 His favorite axiom was, that the character of the progeny depends more on the mother than on the father, and that the finest game-cocks depended on the hen, rather than on the cock. His observation led him to select a li'ue hen and he never failed to...  Significance of Names - Strana 34autor/autoři: Leopold Wagner - 1893 - 287 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | 1864 - 868 str.
...judgment of the points of a horse or the make of a fowl none ventured to dispute. His favorite axiom was, the character of the progeny depends more on the mother than on the father; and hence his reply to all questions respecting the breed of game fowls was, be your cock ever so game,... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1877 - 898 str.
...fortune, named Caldwell, who was a sportsman and breeder of fine horses and game-cocks. His favorite axiom was, that the character of the progeny depends...than on the cock. His observation led him to select a li'ue hen and he never failed to hatch a good game-cock from a bine hen's egg. Caldwell distinguished... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1889 - 882 str.
...horses and game-cocks. His f»Torite axiom was, that the character of the progeny depends more on th« mother than on the father, and that the finest game-cocks depended on th« hen, rather than on the cock. His observation led him to select a blue ken and he never failed... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Society - 1904 - 804 str.
...in Sussex county; he was a sportsman, whose horses and game-cocks had a wide celebrity. His favorite axiom was, that the character of the progeny depends more on the mother than the father; hence for thorough gameness you could always depend on the progeny of his favorite blue... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Library - 1904 - 780 str.
...in Sussex county; he was a sportsman, whose horses and game-cocks had a wide celebrity. His favorite axiom was, that the character of the progeny depends more on the mother than the father; hence for thorough gameness you could always depend on the progeny of his favorite blue... | |
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