ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. 



Figure 7. 



-Lord Clinton, Standard Morgan Trotter. 

 Courtesy of J. Campbell Thompson, Esq. 



Any horse that was speedy, or whose sire or dam was a fast 

 trotter, or pacer even, was admitted to registry in the stud-book 

 of the National Trotting Horse Breeders' Association. This has 

 resulted in the greatest confusion in tracing pedigrees, and for 

 several years has not been permitted. 



The term " standard-bred" is now applied to trotting horses 

 only that are bred to a certain standard of speed. The term does 

 not refer to the blood of the horse, but to the excellence of the 

 trotting performances of his sire and dam. The rules of the 



