44 THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE 



muscular thigh ; round, deep body ; and legs short, clean, fine boned, 

 and with excellent feet. This horse has a strong, long, quick 

 stride, a clean hock action, and greater activity of motion than 

 any other trotter known. Weights of 1 150 pounds for a stallion 

 and 900 pounds for a mare are very acceptable ; while any color 

 will pass, although bays and browns are most numerous. 



What is a standard-bred trotter? In 1882 the constitution of 

 the National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders, an associ- 

 ation organized in 1876, was amended, and among the rules 

 adopted were the following. 



In order to define what constitutes a trotting-bred horse, and to estab- 

 lish a breed of trotters on a more intelligent 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 minutes 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 following additional qualifications : 

 (1) 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 gran- 

 dam, 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. 



Tenth. A record to wagon of 2.35 or better shall be regarded as equal 

 to a 2.30 record. 



The " Trotting Register, » as published by J. H. Wallace, first 

 appeared under his name in 1871, and horses were registered 

 in this according to the above rules. The American Trotting 

 Register Association succeeded the National and Mr. Wallace 

 sold to it his Trotting Register as well as his Year Book in 



