Count's Dachshund

The Egyptians, as their ancient reliefs attest, valued the brave and loyal, but somewhat obstinate dachshund.* Last week, near Semmering, famed Austrian winter sports centre, Printz, the pet dachshund of Count Bela Szechenyi, upheld the tradition of his breed.

The Count (nephew of the Hungarian Minister at Washington who married Gladys Vanderbilt) slipped while climbing, fell from a jutting rock and was instantly killed.

Printz, barking wildly, picked his way down a tortuous slope to the dead body. There he squatted, howled until a rescue party, guided by the sound, came. Baring his short sharp teeth, growling and snarling, he kept at bay for an hour these men who he supposed had come to harm his dead master. Hastily summoned, the valet of Count Szechenyi at last soothed and called off Printz. That night he planted himself on stumpy, determined legs beside his master's bier, had to be leashed and dragged away when the morticians came.

*Pronounced correctly "dahks-hoont," mispronounced "dash-hound."