Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-01-03
HOW THEY WE'RE NAMED.

A Chicago dispatch to the Minneapolis
Tribune says:
Maud s., for example, was named after
Maud Stone, a daughter of Capt. Stone,
who had the peerless mare under his
management almost from the time she
was broken until she was retired by the
late w. II. Vanderbilt Jay-Eye-See
bears the initials of his owner, j. |. Case,
and, while it does not sound harsh, it
paved the way for the most ridiculous
collection of names ever seen on racing
programmes.
Sunol, the sensation of the year, was
given the name of Sacramento suburb,
which she has made as prominent as the
capital of the State. Her greatest rival,
Axtell, on the other hand, is balanced by
the surname of the principal of one of
the Independence, Iowa, schools. St.
Julien was named in peculiar way.
When in James Galway's stable at Gosh
en-, New York, it was decided to give
him distinguishing mark, and W. Sar-
gent, who had him in charge, called on
Mr.. Galway while in New York with
that object in view. While they were
running over dozen appropriate names
the agent for a wine house sent up his
card, which had st. Julien stamped across
it in bold letters. The name caught Mr..
Galway's eye, and in flash it was given
to the son of Valentine, that afterward
became the king of the turf. Guy was
named after one of Jacob Perkins's chill
dren, who would have been, had he lived,
the same age as the black wonder.
When r. B. Conklin bred Rarus he
claimed that he would eventually prove
the fastest trotter in the world, and the
records show that the Greenpoint sage
was not far off in his reckonings. Such
prodigy must have a peculiar name,
and after time the Latin adjective rdrus,
meaning rare, was selected. The con-
nectiOn between STEAMBOAT and Sultan,
his sire, can be easily traced in fact, Mr..
Rose has been very fortunate in the seec-
ton of na..Ies, as Sultan was got by The
Moor. His idea of nomenclature. howe
ever, does not cease with this line. as
Minnehaha produced Beautiful Bells.
whose progeny presents such names as
Bell Boy, Chimes, Bow Bells, st. Bel.
and Electric Bell.
Gov. Stanford reserved the name of
Palo Alto for the most promising colt
bred at his farm, and it was ultimately
given to the son of Electioneer and
Dame Winnie, after he had trotted in
, :233 as twO-year-old. He now has
a record of 2:l2t. Belle Hamln carries
the surname of her breeder, and Gold
smith Maid also derived her name from
the man that owned her when she first
became famous. Majolica was named
by his present owner, who is member
of one of the largest crockery firms in
New York, while Edwin Thorne carries
the name of his breeder. Woodnut's
name is that of his sire, Nutwood, re-
versed; while Occident's shows he be-
came famous in the West.
Upon turning to the prominent PAGERS,
Johnston, the fastest, carries the name
of the popular trainer, Peter V. Johns
ton, and Hal Pointer a portion of the
names of his breeder and sire. Wilkes
was tackled on to the name of Roy
Wilkes to distinguish him from the
trotter Roy, and Yolo Maid took her
name from the county in which she
was bred. Buffalo Girl carries the
name of the city where she was and
still is owned. Sleepy Tom is blind,
but how he got his name is amystery.