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AS TO NAMING HORSES Turf Field and Farm is correctly of the opin opine ¬ ion that a reform is due in the matter of nam name ¬ ing King horses and in its current issue says Whats Hats It To You a threeyearold gelding by Forester Maggie Moore dropped dead at La tonia toni on July 9 The riddance of turf records from such a name is a good one and it is a source of comfort that the Racing Calendar and Stud Book is no longer to be encumbered with one outlandish name Unfortunately however there are others still in the flesh that are even more harrowing and repugnant There has al ¬ ways been a great lack of taste and appropriate ¬ ness displayed in the naming of racehorses but in the past year or two turf nomenclature has lapsed into ridiculous nonsense While every man has the right to give a horse any name he may see fit the Jockey Club would institute a very commendable reform in making a rule which would require on the part of owners the exercise of some common sense in christening horses which are to be used on the tarf tar and whose names are to be used so often by the gen ¬ eral feral public Brevity euphony fitness and pro nouncability mutability should be requited and no name should be accepted and registered which does not possess the above requisities requisites Such long and un pronouncable pronounceable names as Huitzilopochtli Presti Presto digitatrice dignitaries Caoutchouc Coauthor Wheel in the Head IneenamaraWe Know It Can I See Em Go To Bed Dont Don't Skip Me and many others of like kind should never be accepted for registry in the Stud Bqpk BBQ and Racing Calendar Because an owner can pronounce some ponderous Mexi Mexico ¬ can Aztec or Irish name is no reason why ho should torture the more unfortunate general public which use the names of horses with any such repulsive jawbreakers There is no reason why from the exercise of taste and judgment suitable names could not be found Unusual names and names not liable to be repeated are not objectionable but when it comes to such as cannot be called by the average turfman Truman and breeder there should be a limit We have often called attention to the system of turf nomenclature and as it is growing more and more nonsensical every year there should be a halt called before the Stud Book Racing Cal ¬ endar endear and pedigrees are filled up with a lot of rubbish that nobody can call nor write without an enormous struggle with every letter and syllable There should be some practical sense exercised in nomenclature and if owners will not exercise it voluntarily racing law should require it
