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Register Association watches over all other matters, closely 

 in touch with the two other organisations. Its Rules for 

 the Trotting Standard are now as follows : — 



The Trotting Standard. 



When an animal meets these requirements, and is duly 

 registered 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 trotting 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 trotting 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, 

 provided she is the dam of two trotters with records of 2.30. 



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

 provided her first, second, and third dams are each sired 

 by a registered standard trotting horse. 



American Pacing Horses. 



The origin of American pacing horses is wrapped in 

 obscurity, though, as mentioned earlier in this work, it is 

 a common gait amongst the Barb horses of Morocco, 

 through whose influence it is occasionally seen amongst 

 Spanish horses. It is by no means uncommon in England, 

 though it is not prized there, and no pains are ever taken 

 to develop it. The famous family of pacers in Rhode 

 Island, the Narragansetts, are supposed to have originated 

 from stock brought from Andalusia, and it is very probable 

 such may have been the case, and that they inherited the 

 gait from their Barbary ancestors. At first the pacing 

 horse was generally used under the saddle, but as roads 

 improved they began to be sought for harness; for many 



