. The encyclopaedia of sport. econd. For instance, a horsewith a record of 2-29^, is eligible to the 2-30class. A horse with no record, who has notbeen started in a race, is naturally entered inwhat are called the slow classes, , the 3oo,2-50, or 2-40 classes. There are also classes rules regulating trotting races>s it may deemadvisable. The Congress also elects a Board ofReview, of which the president of the associa-tion is the chairman. This board sits twice ayear, in May and December, and decides on allquestions in dispute which have been appealedfrom the trotting meetings. About 85,
. The encyclopaedia of sport. econd. For instance, a horsewith a record of 2-29^, is eligible to the 2-30class. A horse with no record, who has notbeen started in a race, is naturally entered inwhat are called the slow classes, , the 3oo,2-50, or 2-40 classes. There are also classes rules regulating trotting races>s it may deemadvisable. The Congress also elects a Board ofReview, of which the president of the associa-tion is the chairman. This board sits twice ayear, in May and December, and decides on allquestions in dispute which have been appealedfrom the trotting meetings. About 85,000,000(^,000) are annually competed for inpurses and stakes. While to America belongs the credit of havingmade trotting a great national sport, the honourof pro\iding the foundation blood of the breedbelongs to England, and, strange to say, thepedigrees of the vast majority of the fast trottersand pacers may be traced directly up to thethoroughbred horse Messenger, who was im-ported to America in 1788. He appears in the. l^tonA S^aiv3L J Half Mile End : Method of Laying Out recommended to .Amateurs. Right End ; Metiod recommended to Surveyors. where age determines the eligibility to enter,, two, three and four year old classes,butthese are rare. Two year old races are usuallydecided in mile heats, best two in three. Thevast majority of races and matches against timefor a distance of over a mile have been decidedin one effort. The government of the trotting turf is pro-vided for by two organisations, respectivelycalled the National and the American TrottingAssociations, and under their control are fifteenhundred trotting associations and driving clubs,ruling off for fraud being recognised by off horses are not eligible to competeeither in England or the Continent, Englishand European expulsions being equally effectivein America. Every reputable trotting club is amember of one of these associations, and isentitled to send a delegate to a biennial c
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