The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30

that his teeth could meet and he unable to
masticate his food"
XIV OF France. and this grandson became King Of
Spain Philip This marriage started the Bourbon
fessor Woods calls 1.-The frghtfu Bourbon Hapsburg
psychoneurosis." The Bourbon Hapsburgs showed the
old lip and the same mental reebleness. Their in
capacity during the Napoeonic invasion of Spain and
the revolt Of their American colonies is historic.
The present King Alfonso XIII, Of Spain shows
the Hepsburg lip in an extraordinary degree He Is
Bourbon-Hapsburg his fathers side and Haps
ancestors have shown the family defects in marked
degree. His grandmother Queen Isabella, was no
torious and his father. Alfonso NIL was dissipated
wreck
Alfonso's apparently good character must be re.
garded as the result OF an improved environment and
good mothers influence. Nevertheless. the family
defects have descended to his children in pain
full degree Two of of them as the whole world now
knows, are deaf. They also have the Hapsburg lip
King Alfonso evidently sought to eliminate the FAM
lily defects by marrying wife of fine physique Queen
Victorias grandfather. prince OF Hesse, married
girl of sound plebeian German stock Queen Victoria
shows all the evidence Of this sound stock in her ap.
pearance Nevertheless. her heredity cannot be
sidered entirely sound, she is partly descended
from the Hanoverian Guelphs and the ruling family
OF Hesse, who have shown many grave defects and
frequent of insanity.
In union with husband Of very defective ancestry.
these defects liable to crop To the sound
German element in Queen Victorias ancestry must be
attributed the fact that three Of her five children
Eugenic science teaches that II the kings Of Spain
wonia marry wives OF perfectly sound ancestry for
TWO or three generations TO the terrible family
weaknesses would entirely disappear.
Now we come to the extraordinary parallel between
the bulldog jaw and the Hapsburg lip In old days
when bull batting a favorite public amusement,
there existed powerful heavy jawed of dogs
used In fighting the bulls. bulldog this kind may
be compared to the early Hapsburg, rho was known
as Ernest the Ironjawcd" Frequently a pup or two
In litter Of this old breed would be born with lower
teeth and Jaw projecting beyond the upper. This
really mark OF degeneracy, like cleft palate.
ABOUT the time bull batting ceased to be popular
amusement, the type OF bulldog with undershot jaw
became fashionable pets In England. The breeders
raised pups only from these degenerate specimens.
killing the good pups letting them loose and
thus created the type we call the English bulldog
Scientists reject the popular idea that this type
could have been created artcally by pushing IN the
noses OF the pups
The original type Of bulldog still preserved in the
French breed. called the "dogue de Bordeaux" This
animal is more powerful and intelligent than the Eng
Esh bulldog 1t Is interesting to that in the
bordeaux breed pup is frequently born with an
undershot jaw. but in this it is considered fault
Professor V. Galippe. of the French Academy OF
MEDICINE, who has made profound study Of the bull
Cog Jaw and the degeneracy of royal families dis
covered the Oldest known picture OF bulldog with
the undershot jaw. 1t bears the date 1926 and
made at Burgos, Spain. Curious to this about
the time the Spanish Hapsburgs showing signs
OF great degeneracy.
Many people naturally admire the English bulldog
Tor Its courage tenacty and good, reliable temper
Nevertheless there Is abundant evidence that It's
extraordinary pecuarties marks OF degeneracy.
Owing to the undershot jaw the teeth become loose
and fall out prematurely.
The bulldog has delicate health and more