TILE DACHSHUND. Except that this dog hunts rabbits, and, like the beagle and the basset, is short on the leg and long in the body. lie has nothing in common with the others. He is a curious mixture. He has the smooth coat and body of a pointer, the tail and nose of a black and tan terrier, the ear of a foxhound, with more than the foxhound's sensitiveness, the hinder legs taller than the front ones, and the latter comical ly bowed. He is a very ancient breed. One of his kind is painted on an Egyptian monument of the period c.c. 2000. He has many modern admirers, and a club devoted to his interests, whose standard calls for a general appearance long. low. and graceful—not cloddy—a wedge shaped head, long and lean, broadest at its base; skull moderately arched, bridge of nose somewhat curved or nearly straight. no stop; muzzle strong. not snipy, but fairly pointed, with open nostrils; ears medium, long, broad and soft, imual at end. set on high and well back; eyes %%%%% ing no w kite, and with keen eN ; jaws strong. with strong and regular teeth; neck tapering trust the shoulders to the bead; shoul ders well muscled and plastic; chest de veloped, especially the breastbone; body long, back ribs very short ; tore ribs well sprung; fore legs short and strong in bone; fore feet large, round, and strong; hind lees smaller in bone and higher than fore legs; lower thigh very short and forming marly a right angle with the upper thigh; feet of hind legs smaller than those of fore legs; coat short (except oil the wire haired), dense. strong. and glossy, but short. and tine on the under side of the body; skin loose and supple; color, red in all tints, black and tan, liver and tan. grey and tan, and spotted. White is objectionable, except in a small stripe from the breastbone t which is prominent ) down wa rd.
TuaNserr. A dog closely akin in build to the it:K.11,1mnd, and called the bath-hound or turn spit, was used in England in some localities well into the nineteenth century to drive a when by which the roasting-spits were turned before the lire. Ile was put in a box in such a position that lie could apply his fore feet one after another to a paddlewheel, and by that means the spit scut. round. A similar dog, used for rabbiting, was early known to English hunters as the 'wry legged terrier.'
THE urrytt-llouxu. This is the gamiest and pluckiest of dogs. llis prime requisite is such hardihood as will enable him to follow the otter to its water den aunt fight him there, withstand ing without complaint the severest bites from this most vicious of animals. If fish are to be 'preserved' in certain streams, otters must he limited, and to this end otter-hounds are a necessity. This dog must have powerful jaws and guild teeth. also a rough grizzly coat. which defies alike the chill of the water and the teeth of the otter. Beneath the wiry outer eoat, an under coat of oily wool is essential. This hound is a large dog. standing about 25 inches high, and weighing 50 to 75 pounds.
Tut: DANE, or GERM AN BOA [MOUND. This is the last visible remnant of one of the two great classes into which dogs were divided by Xenophon and the early Greek writers—the `fighting dogs,' famed for their huge frame, their pugnacity and ferocity under training. Most of the ancient nations cultivated this dog as an ally in their armies. Arrian enumerates those of ''the Mode, Celt, 5cr or Indian. Albanian, Ibe rian, Lycaonian. Libyan, Egyptian. :11agnesian, Molossian. 'Briton. Areanian, and a few others nearly allied." Cyrus had his war-dogs, and at Marathon dogs shared the honors of the day. That their use was continued by the Romans is evidenced by the fact that front the ruins of Hereulaneum have been exhumed the calcined corpses of dogs wearing mail armor. The use of this huge dog for aggressive pugnacity has long since passed. lint as a companion and safe guard he has always been valued by German game wardens.
The standard adopted by the Great Dane Club of America maintains all the great and marked qualities of this giant of the canine world, de creeing for dogs a minimum height of :30 inches and a weight of 100 pounds, with an approximate height of 32 inches and a weight of 140 pounds. It requires a powerful and elegant brute. The body must be lung, round, and compact ; the coat short and tine; the ears small and carried high; the eyes small, deeply set, and with a sharp ex pression. The recognized colors are the various shades of gran or blue, mouse color, black, red or fawn; also brindle or tiger-striped or white ground, with patches of dark odors.