The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21

The second generation was quicker to learn than the originals had been. From them one was selected and mated with one of the female puppies. The third generation consisted of seven pup les, two males and five females. These were taught the exact ti.i--gs their par ents learned-and the two who showed the greatest aptness for learning were chosen for special training. and then bred.
 The third generation showed evidence of inherent knowledge of the things they are destined to be drilled in. They did the tricks at an earlier age than their parents, Were brighter in every way and understood much more quick ly.
 But Professr Holmes was not satis- fled. He was determined to carry on the experiment, and continue the work He was not ready to announce a discov- cry until the proof was at hand. He continued the same training, monoto- nous to him, but interesting as to re- suits. He purchased an outside puppy of the bull breed every second genera tion and inbred the other times.
 Eleventh Generation Proves Experiment
 The eleventh generation satisfied him that he was safe to declare his theory proved. The eleven puppies resulting from the tenth breeding knew the tricks they were expected to perform before their eyes were open. While they were yet crawling helplessly l around their mother the slightest word | of command caused them to stop suck ling and hold the pose. At two weeks, without any effort at training. they were placed on a board and instinctive ly formed in line and held a straight line.
 The day they were weaned Professor Holmes made what he considered the supreme test. He placed eleven saul cers of milk side by side on a wide Iron ing board and. without saying word or indicating his desires, he placed the, puppies on the board The eleven-no one of them ever having eaten out O a dish, quickly waddled to the saul cers. each selecting one for himself and they all started to eat together when Professor Holmes snapped his fingers, which had been the signal fo their ancestors to begin eating. Furthermore-the following day | when the experiment was repeated, each puppy went to the saucer it had eater from the first day-and made no at- tempt to take possession of or share the saucer of the neighbor. One by one Professor Holmes tested the untrained puppies-and they per
 
 mand, all the tricks their ancestors had been trained to do.
 Then Professor Holmes was convinced that he had educated the puppies by educating their forefathers and that they had inherited special knowledge.
 Poets May Be Trained Before Birth.
 One peculiar thin gabout Professor Holmes experiment was that he chose A1 ho1 1.Nr~. NA I~ h t,,-r t.l every dog lover knows it is almost i'm possible to train a bull dog to do. Ev. ern one who ever has tried to make dogs stop and hold a pose knows how difficult it Is to make them do it--yet these puppies did it instinctive vely-sim- ply because their ancestors had been so trained Any one who ever has trie, to make puppies stand in straight line would laugh at the idea that it could be done-yet these puppies in stinctively line up. car to ear, and stand in military formation or sit down at tn order rest"
 Every one knows that 1t practically Is impossible to teach dogs to eat their own food and leave the food of their instinctively. because generation after generation of their fore-parents had been taught that way.
 Dog fanciers will appreciate the ex- pertinent the more because they know that. while the bulldogs are ertraordin- arily "smart"-they do not develop their 'smartness" until late in life, the puppies usually being duller and slow CT to learn than the puppies of almost any other breed.
 Professor Holmes is certain that he has established the possibility of practi- cal hereditary training and he declares that the proper mating and training among human beings will enable them to produce a great specialist in any line in five generations.