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horse, mare, or gelding with a record of 2.30 or 

 better; provided said mare was by a stallion or 

 out of a mare entered in this book. Rule V. 

 Any animal by a stallion entered in this Stud 

 Book out of a mare entered therein. Rule VI. 

 Any animal whose sire and whose dam, first 

 dam and second dam's sires are entered in this 

 Stud Book. 



" A public trial trotted according to the rules 

 of the National Trotting Association for govern- 

 ing races, and timed by three judges selected in 

 the usual way by any association, a member in 

 good standing of the National Trotting Associa- 

 tion, shall be considered a record so far as 

 eligibility to entry in this Stud Book is con- 

 cerned. A certificate giving the time made 

 under the above conditions must be signed by 

 the three judges and countersigned by the presi- 

 dent and secretary of the Association authorizing 

 said trial : such certificate to accompany the 

 entry and remain on file." 



The gentlemen who signed the above as 

 Committee on Rules were A. J. Alexander, 

 R. West, J. C. McFerran, H. C. McDowell, 

 R. S. Veech, and L. Brodhead. It will be ob- 

 served that in this Stud Book, as well as in the 



