THE AMERICAN TROTTER 



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which the annual trotting records are pubHshed. The present 

 rules for registration of the American Association are as follows : 



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 



Fig. 14. Dan Patch. The fastest pacer in history. Holds world's record of 

 1.55J. Purchased for f 60,000 by Mr. M. W. Savage, Minneapolis, Min- 

 nesota. Illustration by courtesy of Mr. Savage 



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, pro- 

 vided she herself has a trotting record of 2.30 or is a 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. 



