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upon their offspring constitutes prepotency, and pre- 

 potency, as well as virility, is indicated by strong sex 

 character — masculinity in the male and femininity in the 

 female. 



308. Masculinity (Figs. 148 and 149). — The evidence 

 of masculinity is noted in the forehand or quarter, which 



Fig. 150. — A typical breeding female. 



is especially well developed, the heavy-crested neck, the 

 strong-featured countenance, the bold demeanor, and even 

 the voice all betokening the sire. It has been amply 

 demonstrated, in practice, that the male which is wanting 

 in these features, whose head and neck are not markedly 

 different from those of the female, is no stock getter at all, 



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