ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. 



FiGUKB 7. — Lord Clinton, Standard Morgan Trotter. 

 Courtesy of J. Campbell Thompson, Esq. 



Any horse that was speedy, or whose sire or dam was a fast 

 trotter, or pacer even, was admitted to registry in the stud-book 

 of the National Trotting Horse Breeders' Association. This has 

 resulted in the greatest confusion in tracing pedigrees, and for 

 several years has not been permitted. 



The term "standard-bred" is now applied to trotting horses 

 only that are bred to a certain standard of speed. The term does 

 not refer to the blood of the horse, but to the excellence of the 

 trotting performang^0.^g^ig^j{^p^^^. The rules of the 



