58 CATTLE-BREEDING. 



Another instance of this power is to be found 

 in the breed of saddle horses, which trace their 

 high excellence to the Thoroughbred horse 

 Denmark. He was celebrated for his saddle 

 qualities, and begat a large number of animals 

 of the same excellence. They in turn being 

 largely used in the stud produced a profound, 

 almost a transforming, effect on the saddle 

 horse of Kentucky. "Stonehenge" parallels 

 the case of Touchstone and Launcelot by a 

 very striking instance of individual difference 

 in breeding in greyhounds. The dogs Eanter, 

 Gipsey Prince, and Gipsey Royal, highly-bred 

 and widely-used stock dogs, though full brothers 

 produced stock "as different as possible. 7 ' 



An interesting case is given where a ram of 

 "a goat-like breed of sheep" from South Africa 

 was bred to ewes of twelve different breeds, and 

 in every instance the offspring were "hardly to 

 be distinguished from" the sire. This striking 

 case is probably to be ascribed to the class of 

 race prepotency, and was doubtless the result 

 of the vigorous, wild nature of the ram. A 

 valuable experiment recorded by that learned 

 French investigator, to whom all students of 

 natural science owe so much, Girou de Buza- 

 reingues, throws additional light on the same 

 class of cases. Two breeds of French sheep 

 were crossed with the Merino by putting Me- 

 rino rams to generation after generation of 



