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body of the Pereheron, and the light legs 

 of the Thoroughbred and big hoofs of the 

 Percherons. Other life germs will carry 

 the light body of the Thoroughbred and 

 the coarse large head of the draft-horse — 

 or the thick legs of the Pereheron and 

 small hoofs of the Thoroughbred, etc. The 

 life germs of the hybrid are made up of a 

 mixture of the elements ^hat compose the 

 two breeds. The result is an unbalanced 

 nondescript. In the same way, the female 

 hybrid of this combination will show like 

 characteristics. When two of these hy- 

 brids are mated, you do not get a Thor- 

 oughbred or a Pereheron, but, instead, you 

 get an ill-formed ugly monstrosity, carry- 

 ing the bad points of both — neither fitted 

 for pulling great weights nor for running 

 fast. Such crosses are an outrage on both 

 breeds. It is a half-way thing which be- 

 longs to neither draft nor running horse. 

 Should I cross a St. Bernard dog on a 

 Greyhound-bitch, the breeding world and 

 the intelligent public would censure me 

 most severely. But just such misalliances 

 are daily occurring among humans, and 



