THE LAWS OF HUMAN HEEEDITT 



HUMANS AND ANIMALS AEE GOV- 



EENED BY THE SAME LAWS 



OF HEEEDITY. 



It is my pleasure to own the stock farm 

 at Lexington, Kentucky, formerly owned 

 by its Colonial Governor ; the birthplace of 

 America's greatest thoroughbred, "Lex- 

 ington. ' ' 



For a series of years, I have kept on this 

 farm a hand of well-bred brood-mares. 

 Until February, 1916, "Peter the Great" 

 was at the head of my stud. He is today 

 considered by all horsemen the greatest 

 producing stallion of any breed that so 

 far has appeared. He has such great po- 

 tency that every colt by him at 2 years can, 

 if trained, trot a mile in 2 :30 or better. 1 

 may speak frankly of his greatness, having 

 only recently sold him in his twenty-second 

 year for $50,000 cash. 



It has been a source of very great grati- 

 fication to me to see how much this remark- 

 able stallion has contributed to the upbuild- 



