TROTTING AND PACING RECORDS 455 



The following is a list of the American trotting record 

 times, in minutes and seconds, for one mile : 



2.12| 



2.10 



2.08| 



2.08 



2.04 



2.031 





. 2.02^ 

 . I. 5 8J 



Long distance records, in hours, minutes, and seconds : 



10 miles Pascal (1893) .... 0.26.15 



20 miles Captain M 'Gown (1865) . . . 0.58.25 



50 miles Ariel (1846). .... 3.55.4^ 



100 miles Conqueror (1853) .... 8.56.01 



The modern improvements in the racing sulky have made 

 the lowering of records in recent times more apparent than 

 real. The "bike" sulky has 4 seconds in the mile to its credit. 



The following rules, which came into force on 8th April 

 1893, explain the meaning of the term "standard trotter": 



1. Any stallion that has a record of 2.30 or better, 

 provided two of his get have records of 2.20 or better, and 

 provided his sire or dam is already a standard animal. 



2. Any mare or gelding that has a record of 2.25 or 

 better. 



3. Any mare that has a record of 2.30, provided her sire is 

 standard and her dam is by a standard horse. 



4. Any stallion that is the sire of four animals with 

 records of 2.30 or better, or the sire of three with records of 

 2.25 or better, or two with records of 2.20 or better. 



5. Any mare that has produced an animal with a record 

 of 2.25, or two with records of 2.30 or better. 



6. The progeny of a standard horse when out of a 

 standard mare. 



7. Any mare whose sire is standard, and whose first and 

 second dams are by standard horses. 



The rack or pacing action, 1 which involves the lifting 

 of the hind and the fore foot on the same side at the same 



1 See Appendix D for illustrations by Eadweard Muybridge on 

 animal locomotion. 



