“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.”
Before much had been accomplished under these rules, Wallace, who was as militant as he was ingenious, got into a dispute with the Kentucky breeders over methods of breeding, the value of thoroughbred blood, the genuineness of his published pedigrees and about anything else that came along. So the Kentuckians started the “Breeders’ Trotting Stud Book,” the standard for it being a little modified. In a year or so, Wallace, seeing that the war was going against him, sold out his register and retired from the field. Then new rules were adopted, as follows: