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young mares that had had their first colts 

 by "Patchen Wilkes," I noticed that the 

 heads and tails of these first colts were 

 like "Patchen Wilkes," and that they often 

 •were marked like "Patchen Wilkes" on 

 the fetlocks. I noticed this same phenom- 

 enon in colts by "Peter the Great," out 

 of young mares that had their first colts 

 by "Onward," that they had an inclina- 

 tion toward "Onward" heads and tails. 



I observed mule colts that looked very 

 much like horses. On investigation, I dis- 

 covered that the dams of these mule colts 

 had first colts by a stallion. I noticed this 

 particularly in the heads, neck and tails of 

 these animals. 



There is just one conclusion I can draw, 

 and that is, a young mare carries certain 

 elements of life that she gets from the first 

 mating over to the second mating by an- 

 other stallion. 



What is true of the mare is true of 

 humans. If a widow, who has had a child 

 by her first husband, should have a child 

 by her second husband, the child by the 



