over this standard of points which treats the Dachshund as a " hound " pure and simple, and entirely taboos the " terrier," but at the time of its inception it was un- doubtedly a useful guide for all interested in the breed. Where I think the Dachshund Club made a great mistake was in not approaching the German Teckel Club, when it was formed some years later, and when it drew up its standard description of the points of the true type of Dachshund, and then revising the English standard to accord with the Ger- man version. The Dachshund is a Ger- man dog—practically the national dog — and the Germans should know better than we do the type best fitted for the severe work which the dog is expected to perform, and which even the Ger- man show dogs per- form to-day. Unfortunately the English club appar- ently made no effort to this desirable end, and the year of grace, 1907, committee, appointed by that now look after the the breed, agreed to revise. MISS M, W. S. HAWKINS LONG-HAIRED DACHSHUND ALEXANDER SCHNAPPS BY SCHNAPPS ALEX. it was only in that a select the two clubs interests of the English standard to bring it into line with the German. This is a step, though a late one, in the right direction, but it will take years perhaps to eradicate the evil done to the breed by the misconception of the true type. I cannot do better than give the standard of points formulated by the Germans, which will very soon, I trust, be the standard adopted by the authorities in this country for the guidance of breeders and judges of the Dachshund. Some illustrations of typical specimens of the breed accompany this article, and these should be studied m conjunction with the description of the points which follows. E
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