Where did the name "hot dog" come from?

For years,many belived a cartoonist named T.A. Dorgan coined the term during a baseball game in the early 20th century.According to legend,Dorgan observed a vendor selling "hot dachshund sausages." Dorgan used the term "hot dog" in his catoon because he could not spell "dachshund".While this make for a good story,the truth-seekers at Snopes.com say it isn't so. The more likely explanation is that German immigrants came up with the term.The National Hot Dog & Sausage Council quotes a "hot dog historian" named Burce Kraig who say that in addition bringing the hot dog to United State,Germany also brough the dachshund.The name likely began as a joke about the German's small,long,thin dogs."