_Colour._--All Hound colours are admissible. Perhaps the most popular is black, white and tan. Next in order is the lemon and white, the blue and lemon mottles; then follow the solid colours, such as black-and-tan, tan, lemon, fawn, etc. This arrangement is of course arbitrary, the question being one governed entirely by fancy. The colours first named form the most lively contrast, and blend better in the pack, the solid colours being sombre and monotonous to the eye. It is not intended to give a point value to colour in the scale for judging, as beforesaid all true Hound colours being correct. The following remarks on the subject are therefore simply suggestive. _General Appearance._--A miniature Foxhound, solid and big for his inches, with the wear-and-tear look of the dog that can last in the chase and follow his quarry to the death. _Note._--Dogs possessing such serious faults as are enumerated under the heading of "Disqualifications" are under the grave suspicion of being of impure blood. Under the heading of "Defects," objectionable features are indicated, such departures from the standard not, however, impugning the purity of the breeding. CHAPTER XI =The Dachshund= [Illustration] Like many other varieties of the dog, the origin of the Dachshund seems to be involved in obscurity, though there are fairly reasonable grounds for concluding that the home of the Dachshund is Germany, where the terrier-like type is that cultivated, the Hound characteristics of the breed having become largely developed through the English system of breeding. To anyone unacquainted with this breed of dog in his own country, the Hound features are the most striking, in fact, so overshadow anything of the Terrier element as to completely obscure it. Some few years since the Dachshund was an exceedingly fashionable variety of dog, chiefly as a lady's companion. [Illustration: DACHSHUND CHAMPION SNAKES PRINCE (Property of Mr DE BOINVILLE).] [Illustration: A BRACE OF TYPICAL DACHSHUNDS (Property of Mr DE BOINVILLE).] [Illustration: DACHSHUND DOG AND BITCH (Property of Mrs GERALD SPENCER).] [Illustration: RED DACHSHUND VICTORIA REGINA (Property of Miss BLACKOE).] Latterly he seems to have been displaced by the Pomeranian, Pekinese, and Japanese Spaniels. This brings us back to the adage that "every dog has his day." So with the Dachshund, yet the classes at the London shows are always well filled. The Terrier-type of Hound is usually smaller and built upon lighter lines. The legs are not so crooked, the head shorter, so are the ears. In weight they are from 10 to 16 lbs. or thereabout. The so-called Toy Dachshund or Spiel Dachs are a diminutive production of the smallest Terrier-type of the variety, but not specially sought after, at least in this country. In England Dachshunds are but rarely used for sporting purposes, but in Germany they are largely employed for hunting the fox in his home.