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and I think he is sure of both if the judge does not 

 think him too good." 



"But how can he be too good; he is pure Dart- 

 moor in blood, is he not?" 



"Well," cautiously, "I'll not deny that there may 

 be a drop of other blood in Mm, just a drop, and not 

 too much." The writer saw the point, and curiosity 

 led him back after the showing. He found the 

 owner jubilant. i ' Did your ram win first ? ' ' 



"Indeed lie won first, and championship too." 



"And what did the judge say?" 



"Indeed the judge said that a Dartmoor could not 

 be too good." 



However, the writer does not by any means advise 

 the ordinary breeder to attempt to help his breed 

 by an admixture of foreign blood. That is for the 

 great creators with unusual instinct and insight and 

 patience and perseverance to undertake. 



FIXING TYPE. 



Sometimes one has in his flock a few individuals, 

 or maybe but one, that is of unusual beauty and ex- 

 cellence. This may arise from a skillful combining 

 of bloodlines within the breed, or there may be born 

 within the flock an animal different and better than 

 any of the others. We may not be able to point the 

 reason for this difference this betterment. It is, 

 perhaps, a "mutation," as the newer students of 

 breeding would say. However it came, it is such 

 that we wish very much to fix it in the flock, to breed 

 many like unto it. How can we accomplish this? 



