Outdoor Dachshunde

To the incurious, the dachshund seems a miserable creature. Too low for dignity or speed, too long to serve as a lap dog, it appears to be recommended only by its melancholy face suggesting an appreciation of its drawbacks. Actually, the dachshund is among the most intelligent and efficient of dogs. It also shows definite signs of becoming the most popular breed in the U. S. Despised during the War, dachshunde suddenly became fashionable half a dozen years ago. Last winter, they outnumbered every other breed at the Westminster Kennel Club show. Last week, at the Lamington, N. J., pony farm of the James Cox Brady estate, occurred the first event of its kind ever held in the U. S.--dachshund field trials, patterned after Germany's Jagdgebrauchs, sponsored by the 40-year-old Dachshund Club of America.

Used as early as the 15th Century to hunt badgers, dachshunde are also useful for rabbits, foxes, woodchucks, any other animal which goes to ground. In a field trial credit is given not only for finding & trailing game but also for the energy & skill with which a hound enters its quarry's den.

At Lamington last week, a tiger-colored, 12-lb., 6-year-old. German-bred, smooth bitch named Amsel v. Holzgarten, trained by her owner, George McKay Schieffelin, made three finds in the final heat, took the trophy. Ch. Heini Flottenberg, who won best of breed at the Westminster Show in 1933, proved himself almost as able in the field as on the bench by taking third in the open all-age stake for dogs. For a field trial championship, a dachshund needs 25 points of which Amsel v. Holzgarten's victory in the Lamington Jagdgebrauch last week brought her seven.

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