ELEMENTS OF HIPPO LOGY. 9 



American Trotting Register Association, in whose records the 

 pedigrees of standard-bred horses are kept, set the following as 

 the trotting standard: 



" When an animal meets these requirements and is duly regis- 

 tered, it shall be accepted as a standard-bred trotter: 



"1. The progeny of a registered standard trotting horse and a 

 registered standard trotting mare. 



" 2. A stallion sired by a registered standard trotting horse, 

 provided his dam and grandam were sired by registered standard trot- 

 ting horses, and he himself has a trotting record of 2 :30 and is the sire 

 of three trotters with records of 2:30, from different mares. 



" 3. A mare whose sire is a registered standard trotting horse, 

 and whose dam and grandam were sired by registered standard trot- 

 ting horses, provided she herself has a trotting record of 2:30, or is the 

 dam of one trotter with a record of 2:30. 



" 4. A mare sired by a registered standard trotting horse, pro- 

 vided she is the dam of two trotters with records of 2:30. 



"5. A mare sired by a registered standard trotting horse, pro- 

 vided her first, second, and third dams are each sired by a registered 

 standard trotting horse." 



The effect of this search for speed for racing purposes under 

 harness has been to give to the United States a fine breed of 

 light harness-horses. The standard trotter is not a saddle-horse; 

 he is too rangy to be a strong weight-carrier, and too long in his 

 stride to be a comfortable mount. 



AMERICAN SADDLE-HORSE REGISTER.* 



RULES FOR ENTRY. 

 In Effect August, 1904. 



Rule 1. A stallion whose sire and dam are both registered in 

 Saddle Horse Register is eligible. 



Rule 2. A mare whose sire or dam is registered and who 

 traces on other side to registered or foundation saddle stock is eligible. 



Rule 3. A gelding tracing on either side to registered or foun- 

 dation saddle stock is eligible. 



Certificate of Owner or Manager of sire that mare was bred must 

 accompany all applications for foals of 1907 and after. 



* This is the form used to register American saddle-horses and contains the 

 rules governing their entry. For a thoroughbred registry, the sixth dam must be 

 registered to entitle the colt to be called a " thoroughbred." 



