The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-05
a NEW srASDARD o HORSES.
Tss America. Trostias Register A..ee,s-
tInn Mnhes Chanees In Ita Rnira

At the annual meeting Of the American Trot-
ting Register Association, at Chicago last week,
some important changes were made in the rule.
governing admission TO registration. The pres
ent standard has remained almost unchanged
since 1t was fret framed and adopted by the
National Association of T%rottlng Horse Breed.
crs, who then exercised nominal super
visory control over the publications In this
city. After the latter wcrc sold 70 tho
Rcgtstcr Association in 1891. the Western
breeders amended the rules 80 as to admit
horses to the trottinr standard on the strength
Of II pacing record. The tenth volume of the
Register was complied under this standard, but
the indiacriminate mixing Up Of ~trotters and
PAGERS proved to be so distas;eful to Eastern
horsemen that the association rescindcd its ac-
ton at the first opportunity, providing n separ-
ate department In the stud book for the side
wleeiers. a few minor amendments to the
rules were subsequently made, hut there were
no radical changes until the stockholders held
their meeting last week and adopted the follow
ing standard:
when an animal me "a the requirements of any OF
tile following rules and Ia duly registered, It shall he
accepted ss a standard bred trottrr:
Rule THE progeny OF a registered standard trot
ting horse and a registered standard trottlng mare.
kule "a stallion sired by a registered standard
trottlng horse. provided his Sire and grandam were
sired ny registered standard trotting horses, and he
himself has IA truttlug record Of YiJU or better, and Is
the sire OF three trOttcrs with records OF = 30 or bet.
ter from different mares.
kule IA mare whose sire Ia a registered standard
tro'ting horse, and whose dam and srandam were
sired by registered standard trottlng horses. provided
daSm" Of d : tr5tt T. + Si WIKI a record %t y 20 OF, Or 90 Se or 5s Or rs the
Huie 4-A mare sired by IL registered standard trot.
hay Ins rscdris Of sioo Sr brtt : by q q Inherent at .ires
INK n9i horse /. a p pEatf s.5e He qy a reg 's sodT o sian ISitG d nr2s,
arr al sN registered standard trottnS horses
ting horse, when out Of a req Stored STANDARD pacing
out " a reg s:rrfhi st,aniarG ttrSttins mare. o'' ""e"
Horsemen, who are familiar with the present
are far more restrictive than the old ones. but
there, may he a difference OF opinion as to
whether they are on the whole an imptoyemeni
radical Departure runs through the new series
Of rules, The old standard, from first to
based upon ability to trot in $50. The door
was always open To the horse that could trot
what his ped gree might be. and through this
door such great horses as Wilson's Hue Bull.
rioters: si,.ugg!er. = .l5L4. the best stallion of
hs day; Green's Bashuw, Clear Grit. and other
able breed Ing. entered the standard fold.
The nUw rules place pedigree above perform
amer. Ard close the door to the iBiue Bulls and
Snrs-.ers OF the future whose sires are not
standard when the rules 90 into effect. No
matter how fast - record any outside horse may
hereafter make. nor how many fast %trott-rs lie
NAV sire, II his sire is not a standard stallion
there is no provision in the new rules by which
he or his descendants can acquire standard
rank. The sixth rule Of the new code ievives
the mgch-Dppused .utermixture Of ]truttilg and
pacing blood by admitting to the trOtting stand
ard the progeny Of IA pacing-bred sire and y trut-
tinv-hred dam and the Offspring of the trotting-
bred sire ara the ,trottinG- bred dam.
The new rules do not go into effect until May
!. 1897. and they are subject to approval by the
stockholders at the next annual meeting OF the
for recording pedigree- OF norses over two years
old is 10 be doubled. The following officers were
elected at the meeting last Thursday:
". Il. Allen. st Louis President, samuel Rakcr,
Chicago. Vice. President. +. y. GOrton. Chicago. Treas.
UT =. ). y. Steiner. Chicago. Secretary and Registrar;
samuel t.. hoylr. Lexington. w. p. IJaus, TIRE
Huutc. anllruukS GOrton, Cat ago. Board ~ cen.
sur>. ". Il. Allen. -. Louis. Samuel Baker. Chicago:
L. 7. Emery CleNe and. ". I. IJams. I-rra Haut-;
Lucas Treatment, SJr NJ Station, ny, and y. j. co.,
man. st. LOus, EXeCUtNc & iuinlttee.