The introduction of the halfbred Mongolian pony confronts the racing men of China with the biggest problem they have yet been called upon to fate and a solution in the best interests of racing will need the broadest views of China's future racing with a complete sinking of individual interests in favour of the general benefit of racing as a whole.
The Mongoliam pony fills many roles, in fact every role that an equine can fill in the life of China's foreign community, and irrespective of cost -I do not think there is another breed of equines that could. give better service.
A moment's consideration will convince one that the sport made possible by this pony is of inestimable value both morally and physically to the younger foreign community as long as such sport is conducted under existing conditions. The introduction of the gis halfbred pony is a. distinct menace to the amateur status and the loss of this status would nullify to @ great extent - the value of the pony to our younger members.
If China's racing community of to-day admit that they have any obligations to that com-~ munity of to-morrow.I submit that it is their duty to protect every possible way the racing and the breeding of the original pony and that it is only by comtinuing the policy of the past that China racing of the future can maintain the standard of which it may justly be proud:
*. Foot Note (To anticipate frequent questions with regard. to this explanation of the heredity of characteristics may I add the following The mature germ cell containing 13 character bearing chromosomes of the male fuses with the mature germ cell (containing,13 character bearing chromosomes) of the female thus beconting. one cell. This is the only instance known in which two cells fuse to ome one. This fused cell divides into two cells, these two cells divide into four cells and such divisions continue wnlil the complete embryo is fully formed, but from the very first cells form: ed, there are so to speak certain cells put on one side which are the germ cells of the embryo,.i.é., those germ cells from which wilt develop the germ cells which. the embryo will eventually pass on The body cells may be consider-to him, his or her progeny. ed to grow around, protect, and newish the germ cells, There has been no reduction in the number of. chromosomes (therefore characteristics) during the division of cells as above, the reduction of chromosomes only occurs once, viz., about when the germ cell is to leave the body ready to fuse with a germ cell of the opposite sex. The germ cells are the first cells formed, they are and remain distinct from the body cells, they may be injured various ways but no racial-or physical characters can be taken away or added to them, they can merely be passed on (failing: injury) as they were received. These are very startling facts undisputed by biologists and. in. view of which I- claim asa corollary that an animal. (or a human being) must be a composition of the four grandparents and not of the sire and dam.)
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