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186. Organizations and records. In Great Britain, 

 the interests of the breed are in the hands of the Hunter 

 Improvement Society of Great Britain. Two volumes of 

 the Hunter Stud-book have been published and a third is in 

 preparation. The pedigree qualifications of the Hunter 

 Stud-book are that the stallions shall be by a Thoroughbred 

 or registered Hunter sire out of a fully registered mare, and 

 the mares shall show two crosses of Thoroughbred or 

 registered Hunter blood, viz., sire and dam's sire, or if 

 dams of winners of races under rules, and accepted after 

 inspection. The supplement of the stud-book is open to 

 mares (1) by a Thoroughbred or registered Hunter sire, 

 winners or dams of winners of prizes or medals at national, 

 county or associated shows, or (2) by inspection and veteri- 

 nary examination. In America, the Jockey Club, with 

 headquarters in New York City, was instrumental in the 

 organization of the National Steeple Chase and Hunt As- 

 sociation, which registers and otherwise looks after the 

 development of the Hunter and the Steeple-chaser. 



Literature. The literature of the Hunter is for the most part 

 interwoven with expositions of the chase, and is not specific and 

 direct. Yet some direct discussions will be found in the works 

 referred to on page 416. Other references are : Peer, Cross Country 

 with Horse and Hound; Walsh, The Horse in the Stable and in 

 the Field, London (1871); Goodwin, The Turf Guides; Nimrod, 

 The Chase, the Road, and the Turf ; Whyte, The History of the British 

 Turf, two volumes, London (1840) ; Curzon, A Mirror of the Turf, 

 London (1892). 



