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ters, it was thought to be a good thing to inaugu- 

 rate a systematic method of breeding and estab- 

 lish a standard which should regulate the records 

 that were to be kept of trotters. By general consent 

 the suggestion of the Turf, Field and Farm, Mr. 

 Busbey's paper, a horse that could go a mile in 

 2.30 was considered worthy to get a place in the 

 register. This would have excluded all the trotters 

 previous to the time of Lady Suffolk. But the 

 matter was discussed, and Wallace's "American 

 Trotting Register" was accepted as the official 

 record of pedigrees, thus putting the business in 

 the hands of the most ingenious partizan that has 

 ever been interested in the horse business in 

 this country. These were the rules that were 

 adopted : 



"In order to define what constitutes a trotting-bred 

 horse, and to establish a Breed of trotters on a more intelli- 

 gent basis, the following rules are adopted to control ad- 

 mission to the records of pedigrees. When an animal meets 

 with the requirements of admission and is duly registered, 

 it shall be accepted as a standard trotting-bred animal. 



"First Any stallion that has, himself, a record of two 

 minutes and thirty seconds (2.30) or better; provided any 

 of his get has a record of 2.40 or better; or provided his sire 



