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can only be solved by experiment. Supposing roaring to 

 be absolutely congenital, as I believe, and not a mere 

 accident, as many racing men allege, it is still possible to 

 overrate the danger of its transmissibility. Within the 

 strictest lines of breeding there is always room for a 

 certain amount of variability. Consequently many foals 

 of a roaring sire may be sound. There may in any given 

 case, for instance, be a preponderance of the influence of 

 the female parent. There is only a presumption against 

 the offspring of roarers, and it seems to me they might 

 oftener than they do get the benefit of the doubt. 



1 Yours, &c. 



'J. F. NlSBET.' 



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Birdcatcher 

 Echidna 



Glencoe 

 Marpessa 



Pantaloon 

 Pasquinade 



St. Luke 

 Electress 



Touchstone 

 Vulture 



Whisker 

 Garcia 



Epirus 

 Fortress 



Sultan 

 Hester 



Touchstone 

 Beeswing 



Voltaire 

 Martha Lynn 



The Baron 

 Pocahontas 



Birdcatcher 

 Moonbeam 



Birdcatcher 

 Echidna 



Glencoe 

 Marpessa 



Tramp or Waverley 

 Comus mare 



Priam 

 Arachne 



