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Manifestly, when a breeder files a pedigree with the request 

 that it be published in the association record, the secretary is 

 in a position to know whether the sire and dam mentioned are 

 really owned by the breeder at the time mentioned, and to this 

 extent the association can vouch for the accuracy of the pedigree ; 

 but nobody but the breeder can testify that a particular individual 

 is the one covered by that pedigree. Here is where the honor of 

 the breeder is involved, and it is a great tribute to modern busi- 

 ness methods when we can truthfully say that it is rare indeed 

 for a breeder to falsify a breeding record or to substitute an 

 inferior animal for the one mentioned in the pedigree. 1 Some 

 errors creep in through carelessness and inaccurate methods of 

 record keeping, no doubt, but these are being reduced rapidly, 

 and no class of men rank higher than breeders, whether judged 

 by standards of accuracy or those of business honor. 



The following specimens will illustrate about what is covered 

 in the ordinary registered pedigree. 



The first animal ever recorded was the running mare, A-la- 

 Grecque, the first listed in the General Studbook, published 

 1808, the record running as follows : 



Bred by Mr. Piatt in 1763, got by Regulus — her dam by Airworthy — 

 granddam by the Bolton Starling — great-granddam, Daisy Maid, by Bloody 

 Buttocks — great-great-granddam, Bay Brocklesby by Old Pointer — great- 

 great-great-granddam, Brocklesby, by Greyhound, out of Brocklesby Betty. 



Year Produce 



1772 ch. c. Pontac by Marske "1 



1773 f. by ditto (dam of Tencer) 



1774 ch. c. by Chatsworth ^ Sir L. Dundas 



1775 f . by ditto 

 1777 ch. c. Arske by ditto 



1 780 b. c. Balloon by Telemachus 



1 781 b. f . Emma by ditto (dam of Applegarth) I . , 



1783 b. f. Maria by ditto (dam of Marianne) I 



1 784 ch. c. Templar by Magnet J 



1 There are those who insist that no business men can be trusted, but the 

 business of the breeder can be carried on in no other way than upon honor, 

 and all associations exclude from their privileges any man who has defrauded 

 in pedigrees. 



