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J. F. CLARK JUVENILES NAMED . Jockey Club Okays First Set of "Monikers" Submitted by Owner of Great Sprinter Clang. NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 17. Although somewhat of a newcomer to the owner and trainer ranks, J. F. Clark, Jr., New Orleans sportsman, has displayed excellent judgment in the naming of the eight yearlings that he has in training at Jefferson Park. Monikers submitted by Clark to the registrar of The Jockey Club were readily accepted and when the new year rolls around a frisky set of youngsters will be transferred to the Fair Grounds to embark on their respective racing careers. It was not until a few years ago that Clark made his entry in racing through the purchase of a few yearlings at the Saratoga sales and in the group was Clang, later a double worlds record holder. The others of the crop that included Clang failed to distinguish themselves and were soon found cavorting in the claiming ranks. An effort is now being made to bring Clang back to the races and the sprinter is pulling a sulky on the farm of Hunter Moody in Lexington, Ky., a training process that has proved successful on several occasions with lame horses. Many turfmen have encountered difficulties in choosing names that are deemed acceptable to the staid members of The Jockey Club, who have barred all suggestive names, trade names as well as "tags" for horses similar to those of other horses now in racing. Clark, a smooth-spoken Southerner, who majored in athletics at the University of Virginia, where he held the intercollegiate heavyweight boxing championship at one time, was granted the first set of cognomens that he tendered The Jockey Club. All of the names have some identification with the sire or dam and in some instances both. For instance, a chestnut filly by Good Advice Easter Joy has been dubbed Bunny Rabbit; a black filly by Good Advice Grecian Beauty is tagged Good Gosh, while The Chirper is the moniker attached to the bay colt by Byrd Wake Up; a chestnut daughter of Morvich Monotone will hear the name of Southern Drawl, and the bay offspring of Okapi Swift Water is Fast Ripple. -
