The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03
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The Theory Of TeIeaony.

AS all OF our readers are by this
time doubtless aware, stations in Wis.
cousin, after January list, 1906, must
be certified to by the Department OF
Horse Breeding of the College OF Ag.
ricNlture at Madison and stand for
public service for what they really
are as to breeding. The pedigrees
mrst be submitted to the department,
and the college certificate will pro-
nohace the stallion a "Pure-bred,'
Grade" or "Cross-Bred," as the case
may be. This certificate must then be
recorded with the register of deeds
OF The county in which the stallion
Is cwned and used, and copies OF II
must be printed upon all posters,
CARTS. advertisements, etc, relative
to The stations breeding and used to
procure patronage, writes A. 5. Aiex'
an'lnr in Farmers Review.
the other day a stallioner who had
always called his horse a pure-bred
animal and advertised him as such by
means of a large poster which gave
his alleged pedigree, and which, by
the way, gave the breeding of the sire
alone, as he dam was a scrub, asked,
In making application for the college
certificate, what will you do with a
colt that Is the progeny of a pure-bred
mare that has been bred at the pre-
vious time to a stallion Of an alien
breed and produced a colt to that serv-
ice? ] claim that such breeding
taints the mare for all time, so that
she will not breed true, and that she
is therefore no longer pure-bred when
II comes down to the facts, as her III.
turs colts will always be marked for
the Urevious alien sire" He did not
use these exact words, but they give
the sense" of his contention, which,
however. Is no longer held to be SEN
sibls or true in fact.
A marc Is not tainted by alien serv-
ice 50 that her future progeny to sires
Of her own breed will be marked for
the previous sire. This theory has
long been held by breeders and Is
still atoutly upheld by those who have
not fept up with the times in their
study Of the literature of breeding.
The theory Is termed "telegony," and
it has been fully exploded or proved
untrue by Prof. Cossar Ewart of Scot
land. II there were any possibility
that 4 mare could be so tainted or
Affected by mating with an alien sire.
surel. breeding to a zebra would
cause that effect. This method OF
breeding has been tried in every pos
siblc combination. Zebra with mare:
result, a striped colt looking much
like the zebra sire. Zebra to same
mare several seasons in succession:
result, same marking of colts favoring
the zebra sires. Same mares then
bred 70 stations of their own breed,
and resultant progeny in no case
marked In the slightest particular for
the previous zebra sires. Mares have
been tred alternate years to zebra and
their own breed stations and colts
have resulted in each case, the zebra
product being zebra marked and the
native stallion product being marked
for that sire. 1t may be said that
every possible way was tried to prove
that the theory was correct, but all
failed. and the professor is still max
ing experiments along similar lines.
When, then, shall be said to be the
explanation of instances which appar-
emily lear out the contention that the
wont Of the female or her mind
PERHAPS, through the eyes, may be left
affected or tainted by mating to ali
alien sire? The explanation Is the
theory of atavism or reversion to the
lost type or character of a remote an
cestor or ancestry. Polled cattle thor
oughly established as polls sometimes
produce calves having scurs or rudi.
mentary horns. The polled parents
had forned ancestors, and the scurs
suddenly appearing. trace to the horns
Of long ago. Such cases are common
in all Dure-bred animals. The black
polls sometimes throw red calves,
Where such a case happened and II