The Washington times., 1901-12-29

recent meeting, Is the offspring OF stuyve-
SAINT and Garnet. Tours mother was Bon
Voyage. Shut Up was out of Silence. and
Semi Colon was the product Of Exile and
Period.
Some owners coin namas from the sire
and dam by splitting the names and com
bining them. as Charawind. who was by
Charaxus-fIelmv,ild; Swiftmas, by Can
dlemas-Ncll Swift, and Waswift. by Wa
wekus-NelI Swift. Others have been
named by spelling the name of the sire or
dam backward, as Revcnah. a daughter of
Hanover, and CanOtop, son OF Po-
tomac.
By far the great majority OF names con-
ferred on horses, however. are innppro-
pirate. Many have been named as a
compliment to friends, and others are
given cOgnomens at random. The turf
patron can gather nothing from such
names as to the breeding. Robert Met
calf. William n. Shoreham Robert Wad-
dell this years American Derby winner;
Yankee. Uncle Josh, and similar names
signify nothing.
spcndthrifts baptism.
Some of the great horses of the Amer
lean turf have acquired their names in a
peculiar manner. Two of the best horses
that ever looked through brides were
spendthrift, sire OF Kingston. Lamplight-
or, and other cracks, and Miser. sire Of
Yorkville Belle and other good ones. The
two horses were both sons of the same
mare-Wo0dburn.
The latter horse was owned by Daniel
Swigert, noted Kentucky breeder of
thorOughbreds, several years aGo. He
was very fond Of Woodburn. and when
her FIRST foal was born he declared his in
tention of calling 1t after his wife. When
.ars. Swigert enquired of her husband
what he purposed to call the colt, Mr..
Swigert informed her that he would name
it Spendthrift.
Mrs. Swigert accepted the doubtful COM
pliment with good nature, but asked to
have the privilege of naming WoOdburn's s
next foal. Mr.. Swigert acquiesced. and
when Woodburn dropped her next colt
Mrs. Swigert, with a merry twinkle in
ker eye. christened it Miser, after her
husband"
Salvador. one of the. best horses that
ever ran in America, and the hero of the
famous match with Tenny. was named
after his old darky groom. Tenny took
his name from the middle name of his
owner, David Tenuy Pulsifer. Proctor
Knott was called after one OF Kentucky's
noted governors.
How Badge Got His Name.
That good little rncehorse Badge, Of a
few years ago. got his name in a rather
romantic way. When he was young horse
be was a small, scraggy animal that ap-
peared to be of little account. lie was
sold for song TO a poor man. A friend
one day asked the purchaser why he had
bought such an ugly, apparently no-ac-
coun; animal. "Oh," replied the owner. II
don't know why bought him, but | guess
he will do to get badge OF admittance
TO the races" And SO ne was called
Badge.
After a time the horse developed speed
and grew into a good-lcoking thorough
bred When he was finally entered in a
race, he won with ease. and aftorward be-
came one OF the best horses on the turf,
beating all OF the crack korses Of his day.
IMP, the idol Of the American racegoers,
was given her name because OF the fond
ness Uncle Dan" Harness. her owner, has
for short. terse names, easily spoken.
other horses in his stable possess just
such names. Imp's half-brother is called
Seip, and another Of Harness horses is
known as Ep.
Commando, the premier two-year-old
OF last year, and probably the best OF his
age this season, was named because OF
Mr. Keene's well-known sympathy for the
Beers lie also called another OF his
horses Outlander for the same reason. Mr..
Keene has named several Of his horses
after prominent theatrical productions,
as Runaway Girl. Dangerous Maid. and
Merry Monarch. FoXhall, the horse that
went TO England and won many laurels'
was named in honor of Mr.. Keene's son.
Foxhall.
Interest Aroused.
While such names are in many cases
romantic and pretty, and give opportunity
TO compliment friends, they are useless
to the turf follower, and II owners would
endeavor TO give to their horses names
that would mean something and serve to
recall the sire or dam, they would do
service OF some Importance to the men
who make racing success-those who
pay their money to pass through the
gate.
The interest that is manifested in this
subject is eXemplified by the number of
names that have been submitted to a
prominent Western owner for his year
ling colt by Lamplighter-Lady Ballard.
The youngster is n very promising horse,
and his owner announced that he was in
search of an appropriate name for the
animal. When this became known he was
flooded with letters from persons all over
the country. He declared that he would