St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-08

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the odds they were laying, merely as a
matter OF news, the same as majority
Of papers i'll the country did, and be-
lieved, like the Californians who were
near them. that they were reliable.
HORSE NOMENCLATURE.
The Science Of Naming the No.
bIest of CANNES.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The science of equine nomenclature
is a very curious one. 1t has many fol-
lowers and many professors. all of whom
display much ingenuity and sometimes
considerable hnmor in its prosecution.
A very good opportunity for the study
of this art is afforded by the publication
of the programme for the summer meet
ing of the Washington Park club, of
Chicago. This embraces no less than
twenty-five days racing, from June %
to July 20, the nominations for which
include no less than TT horses from
every part Of the country.
To begin at the beginning it would
be, perhaps. impossible to find more
initial name than that borne by the bay
tilly A. B. Running next to the other
extreme of the alphabet there is found
the chestnut colt X, while between
them are the well-known horses which
masquerade under the alphabetical
titles of Jay f. D., Jay-Eye-See, to-
gether with plain j. T., d. H., n. 7. NJ.
and noble @. w. Since the successes of
Maud S. it has become quite the fashion
to christen the ''beestes of speede" in
this composite manner. Among such as
these are found colts, fillies. geldings,
! t-AE,
Frank P, Philip D., hon. John B.,
Edna A, Oracle NJ. Selma D., Mary K,
Aggie NJ, Elsie S., Pinkie T., Daisy F.,
Adele NJ. Lizzie B., Julia L., Meckie
H.. Conrad o., Penn P, Arthur H.,
Frank P, Mark s., Louis P, Ira E.,
Julia L., Lizzie K, Kyrle B., Sally o.,
Emma j.. Josie NJ, Oracle j., Amelia
T.. Lemoine A, Bette Ii. and Lily w.
OF names with the initials set in their
usual place there are very few, the only
ones appearing III this long list being
G. w. Cook, l. E. Bride and j. H. Fen
ton.
The great names of history have been
but slightly drawn on by the owners of
crack stables. We find, however, that
BalZac is a bay colt, BeacOnSfield a
brown horse. Blackstone a bay colt,
Columbus a bay geIding, Gladstone a
fiily, that Custer is a brown colt, that
Macbeth is a brown geIding, Proctor
Knott a chestnut gelding and Robe
sphere a brown colt. Among the CLASH
cal and mythical we find the bay colt
Achilles. the bay tiily CasSandra, the
bay colt CassiuS, the bay colt Sic Clio,
the bay colt CriSpin, the chestnut colt
Galen, the bay colt Ganymede. the bay
colt Hector, the chestnut FLY Pandora,
the bav colt Robin Hood and the chest
nut FLY Thalia.
The stage, rOstrum and ring. too, have
evidently their admirers among the
Stablemen. the various strings including
such well-knOWn faVOriteS as the bay
! colt Charley Reed, the bay tilly Emma
| Nevada, the bay colt HeTZOg (the Black
Crook, the gray tilly Kate Putnam, the
| bay colt CasSiuS, the brown colt Cham
payne Charlie, the chestnut FLY Char
lotte CuShman. the bay colt Lagardere.
the bay filIy Leontine, the bay tilly Luz
cretia BOrgia, the brown gelding Mac
! beth, the bay tilly Miss Davenport, the
bay tilly \ anCy Lee. the bay colt Romeo,
the bav gelding Uncle Ned, to say moth
ing of the bay colt Bob IngersOll. the
| brown horse Jack Brady and the chest
nut colt Joe Blackburn.
Royalty ana other folks of rank are
particularly we'll represented. Thus
there are an Adiutant, a Ban Chief. a
Brown Princess, a Duke of the High
lands. Governor Ross. a Judge Arnett
and Judge Morris, a King Charlie. King
Charlie H.. King Fortune, King Regent,
King Thomas, Lady Ali, Lady Black
burn. Lady Hemphill. Lady Lulu. Major
Ban, Prince FOnsO. Prince FOTtunatus,
Princess Bowling, Princess Glen. Queen
Anne. Sir Bevys, Sir John, Sir Lancelot.
Sir Modred. The Begun, The Bishop.
The CheYalier. The Gar. The Deacon.
The favOrite female names are Adele,
Aggie, Alma, Amelia, Annie, Belle,
Bessie, Bette Bettina. Camelia Celeste.
Cora, Cynthia. Daisy, Daphinita, Edith.
Edna, Etfie, Elsie, Emily. Emma, Es-
telle. EndOra. EvaIina, Felips. Finella.
Fredericka, Gertrude, GLADYS, Glenda.
Oracle, Gwendoline, Hannah, Helen.
Ida, Irene, Isabella, Jenny, Jess.
Josie. Julia. Kathleen. Katie, Kitty.
Laura, LaVinIa. Lena, Lillian, Lily,
Lizzie, Lucy, Lulu. LYeia, Mabel, Mag
dalena, Mamie. Marie, Martha. Mary,
Maud, May. Mile, MOllie, Nancy,
Sallie. Samantha, Selma, Teresa, Vic
tOria, Violetta, together with OgaiaIIa.
Lallah Maude and Widow CliqnOt.
The favOrite mems names appear to
be Albert. Alph0nse, Arthur, Barney,
Benedict. Ben. Bill, Billy, Bobby. Bob.
Cecil, Charles, Charlie, Dan, Dennis,
Edward, Frank. Freddie, Geoffrey,
Guy, Harry. Hector, Henry, Jack,
jake. jim, Joe, John. Karle, Mark.
Olaf. Philip, Robin, Sam and Tom.
Of names that denote a delicate or
quaint fancy on the part of the nomi-
majors are Abalone, Abdul, Abeline,
Acasia, AquitO, AlahO. Abby, AHehrene,
AImera, Almont, Amigo, Angelus, Ar
lee, Astral, -Be-o-wa-wee, Berceuse,
Blue Pearl, Blue Veil. Blue Eyes,
Coleraine, Colleen Rhue, Corticelli,
COsette, Crispin, Day, Dawn.
DeIgardo. Devonio, Eberlee. Ell
Rio Rey, Fayette, Fellouchiam,
Forever, Frejols. Good Bye, Happiness.
HavilIah. Heartsease, Hualpa, Ivory,
JanoVa. KaloOlah. Lady Lulu, Larghetto.
Little Girl. Little Babe, Little Rabbit,
Lucia. Maudc Moon, Nude, Owen, Pa
yOne. RagnarOk. Red Leaves. Red Light.
Red Wing. Rhyme, Rhythm, Rosebud.
Saint Cecilia. Sir Giles. Sunlight. Sweet
Alice. Ten Per Cent, Terra Gotta. The
Promised Land. Trumpeter. Trust,
Winning Ways. Zooiite and Zulu.
Sometimes there is a grotesque humOT
displayed, as for instance in such
names as these: April Fool, Badge,
Baliphoo, Belle Keno, Blue Blazes,
Bootmaker. Broad Church, Can Can,
Chan Haskell. Chin Music. Come to
law, ConsigHee, Contempt, Dad. Doc
tor, Nave, ESCapade, Expense, Expert
ence, Extravaganza, FIib, Free Lobe,
Gl0ekner, Hy-Dy, lll-spent, inventor, In
science, ia ia, Kiff-Kiff. Last, Later
On Light of Asia. Limbo, Madam
Reel, Monsoon, Mount Lebanon, News
clicker, Once Again, Outbound, Out
look, Pilgrim, Pink Cottage, Poison,
poteeu, Fretense. I'rOdigal Son. PrOph-
ecy, Rascal. Rats. Retrieve, Reviewer,