102 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



for the word " trotting/' and the speed standard is changed 

 from 2 : 30 to 2 : 25 ; furthermore, Rule 6 is an addition. 



112. The pacing standard. " When an animal meets 

 these requirements and is duly registered, it shall be ac- 

 cepted as a Standardised pacer : 



" (1) The progeny of a registered standard pacing horse 

 and a registered standard pacing mare. 



" (2) Any stallion sired by a registered standard pacing 

 horse, provided his dam and granddam were sired by 

 registered standard pacing horses and he himself has a 

 pacing record of 2 : 25 and is the sire of three pacers with 

 records of 2 : 25 from different mares. 



" (3) A mare whose sire is a registered standard pacing 

 horse and whose dam and granddam were sired by regis- 

 tered standard pacing horses, provided she herself has a 

 pacing record of 2 : 25 or is the dam of one pacer with a 

 record of 2 : 25. 



" (4) A mare sired by a registered standard pacing horse, 

 provided she is the dam of two pacers with records of 

 2:25. 



" (5) A mare sired by a registered standard pacing 

 horse, provided her first, second and third dams are each 

 sired by a registered standard pacing horse. 



" (6) The progeny of a registered standard trotting 

 horse out of a registered standard pacing mare, or of a 

 registered standard pacing horse out of a registered stand- 

 ard trotting mare." 



113. Families. Among the modern Standardbred 

 horses it is not possible to separate the families into those 

 that pace as a family characteristic, and those that trot. 

 The Hal family is composed most distinctly of pacers, 

 for Tom Hal Jr. has fourteen in the list, all pacers, while 

 Brown Hal, one son, has seventy-eight, all pacers. The 



