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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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During
the
past
five-and-twenty
years
the
names
of
two
particular
Dachshunds
stand
out
head
and
shoulders
above
those
of
their
competitors:
Champions
Jackdaw
and
Pterodactyl.
Jackdaw
had
a
wonderful
record,
having,
during
a
long
show
career,
never
been
beaten
in
his
class
from
start
to
finish,
and
having
won
many
valuable
prizes.
He
was
credited
with
being
the
most
perfect
Dachshund
that
had
ever
been
seen
in
England,
and
probably
as
good
as
anything
in
Germany.
Ch.
Jackdaw
was
a
black
and
tan
dog,
bred
and
owned
by
Mr.
Harry
Jones,
of
Ipswich.
He
was
sired
by
Ch.
Charkow,
out
of
Wagtail,
and
born
20th
July,
1886.
Through
his
dam
he
was
descended
from
a
famous
bitch,
Thusnelda,
who
was
imported
by
Mr.
Mudie
in
the
early
'eighties.
She
was
a
winner
of
high
honours
in
Hanover.
The
name
of
Jackdaw
figures
in
all
the
best
pedigrees
of
to-day.
Ch.
Pterodactyl
was
born
in
1888,
and
bred
by
Mr.
Willink.
He
was
in
a
measure
an
outcross
from
the
standard
type
of
the
day,
and
his
dam,
whose
pedigree
is
in
dispute,
was
thought
to
have
been
imported.
After
passing
through
one
or
two
hands
he
was
purchased
by
Mr.
Harry
Jones,
and
in
his
kennel
speedily
made
a
great
name
in
the
show
ring
and
at
the
stud,
and
was
eventually
sold
for
a
high
price
to
Mr.
Sidney
Woodiwiss,
who
at
that
period
had
the
largest
kennel
of
Dachshunds
in
England.
"Ptero,"
as
he
was
called,
was
a
big,
light
red
dog,
with
wonderful
fore-quarters
and
great
muscular
development.
He
also
possessed
what
is
called
a
"punishing
jaw"
and
rather
short
ears,
and
looked
a
thorough
"business"
dog.
He
had
an
almost
unbroken
series
of
successes
at
shows
in
England,
and
being
taken
to
Germany
(in
the
days
before
the
quarantine
regulations),
he
took
the
highest
honours
in
the
heavy-weight
class,
and
a
special
prize
for
the
best
Dachshund
of
all
classes.
This
dog
became
the
favourite
sire
of
his
day
and
the
fashionable
colour.
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