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registered standard trotting horses, and he himself has : 
trotting record of 2:30 and is the sire of three trotters 
with récords of 2:30 from different mares. 
“ (3) A mare whose sire is a registered standard trotting 
horse and whose dam and granddam 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 
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“(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.” 
To assist still further in the establishment of a breed, 
the Register Association has made known (February 5, 
1908) a contemplated change in the requirements for 
admission to the standard, looking to the elimination of 
all the foregoing rules except rule number one. 
93. Influence of the standard. — At first, the impor- 
tance of the standard, both as to performance and _ pedi- 
gree, had an undue influence. If a horse was standard it 
was thought that that was all that was necessary, and if a 
sire succeeded in piling up a large 2: 30 list that was later 
considered the sum total. Now breeders are also con- 
sidering the fact that a performance of 2:30, with 1m- 
proved tracks, sulkies and appliances, does not mean 
much, and they are considering the amount of extreme 
speed as a very desirable quality, with a long line of pro- 
ducing lineage in the pedigree. At this point, the impor- 
tance of the breeding of the dam and her value as a 
producer of speed entered into the operations of most breed- 
ing farms. In conjunction with this, the money-making 
