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ganized and took supervisory control over the 

 Trotting Register. Since 1891 the Register and 

 the Year Book have been owned and published 

 by the American Trotting Register Association. 

 It is the object of this Association to keep full 

 and complete record of all animals belonging to 

 the trotting breed, and to that end the volumes 

 published by it are huge affairs. 



In 1907 "Algernon" published a list showing 

 that 32 of our 180 2 : 10 trotters were non- 

 standard, and added the statement that there 

 were "quite a number" more of the same kind. 

 It appears that many of them were non- 

 standard when bred but became standard under 

 the rules because their dams each produced one 

 other animal capable of trotting in 2 : 30. 

 According to Busbey, this non-standard list of 

 2 : 10 trotters had grown to 88 at the end of 

 191 1. He says: "At the head of the barred 

 list is the champion trotter Uhlan, 1 : 58%, 

 a horse of commanding appearance and faultless 

 action." 



What would be thought of cattle breeding 

 if champion Holsteins, champion Jerseys, and 

 champion Guernseys were bred in ways which 

 did not permit them to be registered? What 

 kind of breeding operations would it be if the 

 breeders did not breed their champion South- 

 downs, champion Berkshires, and champion Ply- 

 mouth Rocks within the breeds and did not 



