86 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



was the first to trot below 2 : 30, in 1845, when she won 

 a heat in a race in 2 : 29f ; Pelham, breeding unknown, 

 in 1849 reduced this to 2 : 28 ; Highland Man, of Thorough- 

 bred breeding, in 1853 reduced it to 2 : 27 ; Flora Temple 

 reduced this several times, finally bringing it, in 1859, to 

 2 : 19f ; in 1867, Dexter reduced it to 2 : 17| ; and then 

 Goldsmith Maid continued lowering it until 1874, when, 

 going against time, she made a mile in 2 : 14. 



92. The trotting register. About this tune the 

 greatest interest was being taken in trotting races and 

 trotting families, and it was further added to by the found- 

 ing and compiling of the American Trotting Register by 

 John Henry Wallace, which was begun about 1865. Wal- 

 lace's Monthly and the Yearbook also gave a great im- 

 petus to the study of the pedigrees of the Standardbred 

 horse, and out of the racing and the data collected grew 

 the enthusiasm for better breeding. 



It was not until Volume IV of the Trotting Register 

 was published that the entries of stallions were made 

 numerically. For that volume a standard was prepared 

 in which performance was given precedence and pedigree 

 a minor place. Under this standard, Volumes IV to VII, 

 inclusive, were compiled. Various changes were made, 

 from time to time, until we now have the following stand- 

 ard, as revised and adopted by the American Trotting 

 Register Association, to take effect November 1, 1898: 



" When an animal meets these requirements and is 

 duly registered, it shall be accepted as a Standardbred 

 trotter. 



" (1) The progeny of a registered standard trotting 

 horse and a registered standard trotting mare. 



" (2) A stallion sired by a registered standard trotting 

 horse, provided his dam and granddam were sired by 



