The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-15

They Spring from.
From the Neio York Press.
How m nv of the thousands Of people
who daily go to the race tracks or who read
of the achievements of noble horses stop f +
a moment to consider the names of the
horses! To the vast majority the name is
but an empty souud-a concelt 1t may be,
they think, or a freak on the part of the
owner. And yet a moments thought will
show the study of the names to be a most
interesting one
You see, for instance, entered for race
that is to be run a horse called Defaulter
Not charming name it is true, and you
may wonder why II is that the tcllcitous
Capt Brown. the Pittsburg mllioaare,
should have ever thought of placing on him
name that on its face Is so inappropriate.
The main idea in naming horse is 10 give
him some cognomen Or name which of it elf
almost suggests the particular racing ia nily
to which he belongs. Now, in the case OF
Defaulter there is wealth of Appropriate
ness that is seasoned off with just the least
delicate little bit of happy hit. Defaulter
is the son of Spendt lrift and The Authoress.
That member Of the SpendUhrift family
would be defauiter follows most naturally,
and particularly so when for mother ne
had The AuthOress.
Capt. Browns stables are first mentioned
for the reason that, on the whole, his horses
are named with excellent judgment. Tha
fine colt of his, bred from tuat grand sire
Enquirer, he named Reporter, while tie
small but hardy and swarthy Buddhist ug-
gests to one who knows aught about the
families on the turf that he is the son Of
Hindoo
LoNGFELLow's SON A BARD, OF COURSE
How often have people wondered why tre
first real conquerer Of Hanover was called
the Bardl 1t was pretty name, though to
meny it was mex olicable. Yet to those
who know that Longfellow, the great racer,
was his sire, the appropriateness is at oncs
apparent. Then, too, there is another horse
of Mr.. Cassatts. Now or Never, sometime .
of itself cheap sounding and common place
at first blush, and yet it is suggestive by its
very oppositeuess to the name of "A branch
of the family to which he belong His dam
was BY and By, aud when the colt was foaled
Mr.. CRssatt on being told of the fact, ee-
graphed To Mr.. Huggln, t. be sure and have
the colt named Now or Never.
A glance at the pedigree of some of the
horses really reveals some of the happiest
possible hits. What, for example, could be
heater than the name If the good ma q
Melodrama, when it is considered that her
sire was Longfellow and that her dam was
the mare named Mary AndersJ IN, III com
pliment to the actress
The NAMlNG OF INSPECIOH II.
That is an exceedingly happy combination,
though not more so than Ius ector b., the
now crack horse of the famous Dwyer Broth
ers That horse stands today of all others
the only one named out of compliment to
an individual that bears the falutest traits
of appropriateness. Gre lerally they are
either meaningless r QueStionably compli.
mentary, but Inspector b. playes two roles
with great credit. The Brooklyn turfmer
were great friends of Inspector Byrnes, and
had decided to name one of the list prom.
ising horses after him. Which one, how
ever, was question of no little mo nent to
them, for they didn't want to bestow the
name on q counterfeit
Finally, they hit the idea one morning
together as they were watching their orse.
get in their work. Among them as a col
sired by Enquirer, who had shown up we'll
Suddenly happy thought seemed to strike
both brothers stimuli aneouSly at least they
both say so now-that TO uamo the son Of
Enquirer, after the greatest detective or il
quirer probably in the world to-day, would
be most app, pirate, and So tley named
him Inspector B., and gave 10 tue turf a
name with a splendid local appropriate
ness. 1t Is seldom, it is true, that such al
opportunity offers, but 1T is equally rare
when such opportunities do occur that they
are so we'll taken advantage of.
sTRIKINGLY APPROPRIATE NAMES.
While this custom is not bv any means
dying out, yet III these days, when there
seems to be- a rush name colts in compli-
ment to me individual here is DANCE Of
the beautiful and happy Eonenclat ure
3iverging OF into barren places. When
one hears name that suggests the dam OF
sire there Is very frequently springiag Ut
Of pleasant memories. When, for instance
one sees the entry in a race, Applause, his
mind naturally tells MIN that it must be a
son of Three Cheers, while the demure l.Ltle
Oily Artless not only il her demea ot, bat
In her name suggests her dam, Simplicity,
and Boodler quite involuntarlly informs
you that he must have been, as he is, the
son of Bribery.
That old son of Attraction was very aptly
named Charm. and Cruiser a. once sug-
gests MS sire, Wanderer, bill Allie Lake
lands Biscuit a little family but still truly
enough suggests bis dam, Undercrust, as
does Cashier, when it is reflected that his
was Currency.
OF the 2-year-olds, Devotee, the son of
Sister Of Mercy, is well named, "a is Civil
Service, VINO IS the offspring of Reform.
Minuet, from Reel Dance, and Beati V,
from Bliss, are cieverly sugg stive, as i,
Cleaning, the daughter of Twilight. Tele-
phone, the y ung daughter of Acoustic, is
also rather neat. Instances like these might
be multiplied
They may serve to interest as well as to
enhaHce the curiosity of those not cid
track-anars who enjoy a race and are anx-