50 THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE 



2. A stallion sired by a registered standard trotting horse, provided his 

 dam and grandam 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 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. 



The pacing standard is the same as the trotting standard except 

 that the word "pacer" is substituted for the word "trotter," the 

 word "pacing" for the word "trotting," and the speed standard 

 2:25 for 2:30. The first five paragraphs of official trotting and 

 pacing standards are aHke. The pacing standard, however, has 

 a sixth paragraph, which is as follows : 



6. The progeny Of a registered standard trotting horse out of a registered 

 standard pacing mare, or of a registered standard pacing horse out of a 

 registered trotting mare. 



This last paragraph brings out the interesting point in an offi- 

 cial way that the result of the union of a pacer and trotter may 

 create a standard-bred pacer. 



Trotting families of note have been developed in America 

 during the past century from which are descended the trotting 

 horses of eminence to-day. The families introduced below are 

 recognized as the most important. The judicious blending of 

 these families has, in cases, resulted in very great success ; as, for 

 example, in the case of the Hambletonian and Mambrino. 



The Hambletonian family. On May 15, 1849, the Charles 

 Kent Mare gave birth to a male foal from the service of Abdallah, 

 the grandson of Messenger. This mare was owned by Jonas 

 Seely of Chester, Orange County, New York, who later sold 

 her with foal at side to William M. Rysdyk for ^125. This 

 colt was later named Hambletonian 10 and is frequently re- 

 ferred to as Rysdyk's Hambletonian. He was a bay in color, with 

 a star and white hind ankles, stood 15! hands high, and was 

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