Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-08-27

HORSES NAAEs.-When a man has any
pet thing by which he sets great store,
what does be name it aft r? Does he name
it nationally or scientifically? Hardly.
Does he name it after political or military
idol, or after the " great Immortals . OF the
worlds history and literature? Sometimes
But, more often than otherwise, he will name
his hearts delight, be it horse or yacht
or a hound, after a-woman. Of the seventy
i've or one hundred horses whose names ap-
pear among the entries for the meeting this
week, twenty-three are thus named
- Blanche,'' 8: SUSIE" Molly Norris" ETC.,
are all honored here by the tribute of some
philip, (Which meant HORSEPOWER to the
Greek if it does not to us), and there GER
tainly must be a tender feeling yelled under
the delicate mystery of " Clara G. and
=. Miss Miller" These names, however, are
hardly more mysterious than the familiar
and honored one of " Goldsmith Maid. :"
Was there maid who followed goldsmith
ing, or does it refer to the maid whom good
q pldsmith was wont to amuse and aomi e,
:. the lovely Miss Horneck - who, be it re-
membered 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 hand and clipped memo
rial lock from his cold temple?
But though the tender passion bestows more
names than any other, outside OF it a pretty
wide selection Is made. For instance, there
Is the public man. like " Judge Fullerton,
- Thomas Jefferson and, IN spite OF Par
toms detractlon, " HamiltOn,' but we do
not fnd, singularly enough, Gen. Grant or
| Gen. Butler. There are number OF mascu-
| line names that we never heard of, who prob
ably represent oWners and owners personal
| friends. These names are either untitled or
! mil tarily titled. f" Judge Fullerton is Il
Little singular and trife audacious. We
| can think of d horse as @ Gen. or Col. >
chasselng about in shoulder straps. Bul
when we pose him On the bench, reading
rom the latest digest, he begins to LOOK
| funny, PARTICULAR as horse. Somebody
| will be naming a horse {" Rev, DR.. -,
| neyt, Just to see how it would seem.
We are glad to see that literature is not
entirely slighted. We have at least " Plato,
and with Plato " what more can we ask
At the imminent risk OF having faces made
At US for our ignorance, We frankly con-
less our inability to classify g Camo, S,
- Jubilee Lambert" and some others. We
mean to read up on the Vedas before neXt
| years meeting, and then We shall know
more about these people. Local bias occA-
sloDally give such names as " Manhattan .
and Ohio Boy" and pure patriotism IN
doubleday dlsctated g Brother Jonathan. -
Considerable attempts are made in the inven-
tion OF names that convey an idea, like
Fearnaught.' Confidence, -" Sc station,
etc. We wonder that more horses are not
naned after swift things, such as light
Thought, hors -ears, chain-lightning, or bad
news. The historic steeds of antiquity are
also sadly neglected ,-Bucephalu the VI
cous beast that Alexander the Great alone
could tame, and that bore him through al
ais campaigns, and all the other equine
worthless. Springfield Republican.