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"All existing parental states are stamped on 

 offspring. This is a self-evident law of procre- 

 ation. It commends itself to the good sense oi Fowler 

 all. It is an absolute necessity based on the in- 

 herent fitness of things. To argue a question 

 thus obvious at first sight is superfluous. How 

 can progeny begotten when parents are weak, 

 exhausted, or sickly be as vigorous as those cre- 

 ated when they overflow with life, health, and 

 power? No farmer's boy would allow a farm 

 colt to be sired under any such conditions; be- 

 cause breeders of fine animals understand the 

 law governing such cases perfectly. After 'all, 

 what is it but the old fashioned law of common 

 sense? They know that while "blood will tell" 

 in offspring, existing parental states likewise tell, 

 if not as much, at least as surely. * * * All 

 primal elements and characteristics are trans- 

 mitted, but all existing parental states are also 

 incorporated with the hereditary and the two con- 

 jointly predetermine progenital specialties of 

 mind and body. The difference between child- 

 ren of the same parents is heaven-wide. Why? 

 For the primal parental characteristics are of 

 course the same in each. Because one or both 

 were in one state at the creation of one but in 

 a totally different state when they created an- 

 other, and in still other states at the creation of 

 others." Prof. O. S. Fowler. 



The influences of environmental conditions 

 and prenatal training are ever manifest. Colts 



. mit Acquired 



from dams that have been under regular tram- Characters, 

 ing are faster than those from the same mother 

 foaled before she had been trained. The puppies 



