by his public acts, said, in my hearing, that it would be very easy 

 indeed to reproduce the Indian Runners by the use of two or 

 three of our earlier breeds, — at least as far as the solid fawn 

 marking, on white was concerned. All breeders of fancy fowls 

 know, after they have a little experience with breeding and ex- 

 hibiting, that no man dare say what blood is in any one strain 

 of birds of any breed, when it has been long out of the origina- 

 tor's hands. That "foreign" blood has been put into the Indian 

 Runner of some strains, no breeder of experience and observa- 

 tion can fail to see. Indeed, it is usually admitted, in a general 

 way, although no one confesses to having introduced such blood. 



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