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basis, the following rules are adopted to control admission 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 min- 

 utes and thirty seconds (2.30) or better; provided any of his 

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

 dam, his grandsire or his grandam, is already a standard animal. 



" Second. — Any mare or gelding that has a record of 2.30 or 

 better. 



*' Third. — Any horse that is the sire of two animals with a 

 record of 2.30 or better. 



"Fourth. — Any horse that is the sire of one animal with a 

 record of 2.30 or better; provided he has either of the follow- 

 ing additional quahfications : — 



" I. A record himself of 2.40 or better. 



*' 2. Is the sire of two other animals with a record of 2.40 or 

 better. 



" 3. Has a sire or dam, grandsire or grandam, that is already 

 a standard animal. 



"Fifth. — Any mare that has produced an animal with a 

 record of 2.30 or better. 



" Sixth. — The progeny of a standard horse when out of a 

 standard mare. 



'^Seventh. — The progeny of a standard horse out of a mare 

 by a standard horse. 



"Eighth. — The progeny of a standard horse when out of a 

 mare whose dam is a standard mare. 



"Ninth. — Any mare that has a record of 2.40 or better; 

 and whose sire or dam, grandsire or grandam, is a standard 

 animal. 



