160 THE RIGHT TO BE WELL BORN 



cannot go further. The pleasure, conveni- 

 ence and even happiness of married people 

 are subordinate to the production of fit 

 children. The evolution of the race de- 

 pends not on the pleasurable and selfish 

 ends of marriage, but on the birth of fit 

 children. 



THE WIZAED OF THE THOEOUGH- 

 BEED TUEF. 



My neighbor, John E. Madden, the "Wiz- 

 ard of the Thoroughbred Turf, owns, in ad- 

 dition to the finest thoroughbred stallions 

 in America, some 250 brood-mares, each 

 selected by him, not only for their race win- 

 ning qualities, but for their blood lines and 

 ancestral qualities to strengthen the weak 

 points and increase the good points of the 

 stallions to which these mares are to be 

 bred, so as to get the best results. Mr. Mad- 

 den goes back to the tap roots of each fam- 

 ily. These pedigrees are studied by him, 

 especially on the sire side, most assidu- 

 ously, day and night, before a purchase is 

 made. 



He thinks out how this or that cross will 



