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served by a dog not of her own breed it has been 

 proven in extremely rare cases that the subse- 

 quent litters by dogs of htr own kind, showed 

 traces (or, at least, one or more of the litter 

 did) of the dog she was first lined by. The 

 theory by physiologists is that the life-giving 

 germ, implanted by the first dog, penetrates the 

 serous coat of the ovary, burrows into its paren- 

 chyma, and seeks out immature ova, not to be 

 ripened and discharged perhaps for years, and 

 to produce the modifying influence described. 

 Many breeders are unwise enough to believe 

 that a bitch the victim of misalliance is practic- 

 ally ruined for breeding purposes and discard 

 her. While, of course, we believe in the fact of 

 Antecedent Impressions, we think they are as 

 rare as the proverbial visit of angels. We have 

 given this subject serious attention and have 

 tried numerous experiments, using various dogs 

 to ward our bitches, including a pug, spaniel, 

 wire-haired fox terrier, pointer, and perhaps one 

 other, and we have never seen a trace of these 

 matings in subsequent litters. One case, for 

 example: In another part of this book we al- 

 lude to a dog spoken of by Dr. Mott, in his 

 "Treatise of the Boston Terrier," named "Mug- 

 gy Dee." The grandmother of this charming 

 little dog was bred in our kennels, by name, "St. 

 Botolph's Bessie." We sold her to a Boston 



