104 LIGHT HORSES: BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



breeders determined to acquire control of the Register for 

 themselves ; this would have been a simple matter, if there had 

 been only one organisation of breeders ; but there were two, 

 hence a deal of competition arose as to which should gain 

 control of it. The two Associations were, the National, with 

 an adhesion of 400 track members, and the American, with an 

 adhesion of 700. To make a long story short, Mr. Wallace, 

 as president of the old Register Company, finally gracefully 

 surrendered to the American, as the stronger element. He 

 was paid 150,000 dols. for the copyright of the Register, Year 

 Book, his Monthly, and plant. The American Association, 

 whose offices were formerly in Detroit, moved to Chicago ; 

 there conventions will meet ; from there they now issue the 

 various publications connected with the Register, including 

 the Monthly, which has certainly gained largely by the 

 change." 



The following rules, for registration of standard trotters, 

 came into force in April, 1893 : * " Any stallion that has a 

 record of 2:30 or better, provided two of his get have records 

 of 2:20 or better, and provided his sire or dam is already a 

 standard animal. 2. Any mare or gelding that has a record 

 of 2:25 or better. 3. Any mare that has a record of 2:30, pro- 

 vided her sire is standard and her dam is by a standard horse. 

 4. Any stallion that is the sire of four animals with records 

 of 2:30 or better, or the sire of three with records of 2:25 or 

 better, or two with records of 2:20 or better. 5. Any mare 

 that has produced an animal with a record of 2:25 or two with 

 records of 2:30 or better. 6. The progeny of a standard 

 horse, when out of a standard mare. 7. Any mare whose 

 sire is standard, and whose first and second dams are by 

 standard horses." 



