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1923 TWOYEAROLD NAMES Include Many Examples of Apt AptNomenclature Nomenclature With Usual UsualNumber Number of Bad Selections The Tiames assigned to the 1923 twoyear olds thus far axe no better and no worse than in previous years To those who regard the subject of nomenclature with interest this years list will bring the customary re ¬ action There will be an occasional thrill at an apt name a feeling of disgust at some particularly inept ones and a general wish that something might be done to improve the method of selecting cognomens for horses and to make impossible some of the abomi ¬ nations which are imprinted Indelibly upon the defenseless thoroughbred thoroughbredOne One thing that impresses a person familiar with the rules of name registration is that the ban on the use of trade names is ap ¬ parently a dead letter Last year the reg ¬ istrar passed the names of Melachrino and Juicy Fmit among many others less fla ¬ grantly in violation of this rule and this year the list is longer with such glaring examples as U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Mexican Pete Star Motor and Lucky Strike StrikeThere There are a number of names however which are apt euphonious and full of mean ¬ ing a few o which are discussed below belowVulcain Vulcain b c by Ben Hodder Aetna This name suggests that of the dam in that Vulcan was the Roman god of fire later the god of metalworking whose forge was sup ¬ posed to be located under Mount Aetna AetnaTrafalgar Trafalgar b g by Rapid Water Alberta IT From the suggestion of the sires name Trafalgar was the scene of the great naval battle in which Lord Nelson British broke the naval power of Napoleon Bonaparte BonaparteElectra Electra br f by Orestes Comfort Orestes was a Greek mythological character Electra was his sister sisterImmortella Immortella ch f by Ultimus Dark Flow ¬ er This is the name applied to the so called straw flower extensively used in fu ¬ nereal decoration The suggestion from names of both sire and dam is obvious as Ultimus is Latin for last lastQuarantine Quarantine ch c by Von Tromp Isola ¬ tion Requires no comment commentThe The Vintner br c by Omar Khayyam Mary Maud From the name of the sire Suggested by the lines from the Edward Fitzgerald version of The Rubaiyat read ¬ ing ingI I often wonder what the vintner buys Onehalf so precious as the stuff he sells sellsTime Time Exposure ch c by High Time Photo Another that needs no comment commentDerelict Derelict b or br c by Wrack Sea Wave WaveScarab Scarab br f by Wrack Pyramid A scarab is a stone bettle found in the Egyptian pyramids It had a religious significance as the symbol of immortality
