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Now, it would seem that where the moral reasons in favor of an 

 enactment are sufficient not only to justify but to demand it, no 

 more should be required. And this is in accordance with the 

 soundest rules of philosophizing. Moreover, if no such moral 

 reason existed, the authority of the Lawgiver, in the case of the 

 divine law, is a sufficient foundation and warrant for it ; and the 

 human law is bound by and but follows the divine. Shall we, 

 (hen, take the step beyond, and apply to the inferior animal the 

 rule that was intended for rational, accountable man ? We know 

 that, if left to his own observation and experience, and being him- 

 self the judge, the objector must avouch the fact that, in the state 

 of Nature, there is no restraint, and that such connections are and 

 must be continually taking place. 



The Advantages of In-and-in Breeding. 



" And if there are advantages arising from the having placed in 

 the line of the direct ancestry, near and remote, of our flocks, a 

 great number of approved individuals, both male and female, as 

 has been seen, it follows that there must be far greater advantages 

 arising from the having the same one individual (if he be of marked 

 superiority) placed in that line the greatest possible number of 

 times. This is done by in-and-in breeding, and is the object of it. 

 Now, it is easier to find this one unsurpassed individual than to 

 find many ; for in the many there will, most certainly, be one to 

 be preferred to all the rest. Then, under the operation or the 

 principle of atavism, the chances that the resemblance of such un- 

 equaled ancestor will be obtained must be in the ratio of the 

 number of times that he occurs in the ascending lines; hence 

 greater uniformity and greater excellence in all the progeny. 

 An apt illustration of this is found in the frequent occurrence of 

 the Godolphin Arabian, in the pedigrees of all our best blooded 

 horses, carried back to him as their founder." 



In conclusion, the author offers the following, in view not onlf 

 of benefiting the horse, but his owner also. 



The Importance of Studying Anatomy and Physiology. 



There is an aphorism which is said to have emanated from a 

 Divine source, and it appeals to the intelligence of this enlightened 



