We also learn that out-crossing or mongrelization that is produced by the union 

 of two different pure bred races is productive of deterioration, if not degeneracy, 

 and even annihilation of the species, in the first two or three generations 

 especially. For example, the result of a cross between a lion aijd tiger is inferior 

 to a purely bred one of either race. Such unions never occur in their wild or 

 natural state, but can be accomplished in captivity when both were whelped 

 in captivity. Such matings are contrary to Nature's laws and customs. 



I wonder who could establish the blood relationship that exists between the 

 English sparrows that are in America at present as the result of the few that were 

 brought over in a bird cage by a very benevolent gentleman a few years ago. Do 

 they lack in physical vigor? Who could estimate the relationship of our various 

 Ohio quail, one to another? Who knows how many ages the larks of the meadow 

 have bred in and in? A union between a lark and a quail in their wild state would 

 be as impossible as a union between a lion and a tiger in their wild or natural 

 state. 



Nature breeds her wild animals in and in, and maintains balance, harmony, 

 uniformity, vigor and beauty to a degree of perfection that is such as to ever 

 excite the envy of man. 



Consanguinity seems permissible in both high and low states of the mammal 

 kingdom where the blood is pure and it is certainly forbidden in mixed or mongrel 

 breeding. 



The degree of development of the nervous system seems a necessary con- 

 sideration as to how far it can be carried on in domestic animal life. The canine 

 race has the largest brain and nerve development of all of the lower domestic 

 mammal life — hence inbreeding must be carried on with the dog with full observ- 

 ances of natural laws which govern such procedure. I consider the horse as 

 being by far the most interesting of ail of the lower mammal life from a breeder's 

 standpoint, especially so if maintained along classified lines, that is, in one or 

 kindred bloods. 



The horse will improve and respond in quality more rapidly than the dog 

 when closely inbred. The horse will stand more inbreeding than the dog, partly 

 owing to his proportionately less brain and nerve development, to his total size, 

 physical strength and duration of life, I believe. 



Wherever the blood is nearly pure, inbreeding in the lower mammal king- 

 dom has never failed to refine, purify and establish type and quality, as well as 

 to stimulate the power of transmission or self-reproduction. 



Nature's wild animals are all produced by consanguinity. They are all 

 like the Arabian horse, untainted thoroughbreds. My space is limited, hence I 

 must stop, but wish to advise the reader who desires to become familiar with 

 the benefits derived from inbreeding to compare the heart and arteries of the 

 little quail with those of a big mongrel chicken, and the heart and bone of an 

 Arabian horse with that of another horse, etc. There is bountiful evidence and 

 illustration to be found on every hand for those who will but observe. 



"To him who in the love of nature holds communion with her visible forms, 

 she speaks a various language." 



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