INTEEBEEEDING INHBEITED — TEAITS 177 



weakness, as well as a good quality. Cousin 

 marriages add to the thrift of the Jews, but 

 it often means, also, men of low stature 

 and a lack of physical vigor, and, if prac- 

 ticed to a great extent, produces deafness. 

 It is claimed by some that if this method 

 is practiced for generations, one in every 

 ten will have cancer. 



INBREEDING AND INHERITED 

 TALENTS. 



I attribute much of my success, as a 

 horse-breeder, to the fact that I early found 

 out the danger of injudicious inbreeding. 

 The George Wilkes' family dominated the 

 trotting industry for many years. This 

 became an inbred family. I believed that 

 the Wilkes' family needed an out-cross, 

 and my breeding with success an out-cross 

 like "Peter the Great" to the George 

 Wilkes' mare proved this. 



The horse world knows the wonderful re- 

 sults which have come from such matings 

 and, in this way, we conserved all the great- 

 ness of George Wilkes ' progeny and added 

 to it qualities which enhanced its value. 



