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Rules are sternly enforced, and the little group of 

 so-called horsemen, which in the old days was a 

 law unto itself, has ceased to offend justice and 

 good taste and to pull the horse down to a level 

 where chicanery is a tree of luxuriant blossom. 

 It has been my privilege to test the rules of the 

 National Trotting Association, the American 

 Trotting Association, and of horse-show asso- 

 ciations in awarding premiums under them, and 

 the result contributes to a feeling of personal 

 gratification that I was an humble instrument in 

 adding to the crystallization of each suggestion. 



It was March 13, 1891, that the committees 

 appointed by the National Trotting Associa- 

 tion, the American Trotting Association, and 

 the American Trotting Register Association, 

 met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, 

 and agreed upon a code satisfactory to all. The 

 Register Association was particularly interested 

 in the drafting of a rule for governing perform- 

 ances against time, and the rules now in force, 

 the result of that conference, have done away 

 with a vast amount of friction and given general 

 satisfaction. 



The pioneer track of the evolutionary period 

 was opened at Buffalo under the inspiration of 



