Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-29
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From the Sprin gheld Republican,
When a man has pct thing by which
he sets great store, what does he name Il
after2 Does no name II nationally or
scientifically Hardly. Does he name
il ailer political or military idol, OF
after the great immorlals " Of the
worlds history aud liioralureY Some
times. BIT. moro often than otherwise,
he will namo his hearts delight, be II
horse. or a yacht. or hound, AFTER
woman. OF the seventy.fiye or one huH-
bred horses whose names appear among
the entries for the meeting this week,
twenty-three are thus named. Blanche,
Susie" Mollie Morris, etc, are all
honored here by the tribute OF some
Philip (which meant horse.loyer 10 the
Greek, IL it does not TO us), aud there
certainly must be tender feeling yelled
under the delicate mystery OF Clara u.
and Miss Miller" These names, how
ever, are hardly more mysterious than
the familiar and honored one OF !" Gold
smith Maid" Was there a maid who
followed gold.smithing, or does 1t refer to
the maid whom Goldsmith was wont to
amuse aud admire, "the lovely Miss
Hornbeck," who, be it remembered to
her honor, when all was over with him,
climbed the stairs to his lodgings amid
the weeping poor that had fed from the
prodigal doctors bounty, and clipped a
memorial lock from his cold temploY
But though tender passion bestows
more names than any other, outside OF
il n peetty wide selection is made. FOR
instance there is the public man, like
Judge Fullerton" "Thomas Jetier'
SON. :" and. in spite ef Partons detrac-
ton, Hamilton" but we do not Ind,
siugularly enough, General Grant or
General Butler. There are number OF
masculine names that we never heard OF,
who probably represent owners and
owners personal friends. These names
are either untitled or milltarlly titled
Judge Fullerton is little singular
and a trifiing audacious. We can think
sf horse as genera" or colonel
chasseiug about in shoulder'straps. But
when we pose him on the bench, reading
from the latest digest, with spectacles
across his nose, he begins to look funny,
particularly as horse. Somebody will
be naming morse heN. IT.
next, Just to see how it would seem.
We are glad to see that literature is
not entirely sighted. We have at least
" Plato" and with Plato" what more
can we ask? At the risk of having
faces made at us for our ignorance, we
confess our inability to classify Ca
mors," Jubilee Lambert" and some
others. We mean to read up on the
Veda's before next years meeting, and
then we shall know more about these
people. Local bias occasionally gives
such names as Manhattan and" Ohio
Boy" and pure patriotism undoubtedly
dictated Brother Jonathan" Consid-
cradle attempts are made in the inven-
ton of names that convey an idea, like
e Fearnaught," Confidence" Sensa-
ton" etc. We wonder that more horses
are not named after swift things, such
as light, thought, horse-cars, chain-light-
ming, or bad news. The historic steeds
of antiquity are also sadly neglected
Bucephalus, the vicious beast that Alex.
ander the Great alone could tame, and
that bore him through all his campaigns,
and all the other equine worthless.