THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE IO5 



"Introduction to a General Stud Book." These pub- 

 lications were the forerunners of Pick's Turf Register, 

 and of Weatherby's General Stud Book. Though the 

 first volume of both the Register and the Stud Book ap- 

 peared in 1803, there was great rivalry among the au- 

 thors. Four volurries of Pick's Turf Register appeared 

 and then the publication was discontinued, while the 

 General Stud Book continued as the official organ of the 

 Thoroughbred in England. This represents the first suc- 

 cessful attempt to record the genealogy of animals. The 

 first publication of performance occurred in 1829. In 

 America the Thoroughbreds are registered in the Amer- 

 ican Stud Book for Thoroughbreds, the official organiza- 

 tion being the American Jockey Club. 



