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purpose of keeping it in the family. This 

 magnifies family traits. It is true, close 

 relatives often marry to keep a fortune or 

 a business in one family, as, for example, 

 the Eothschilds. This results in the children 

 from such unions receiving a double heri- 

 tage of a family tendency. Thrift, being 

 a racial and family trait, is doubly accentu- 

 ated by marriages of near relatives. 



When people of the same race marry, 

 their children carry the characteristics of 

 that race and the special characteristics of 

 their ancestors. 



Imported "Messenger" was a thorough- 

 bred horse. His get in America all showed 

 a tendency to trot. Both the sire and 

 dam of "Rysdyk's Hamiltonian" were de- 

 scended from Imported "Messenger." 

 That is why the get of "Hamiltonian" all 

 had the trotting gait. To improve the speed 

 of the trotting horse, there were matings of 

 relatives, which correspond to the mar- 

 riages of cousins in the Jewish race. As a 

 horse-breeder, I must call attention to the 

 danger of too much inbreeding, as it will 

 double, if present in a family strain, a 



