248 THE RIGHT TO BE WELL BORN 



OUE GOVERNMENT EXCLUDES ILL- 

 BEED OR UNSEXED ANIMALS, 

 EXCEPT UNDER A PEN- 

 ALTY, BUT WELCOMES 

 HUMAN CURS. 

 The United States Government will not 

 let you import into this country, except 

 under a heavy penalty, dogs, pigs, cows, 

 horses, rams, chickens, etc., unless there are 

 attached to the shipping papers the health 

 certificates and breeding certificates of the 

 Registry of the Association to which the 

 animals belong; and this association must 

 be recognized by our Government and certi- 

 fied to by the Government of the country 

 from which the importation is made. 



This registration certificate sets forth the 

 animal's number in the Registry; and, if 

 it be a stallion or mare, its color, marks, 

 age, etc., are given with a certification that 

 its ancestry are all of pure blood — no mix- 

 ture — and every animal must be entire — 

 no gelding, no blank. Otherwise, it cannot 

 pass the United States Custom House ex- 

 cept under a penalty. With some animals, 

 even the foreign health certificate carries 



