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NAMES AND MISNAMES OF HORSES BAD TASTE COMMON IN NOMENCLATURE, BUT AS A RULE IT HAS OCCURRED THAT REALLY GREAT RACERS HA VE BEEN GIVEN APPROPRIATE NAMES B y W, S. VOSBU R G H March 1 i- the date for claiming names for the two-year-olds of the ceasing racing season fouls of 1918J anil it appears to nie that some remark- on the names nf race horses miht. therefore, not be out Of place if we can induce owner- to display more taste than -on f them displayed in pa-t years. "Some names inspire hih thoughts and heroic aims, while other- entail meanness and vulgarity." remark- the late Mr. Washington Irving. Take some uf the names of horses raetaag within the past year, such as lid BUI Lender. Charlie Leydecker and Lilly Kelly. 1hoebu-: What a name To till the speaking trump of hippie fame! Sonic owner- seem unable to rtee above aajch names a- Jack thi- or John that. Billy this and Joe that: and if the horse fails to race up to expectation- the partial for wl i they are named certainly cannot feel tattered. Then, we have those curious compound names, made by taking half of the name of sire and the same of the dam. which produces such mon-tro-ith - a- Iolroma. by lolymelus from Lactwma; and Flor-ain. by Sain from Florika. In addition we have «nrh things a- My Loots. His NMbs. Pirate McCee. etc Such nomenclature conveys a bad Impression of racing among people unfamiliar with racing— the great general public. They are apt to conclude that racing men are an underbred lot without taste, education or invention. Whereas, it i- due rather to inaptitude. Cervantes tills u- that Don Qtdxote took four day-in lading an appropriate name for hi- hor-e. There i- some comfort in the fact that our really great race hor-e- have, a- a rule, been well named. It i- al-o a cartons fact that a badly n. lined hor-e ha- -ehlom become a great race horsi — it is the lot that •ran unplaced" that comprint the Jack Smith-. Joe BroWBS, etc. It i- an additional fact that a badly named horse ha- seldom — I might say. never -won the Derby in Kauland. There seems a retributive element of ill luck in the cases of badly named animal- whose owner- have aspired to win the Epsom classic. Look over the list of Derby winners and we lind such names as Ormonde. Cremorne. Hermit. Don-ca-ter. Cicero. Melton. Calopin. Favoniu-. Kettledrum. Spearmint. Macaroni. Cossack. Mameluke. Iriam. Plenipotentiary, Iroquois, Harvester, Silvio. Ladas, Orlando. Gladiatear, Durbar. Trdaiartan. Yoltiseur. etc. gems of nomenclature and worthy to be enrolled as winner- of the worlds greatest race. Due of the neatest bits of naming was that found in the Stud Look of the progeny of the mare Flight, foaled is:i7. She was the dam of Hegira, Mecca. Mahomet. Medina and Koran. The late Judge C. B. Thomas, becoming the owner id Hegira. carried it on. Hegira l foal was called ilira. which be-came the dam of Ilimyar. but Una also had Kamadan. Ami! and Haiziim. Ramadan is the name of the ninth month of the Mohammedan calendar. As to Amit. it is the Mo-letn war cry — "Aatit! Amit" Death: Death! when they repulsed the Korei-hites at the battle of Ohod, six miles from Medina. A- to Halsnm, it i- the name of the mare ridden by Mahomet at the battle of Leder. of which Mr. Irving write-: "A pea-ant -aid. Suddenly we beheld a great cloud -ailing toward u- and within it were the neighing of -teed- and harping of trumpet-, and we heard the voice of the Archangel as lie urged hi-mare -S;,ed: Speed h llaiziini" " Lut opportunities for -ueh nomenclature -ehlom offer. Mr. Thomas . McDowell lost a good chance through his brood marc. I.racegirdle. to follow it up with the name- famous in connection with the drama. Mi-s Lracegirdlc wa- the leading n tie-- of her any, and -ueh names as Cougreve. Wyeherly. Garrick, Kean, Kembte, Ablngton, Siddons, Barry, Farreii. Matliadj, Otway, Ma-singer. Sheridan. Addison, libber. Irving. Boueicauit, Muekstone, etc. The custom of giving a horse a nam ■ suggested by that of hi- -ire or dam. or both, is excellent, as it a — i-ts the memory in recalling his identity. Some such efforts have been quite happy, such as Ballot, son of Voter: Celt, from Maid of Erin, or L-eoba. -on of Lroom-tick. Kingcraft, the English Derby winner, wa- well named a- a -on of King Tom and Woodcraft. So was Calliuule far a -on of Moorhen. Bwynford, the BngUsb St. I.eger winner, i- aptly named, he being a son of John oLaunt. and it will be remembered that John oCaunt Duke of Lancaster and father of Henry IV. I married Katherine Swynford. Then we have Hermit, -on of Be elusion; I.emberg. from Callicia: Pretender, by Adventurer, etc. Of course, thi- can also be used to produce cuiiou- results — an English horse, son of Worcestershire, having In en named Lee and lerrin-. Of course, MUM one will ask what should be considered good taste in naming horses. My own idea is that the name of a hor-e -hould never be of two word-. One word, and it a- Short a- po-s ible — a good shouting name. Purchase, which wa- named after an old village near New York, i- a fair sample. Roanier was an excellent name: so were Cudgel. L.iniu- and Hannibal. Owner- often complain they cannot lind a name that ha- not already been cho-en. hut a gazetteer, a dictionary, a railway time table will -apply an idea. But in order to show my own idea of tire style of name appropriate for race horses 1 am going to present a list of names which seem suitable. No doubt man] of them have been claimed already, but surely there will be a few which can iie used if tin y should meet the approval of owners, although 1 do not oiler them for adoption, but. as already stated, to convey my idea of proper naming: SUGGESTED NAMES FOR COLTS. A Daimio Gauntlet L Outbreak Snapshot Darius Geologist Outsider spectator Aberdeen Daubignv Georgian lprador Stampede Adroit Dauntless Gilbert Laburnam P Suburban Adversary Debounair Gllberto Iadi-ono Hunerbua Ainxwoith Defeader Giorgio Lumnourne Ladwuk Sybarite Abides Defiance Giovanni Lnmuoew Pageant Hymnal AMcrofl l.anca-M- Larai at lies,,,, i Clendewer Svndic Alfredo Deucalion Glorious Landlord Pathfinder Almoner Dexter Grampian l-iniern Patriarch T Ambato Dextrous Guerilla Lauderdale Pedagogue An« *ter Dictator Guilford Liurnr IVIayo Tactician AiiHajrite Diplomat Guubenrer Liw-uii Pelion Tnrquin Angler i.i-eord Gunmaker Leader Pembroke Theseus .Uitagonist Dispatch leghorn Peudragoa Timbrel Aram- Dispute H Leicester Pensioner Ttauter Archimedes DoiwIdbaUt Leopold Ier.nlien Toledo Astrologer Donate Haddington Uberal Perilou- Tomahawk Anriol Donizetti Hadrian Lntor Phidias Transport Axminster Drag, man Harbinger Lionel Philosopher Tremulo -r Dreadnauglit Haiie Listener Lhoebu- Trident Dumbarton Haymaker Lounger Piccolo Truant Balbriggaa Dunkirk Haymarket Plutarch Turban Kasswood Haverhill M lro-pero Tii.-bulent Battlefield E Hazaudons „ I.Mades Beauregard Effingham Helmsman Mainspring ****** TJ Bigarooa Eglinton Mandarin a iin • H « *"■ Belgravian Kgottot , Mandate L ter Bellaggio Egremonl lidebrand Mandrake Quadraat LTyaaea Belvoir Eiroll lluenc Marplot. Juestloner Lmbricl Bi it iton Kminence Hogarta Mnrcellua IJuJbNer ,ll:l" Hlacktioru Emissary Holbrook Mare. Quiekfire rii"1 Blandford Bndymioa Holocnuat .Marksman Juickmnrcfa v|"r Boaster Envoy Hotspur Mannaduke Qaiekstep -u.p.r Borderer Epicure uyueriau Martiadale Q»Wo bujaau r- hweii Epigram Uercntio Quixote v Brahma Bquatim l Uogodac Quixtua Brennns Equinox Idobftor Magae Vaauhutd Briarwood Escort Imperious Montioy Vaseo Broadside Examiner Inca Ifoahtm Radical Venethni i:ehange Industrious MuriUa iJI.m ,„,, Vlceregent C Bxeter luflexlble Myrmidon Kamidn Viceroy Caledonian Interloper c-,n,o,,i Vigaroui Calumet k Intruder N- Cm, Villager Iato Fabiu- Ilhuiicl v. i,,,,, i-coiint " Iecil Fairfield |VMI . V" Vizier ..due Fairmin-ler Vole, Vie.--,,s • , Plmmtertla Knlstaff j :"l» -"l „rl,.% ass ~ SSS issas. » -™" riliou-lci . haperone ■.. ., v. ,.. ,., , . ,..,., Jubilant Newsmonger Kigoletio w hailalali I- I : i -1 I,,,..,,, 1 J I _ j i L ,. -uggict i..,,.,,,.,. Nimrod o. i i.: Bigorous in. ,,,, Fl.viri- " •,"":" Nobleman Waltham , Bingleader F h ,i- n ."i,,, • •, Josttoian Norseman Bosefield amba I l;iillHlh ,s i* mi I ii" v * ■ ■ . w . ..i i . .. Ifimnierian •-""" K K Nortbbrook v! ;T!"" BayaUst ---"ket v Waterford V,, .,.,.,. „, Former " " "ll roragei , SnujeJa Weathercock . laudius I or. man K, ,„-.,,„. ■ _ Whlriwind ,..,.,!. „ v.ren,n„er Keninore 0 omb.it I-oriiini.. Kennel,.,- Salute Cuiiingsbj l..,a-tle Khedive Obeloll Sailcho "Mllllll-U •consort Fre.i ter Lilian,, v oi, under satellite wweaere Cottager Frontier Kimboltou Gctaviua satiri-t z Itouvoj „ - Kingdom Offenbach nVipio ICorinlhian Kiiig-,|,|e lu Sciambl, r /ae.ite, a- t..iouet tSalba Kinsman On-low Beutincl Z;iitIi.-ijs Courtier Gamekeeper Kirkby Gihanlal Settler Eumua I Gamester Kirkdale nrnueua Sheffield Ttaainaai I n Caiin.v medo Knapsack 0--ian Shirb v /. n.. h. .,i.. it GatwUli bieioiiii Dttomaa -ii,.ii.,.i icula i CoutiuueU uu svcotiU ■•§«. NAMES AND MISNAMES OF HORSES Continued from first page. SUGGESTED NAMES FOR FILLIES. A Abyssinia Albert ino Amaryllis Amazonia Ambassadress Amiable Amity Amnesty Anadyomene Analogy Anrlerida Ant lop* Appahn hia Armida Asiatics Atrocity Andacia Aufidi ii.-i Ayesha B Baaderilla Batai ia Battledore Bayonetta Bel lamina I.ellaria Bellicent Bellissima Blandina Boadicea Rongnc tiere Bracelet Bra vi ry Bret Ity Buoyancy Buxom C Calabria talj i so Cam arista Cambria I ant inicre I arpalhia Cashmere aval ina Celerity h In,. i Chamede li.inoinesso Chatelaine Chatterbox Cinnamon Circa asia Clariss.-, Clemency lytic Courtesy Cremona Crescent Crosspotch Cyltherea ypriana D Devon ia Dexterity Dianella Dicta trix Dionicda Diplomacy Dodona Dogma Dolphin 1 lotiaria Donna Donnnbella Dorinda I li amatica Dub ine.-i E Eclogue Bcstasy E.l i I ha Cdmondia Elfrida l.lllblem Cmelina Em ilia mt BmeraM Fnigma Ernest ina L-pi ranee Bspolr Evelina F Fanchon Fanfare Fantasv Fedora Felicill.l Pertirity Iianiet la Finlanilia Fidelia Flora bella Florcnl ina Foresight Forialicc Era neon ia Furnessi.i G Gadaksmt Gaiety Galena Cardcnia Centility Cenesla Ceronina Q ianetia Cilbertina Hilda claucina Gloria Gloxinia Grates pie H Hadiina Habladora I In ninny Hatchment Hauteur Hebe Hecuba Heaperia Hippolyta Hispania Holla ndaise Hollyhock Honeysuckle Hostililv Hybla I Lint he Iberia Idalia • Idolatry Idyll Ingenue Inheritrix Intermedia Intrigue [phigenia Iruia Iris lsinailia I- diu.-i Iihonia J Jamaica •lanina .1 a pon i, it Jeunala .lessi,., •leiuinesse .loyeiise Juliana -1 in in ■lustit it K Kanaka Katiuka Keepsake Keynote Keystone Khabara Kollim.t Kolyma L I-apwing Landscape l„iomeilJa Larkaamr La talks La ton la Laundress Lavinia Lesbia Liberia I.imena Lorgnette M Mahonia Macedonia Madrida Malacca Malaga Malvina Mantilla Marma lade Maritiina M.irlin-lla Martinique Maxima Mistletoe .Modem, Momentum Morgiana Muriel!., Muscatel ■ N a noii Narcissa Narida Nebuloaa Necfcktce Neophyte .Nicotine Nigrita Nimble Niobe Nohililv Noblesse Norma Normani.i Nymph 0 Oakleaf Oblivion Obscurity 0 tavia Olga Olympia llmphale Operetta Or.stia in stina Orizaba Ortolan Ouida P Pa la t ina Pamnonica Pantomime Paulina Pearlina Penance Philomela Poinnettia PolenU Polyneshi Iomeraiiia Puoterlpi Primula Pi uileiilia Psyche Pyreiiiea Pvlhia a Quackery Quadrille Quadroon Quakeress Quality Quicksilver Quickset Quickstep Units Quiver R Raynioinlia Redwing Pegalta Begina Reginella Risotto Riviera Koiiahlilia Riiperta Rubiiia Riiriiania Kustica S Sangaziire Sapho Saturnalia Saxonia Scintilla Scotia Sera|ihina Sibyl sihv Una Siniolie Simon, -ttii Solforino Sphynx Spitfire Splendid.i Syei e s.v ria T Tamarinda Tambourine Tarragona Tasmania Termagant Terpsichore Themis Theodora Thenoalla Travesty Turquoise Twinkle U Tbiiuily ITItima I u. i Indine Unity I rbanity Irsiila I t i I i t v II ■ V Valdine Val-noia andalia Velbila Velocity Vettitin Verands Verhena Vergara Veronica Victoiro Violetia Virago Vise aye Vivacity Volga w W. rfare Watch fire Welcome Whirligig Wildltrinr Wildfire Wiltonia Winsome Wisteria Z Ban /elphanta Zenobia Zephyr Zephyretta Zillch Zirlina Zisea Zodiac Zuleika
