from fron the american breeding in itt ani and in ia cl 0 M X clays keply to a cattle breeder no II 11 ega egx A cattle breede breeder iW 21 no 0 o is before ma me its length la Is formidable but the importance of the subject will war rint at a close scrutiny of all ha be has said ile he prefaces his argument by eylo g 1 I da do not advocate the breeding inand andin iny in in all cases caser and do not recommend others to do so at all except under tinder circumstances of perfect health and condition of the animals so proposed to bo be breda bred this Is for tor all practical purposes giving up the whole theor thary for as no man can tell teli when an animal Is in perfect health and condition he be can never oever te be sure bot tot that he Is committing a grave offense against natured Nt ur lawi law which will certainly not go of jus justice ticer nere here I 1 might rest the argument but that I 1 desire to place this matter beyond caru cavil which II 11 not done will be the fault of the disputant lat THE STUD BOOK bool following up upa cpa A cattle ottle breed ervy ers advice I 1 have posted up myself in relation to the stud bok hok never fearing that all the laws of animal uta ufa would fall to run ran parallel I 1 have before me la addition letters letten from somo sow of the most intelligent practical breed ers of the racehorse race horse honse from all of which I 1 conc cou clade laile atha a the ilace honse 0 be o far from being advanced by close breeding la is not apure acure a pure breed bat a composite of the arabian Ar abian ablan the barb the persian Pers laa the turkish bp bud aud the Ar arabian ablah mingle in his tin vin veins TID eren even if these are of type they cannot cn claim from cige bigie bredl breeding pg but the contrary b the original stock imported in the reign of edwad i t ank the third were reinforced repeatedly by new I 1 importation in R 1 V at various times and especially from the lime time of J james 5 the tha itt to annes reign c since which time the improvement of the racehorse has been the result of culture d there were great numbers of horses for election selection and the four breeds were combined in infinite va variety riely so much for tor the general facts of the studbook stud book now for authority and special proof c e james K duke esq of scott co ey kya one of the most successful breeders bleeders bre eders and racers in Amer america icay icat says fays in reply to my questions sit it libs been a maxim with the english and american breeder to AVOID IN AND IK IN BREEDING of the racehorse race horse la in england the practice Is to combine DIFFERENT and of these strains there ard ara many tin ln america it has not always been practicable to breed so judiciously because the field for selection was compart comparatively ively email it has sometimes occurred as in lu the cae of the arabian family that there was but one highly distinguished strain on the turf and that tbt strain the stallions of abat tb at family were almost exclusively clu bred from but the conjunction of the mares with the horses of that strain was deplored as an evil fresh importations of english blood came to our relief and the FADED FROM THE SCENE BOSTON AND WAGNER ONLY OF THE OLD AMERICAN AND ARABIC BLOOD PROVED GOOD ENOUGH TO bur tur vve 11 the small smail caps are minel macej f Lexing lexington tony tonj ared bye ld baiot eol rol of ky xyr maie maia the best time on authentic record records either in In england giana glana oi or america the time of flying childers Ch SIders Is merely trade traditional and regarded by modern racers as a wyth myth ires lies ington was by boston an american his dam by tarpe don an n english horse boston and aud sarpedon Tar Tir were of 0 distinct st stains trains ains the one the grandson of sir arceley archie the tb best american the other the son of the bert english stallion sta ilion lilon of his day g ur mr date puke concludes by generally my ray theory abating somewhat its stringency ahyou as you yon descend I 1 in the animal scale of intellectual and muscular action h landers landera D druce eruce eq secretary of the ky trot ting ling association chor ahola Is about getting dp up an american stud stad book tor for tor which he Is deemed highly competent sustains my iny theory with regard to the racehorse race horse to the fullest extent giving many of 0 entire fall ures ores or of the best racers by close breed breedings claa tima will not nit allow mi to introduce them 2 ANALOG TIMAN viman MAN uan a the jews wena wera not drar dwar like requiring great bodily health and energy in action r which 0 so o far la is giving cp up the argument aa as drawn from jewish history in my favor but highly observant of ni na taral loral and psychological and physical laws their theory i and destiny are on my eide elde I 1 hold that ath it Is fesi leal to go back to the mythical times of adaa gadam adam and eve EYO in these discussion discussions and leave my opponent la in full session of all that field as I 1 propose to discuss a practical ca common subject with practical AI common beaw beam men bi b 1 deny the statement statements as regards the greek greeks and romans generally and call tor for the data great excesses w were ere committed in various we wi s among the greeks and romaus romans in their semi bemi barbaric barbarie state as well as in their theirs corrupt decline de clint but the best specimens ol 01 both races were clear in thought and deed of the imputations of my opponent c la ia the case supposed of close closel marriage marria sc I 1 am no t willing to admit adult tho conclusion and whilst all tha the tb effects of a gi law are not at once lost nor allta all kli tb edicts of a bad law lav or rather abused law at once v visible it does not prove them thorn therefore thre fure to be disregarded d as a general rule besides it Is simply a pill which Is worth nothing d Br bratus brain atus alus I 1 agree are desirable but close breed breeds i ing log Is not the way to get them as I 1 will show presently the example of georgia Is not conclusive but so tar far as authority goes Is certainly worthy of respectful consider atlon and so far as the observation of men can determine a law of natures nature as testimony ii Is certainly cumulative in fit my tavor favor that cousins coulos may cume over the itce line and mar mir ry with certainly does bot cot prove the georgians the less SoVi sol soi mons mona in their action the same objection might be urged creed against legal adultery or even marriage itell which Is a clear case of ad against my op opponent potent A great many men have hare married cousin and pliny more propose to do i BO which brings a trong strong force against legislation on this subject and whon in the face of 0 the natural vis ot of legislative reform ani these powerful interests tuch such acts are passed la ln la tn tein cent zent communities and proJect projected eJ el in others the sneers neer or of even A cattle breeder Weeder jJ whose abilities I 1 certainly do not despise will not fall to have bave da dus due weight with vita sensible men e I 1 repeat that outside of mental and sentimental phenomena man Is governed co verned by the same came physical lw laws as other animals this is 1 not an unmeaning dictum as a my opponent woud won il intimate L I 1 dault use that ori ort fort of dp up nor will such practice go unobserved in otheral it 11 he grants that mea men savages then they are me lika ther other brutes brn rea tea then be he yields all that I 1 I 1 ask from the argument 0 mea men t of analogy canalo an alozy xv although althou ih la in paragraph sd 24 3 7 a ha he asserts the let me explain a little gire fire an 0 ox x on sufficient food and be he will ratten fatten give a maa man any quantity of food and he remains the same saml why because c a use his mini mind Is over active his sentiments are ire engage engaged dp he Is speculating he is inlove In love Iove bat but lebbis iet let his bis mind become inert and his bis sentiments stagnant all possible and be he will fatten abiol the physical law isy 1 nevertheless nevar never theles elessy the same in tn mm min and animals became because of the tha mental and senti sentimental phino phenomena menal but bul only obstructed retard retarded eda tda or deranged dorau derau ged by them themi indeed the same phenomena mental and physical are common to man and the lower ani ant mals though the mental are more faint in brutes re move the ox from his accustomed mates and andee he will not take on fat go well veil or at all alt for ft a time here his hi festi beall ments menta control the natural law so the cow when separated tei tel from her cad calt ceases for a while tc yield her usual mill milk it can he be proved by dissection that a dog when fed and put upon ulon a hunt bunt does doea not digest his hib food in the usual time liere nere the mental law simply limply controls the physical if cioe cloe mirrl marriages ages weta wela forbidden on account ct of mental and sentimental phenomena only then in the case supposed 2 c the isme would be the sama same is it if wida wide breeding was practised practiced but am a la in addition to tha tra cla mental and a phenomena phe Domena the limply physical law is I 1 violated I 1 should locklor what proy prove i f alfr GEORGES I 1 always thought the georges georgell were rather ather poor specimens of breeding if my opponent llie ilee likes 9 the result retail be he will advise others to follow the example I 1 da do nelt neit herl berl I 1 shall shell not forget that victoria Is not only a queen but bat a woman and I 1 shall shail say ray ay no more of her than in that general regard which her sub suo acts J att ctt feel for her as a good quen queen and an amiable domant woman flit bat I 1 it has never been the policy of the wise aristocracy of england to breed breeds or desire great sovereigns as they Vv neter ieter a puppet to a real king eing dking so I 1 confidently claim anglish fingl lih history ai as part of my defense de fenee and aztec history also especially I 1 hava hala thus noticed at length the arguments of my op against my dictum of analogy all of which fall to the ground of i 1 61 L 11 be brief in ad van vining ing my standard on this seid geld ff i AUTHORITY I 1 have hate before me letters from some of the most distinguished physicians of our day I 1 will insert a few extracts ciby my impressions made by all that I 1 have witnessed in life are strongly against the of blood relations I 1 my may bay nay that my ii aversion version to it Is hereditary my father who was a physician and a close observer ob gerrer gerver was in the habit of beatt ining so many instances of deterioration of off offering pring from such marriages in mind and body that I 1 caa can not remember when I 1 did not look upon them as improper I 1 b have bave ave eve some experience of the thein in and in breeding among domestic animals and am sure that ills itis pernicious 0 0 the puppies of a hriber brother briber and sister are often idiotic ne ile agrees with mr dake date that the rule Is less perhaps to be regarded as you descend in the animal scale of intelligence telli gence genoe nd lud that in birds and ashes it needs deeds hardly to be observed again ogi 1 I look loot for degeneracy in the of first cousins marr married led I 1 certainly tiare have met wilh with examples enough to keep no the apprehension all my life be ile alao also a member at of the presbyterian church approves of the catholic acle against cousins marrying as an more rational than the presbyterian one agaibi t the marrying at of sisters ln in law liw etc that Is to say the physical law forbids forbid ej in the first clae cafe cate and the only it at all in the lasit another distinguished physician physic an confirming my datum say sas sag a at the last see set session slon sion of the association of the furi ten tea dents of the american institutions for the insane this subject was elaborately discussed sis cussed and there was no difference terence ference ot of opinion in regard to the physical defects that resulted from the practice of breeding anand inand in and lat lay ln so far aa a the human family is concerned idiocy diminished sizes size deformity defect detect of the senses deterts paribus parlous parl pari bus bug are more likely lii III ely to occur in the progeny of blood relations than lo 10 the issue of persons of dissimilar blood ly and in this he Is to sustained by chapin of the pt P institute of the blind I 1 have bare by me elaborate facts but the cu influence of marriages of consanguinity upon by S AT Ber berniss aiss aIrs aid extracted aiom from the transact loris a 0 tle the american medical tion phila phils t imil llyl 1835 1855 Is conclusive upon this subject etere are cases of marriages of cf c so as to show the results and cases of non nun relationship also which lasts last being negative and nd ilmi limi limited tedy is not of so to much worth the tables occurs IM pages pager and are difficult to condense condenses but I 1 will state elate generally genf rally rails that of the incestuous intercourse beaw letwen eu brother and sister fister class a father and child in 65 53 reported cases cafes of intercourse there were only 31 child reul and nod of theae these 29 were detect defect tel vel class cla Is marriages between uncle aunt and nephew 8 cases ghow show 61 51 childr childrens defectives defective the tables of undred kindred more are too voluminous to condense but there is a summary table 3 2 which hows shows that of families there were 1375 children cde ide de tecil fecil Te 92 S and dumb 22 17 cha ganell this li a to say lut ut of 1375 children of parents of close breeding there were abnormal st out of cases of not nedr ner near or kluy kin there were children 18 detective detect lve ive 3 deat deaf and dumb I 1 blad 6 ild ld otal oie I 1 gin insane sanely sanell tuat is to to say pay 23 baor abnor malis mis oniel out of children thui per cent of the chlorn childr n of close closet breeding wei wet e abnormal and only 1491 per cen con cent 11 of the children ol 01 wide alde pred bred irli itil abnormally ormall the positive proof here 13 overwhelming the negative proof I 1 think la Is about fully up to common cori coni moon observation but ri rig reg quires requires alres aires the be ml full statistics of the tiie nation nation or nations to put it beyond cayli cavil ji 61 think I 1 may safely reat rest my case of ima my readers it ZA A cattle bleeders breeders Bre edera eders o comments up on experience as a laid down ty int jut 14 decidedly pick I 1 call the attention of my t tu it ao aa a fole foie polemical mical curios ityl 1 4 SPECIAL PROOF the question with regard to the cC carn Cain ampbell hogs huge Is its pertinent thy they excelled in wel wei we lehi ht ot of good average neatness nest neat nen ness nesi and aud maturity they could luid ave aeve been improved by more mure compa cines and aud nd facility of fattening which generally lo 10 iwa alwa that ft rinn finn rw but tarri the ike lault fault was not la in wide selection but in bad trad lectie they tue certainly none of u the which I 1 butu butt to close breeding breedin bree brec din 6 5 FALSE PROOF my UY opponents objections kire tire re fully answer in answered rd in a previous lous loua paragraph 1 I a b c etc it is true the stud artud book have hove not slot changed practice yesterday fast year nor dor fur aa long lung liae lime akol but lover I 1 overlook look my cluie asli tall ngy ng of hia bla hl complin mra orn ni to old goll kentuckie Kentuck IJ so for A cattle breeders bleeders Bre eders no 2 anite hanl HALL P 0 co ky april 9