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book is this : It has been the experience and observa- 

 tion of mankind for all ages that the offspring in the 

 whole of animal life will, to a greater or less extent, 

 reproduce the characteristics of one, and sometimes 

 of both, their immediate ancestors, and they may even 

 have them in a high degree, though the ancestor pos- 

 sessing them be generations back. It is likewise the 

 observation of the thoughtful that they are quite as 

 likely to inherit them from the dam as they are from 

 the sire, and some even maintain they are more so. 

 Now, may not the colt of the small jennet thirteen 

 hands high which produces a jack fifteen and one-half 

 hands reproduce in turn the size of his dam? Under 

 the rules he is eligible to registry, and pray tell me 

 what credit it would be to him to have his thirteen 

 hand dam registered. And suppose they are small 

 for generations back, would not such registration 

 actually detract from his pedigree when the size would 

 not otherwise appear? The great army of scientific 

 breeders would know at once what to expect of his 

 progeny. 



Still another important question in this connection 

 is that of money. No one raises jacks for the pure 

 and unadulterated love for the business, nor for the 

 fun that is in it, nor yet for the glory and honor, but 

 for that all-important factor, the amount of money 

 they will bring as a reward for the toil, care and labor 

 involved. Now, for the benefit of those just starting 

 in the business, and for those who believe the world 

 reached perfection about the time of their boyhood, 

 and that there is now no such thing as progress, I 

 will affirm what I can easily prove — that the big jack 

 brings the big price, and the Httle jack the little price. 



