152 JUDGING LIGHT HORSES 



in breeding grade roadster horses possessing the quality, 

 conformation, endurance, and finish of the smoother made 

 representatives of the breed. The style and temperament 

 of such animals is usually good, possessing sufficient spirit 

 and snap to render them most acceptable for light harness 

 service, as equipped for road work. Taken as a whole, the 

 Standardbred, from the breed standpoint, varies greatly in 

 type, size, color, and performance. This of necessity requires 

 a special treatise on the various types represented by the 

 general type to understand the breed thoroughly. 



Official Standard of the American Trotting Register Asso- 

 ciation — Trotting Standard. — When an animal meets these 

 requirements and is duly registered it shall be accepted 

 as a Standardbred 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 grand dam 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 grand dam were sired by regis- 

 tered 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. 



Pacing Standard. — When an animal meets these require- 

 ments and is duly registered, it shall be accepted as a 

 Standardbred pacer: 



1. The progeny of a registered standard pacing horse and 

 a registered standard pacing mare. 



2. A stallion sired by a registered standard pacing horse, 

 provided his dam and grand dam were sired by registered 

 standard pacing horses, and he himself has a pacing record 



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