LAWS GOVERNING THE BREEDING 
CHAPTER V 
Single Laced and Spangled Breeds 
HE history of single laced and span- 
)~\ABES® gled breeds shows a common source 
Nic iia and origin. Many characteristics 
SSSA which are brought out in breeding 
plainly prove this kinship, wherein the laws that 
control the marking of single lacing and spangling 
are in strong harmony one with the other and 
can be evoluted into lacings or spanglings accord- 
ing to the desire of the breeder. This calls simp- 
ly for the sub-law of right and accurate selection 
as to markings wanted. Investigations and ob- 
servations of pheasants and other wild birds furth- 
er prove this harmony between lacing and spang- 
ling, and the accuracy of these markings true to 
kind in wild birds shows the complete obedience 
of nature to her own laws which are immutable 
and unchangeable. The breeder who desires to 
advance must never lose sight of this fact and 
obey implicitly if success is desired. 
I have said that the mysteries which sur- 
round the breeding of high class fowls are not 
laws, but the results of broken laws; i. e. the 
mingling of breeds of certain and fixed character- 
istics foreign and hostile one to the other and 
which in markings show no relationship nor 
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