When there was a great many men interested, and most sincerely, too, in the breeding of trotters, it was thought to be a good thing to inaugurate a systematic method of breeding and establish a standard which should regulate the records that were to be kept of trotters. By general consent the suggestion of the _Turf, Field and Farm_, Mr. Busbey’s paper, a horse that could go a mile in 2.30 was considered worthy to get a place in the register. This would have excluded all the trotters previous to the time of Lady Suffolk. But the matter was discussed, and Wallace’s “American Trotting Register” was accepted as the official record of pedigrees, thus putting the business in the hands of the most ingenious partizan that has ever been interested in the horse business in this country. These were the rules that were adopted: “In order to define what constitutes a trotting-bred horse, and to establish a _Breed_ of trotters on a more intelligent basis, the following rules are adopted to control admission to the records of pedigrees. When an animal meets with the requirements of admission and is duly registered, it shall be accepted as a standard trotting-bred animal. “_First_—Any stallion that has, himself, a record of two minutes and thirty seconds (2.30) or better; provided any of his get has a record of 2.40 or better; or provided his sire or his dam, his grandsire or his grandam, is already a standard animal. “_Second_—Any mare or gelding that has a record of 2.30 or better. “_Third_—Any horse that is the sire of two animals with a record of 2.30 or better. “_Fourth_—Any horse that is the sire of one animal with a record of 2.30 or better; provided, he has either of the following additional qualifications:— “1. A record himself of 2.40 or better. “2. Is the sire of two other animals with a record of 2.40 or better. “3. Has a sire or dam, grandsire or grandam, that is already a standard animal. “_Fifth_—Any mare that has produced an animal with a record of 2.30 or better. “_Sixth_—The progeny of a standard horse when out of a standard mare. “_Seventh_—The progeny of a standard horse out of a mare by a standard horse. “_Eighth_—The progeny of a standard horse when out of a mare whose dam is a standard mare. “_Ninth_—Any mare that has a record of 2.40 or better; and whose sire or dam, grandsire or grandam, is a standard animal. “_Tenth_—A record to wagon of 2.35 or better shall be regarded as equal to a 2.30 record.”