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vigor. A vast fortune will not establish 

 a family ; it takes blood with a healthy an- 

 cestry behind it; and it takes parents who 

 are willing to make sacrifices and live a 

 proper life for the good of their offspring. 

 As an example of this, the family of 

 Croesus died out long ago. 



I would rather be a child, born under 

 Combination I., with the right kind of an- 

 cestral healthy vigorous blood running in 

 my veins, and with the knowledge within 

 me that, if properly mated, I could found a 

 great family to carry down with glory my 

 ancestral name, a family that would be use- 

 ful to mankind, than be the only son of the 

 richest man in the world. 



In this country, where families rise sud- 

 denly and die out, there is now a wonderful 

 opportunity to establish a great family — 

 and there is no chance like the present. 



Such statements as the above are mere 

 truisms to all horse breeders. The laws of 

 heredity are just as inexorable when ap- 

 plied to man as when applied to the im- 

 provement of animals. The law of human 

 heredity that should be well known is : The 



