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dueed sons of genius. Of these fathers, two 

 were under twenty; nine between twenty 

 and twenty-four; and two hundred and 

 ninety-two were born of parents between 

 the ages of twenty-five and sixty-five. The 

 greatest of our horses come from stallions 

 of mature years and experience. What is 

 true of the horse is true of the human. 



SOME EACES POSSESS NO ELE- 

 MENTS OP IMPROVEMENT. 



One other interesting fact comes to light 

 from horse breeding. There is in Japan a 

 small pony-built, ill-bred, horse. He is low 

 of stature, compact of body, sturdy of limb ; 

 he has a head as long as that of a jackass. 

 He eats anything, and thrives on it. Years 

 ago the Japanese Government negotiated 

 with me for a lot of stock-studs to improve 

 the native pony. It came out in the trans- 

 action that the first cross on the native 

 horse by a pure bred American horse had 

 little effect. The big head and knotty body 

 would come invariably. These ugly, unde- 

 sirable features would persist into the see- 



