New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15

David Garrick is an American horse now run
ming on English tracks.
Historical events and places furnish numerous
names for the flyers: Valley Forge is thus en-
ployed and are BannoCkburn Wagram, the
Bosphorus. Kimberley. the Bastile. Ladysmith
and Crimean. Historical personages, both an
Gent and modern. likewise far from escap
ing the breeder. Admiral Dewey is double
victim, and John Bright, Hengist and Horsa
the invaders; Humboldt, Xerxes Dom Paul
Lord Roberts, both in that style and 'Bobs':
Mithridates Velasduez Barbara Frietchie
Maxine Gomez, Lord Chesterfield, the Duke of
Connaught and many more iE the list
Thomas ?. Heating. Colonel Roosevelt. Scan
nell and Senator BeVerdGe among the poll
ticians who do duty for the turfnen
OF course nearly every saint in the calendar
is forced to lend a name to a thoroughbred. and
when there were no more saints left for this
purpose one man called his flly All Saints
Zeus, Laodice, Euterpe, Pluto and Achilles are
all on the list, and among the ancients whose
names may be seen on the bookmakers' states
are AndrOnicuS AndrOcluS. Arbaces and
CrPsus. who surely should be good bet"
Nor do the Egyptians go free, for Rameses,
Pharaoh and MemnOn all sent out occa-
sionany to hustle for the small end of the
purse"
There a large number of thoroughbreds
whose names while not actually composed of
syIitoles OF tnelr progenltors names, are never
'helesS so OBVIOUSLY the complement of the
CognomenS of sire and dam, or both as TO
be exquisiteiy appropriate. Grand Opera, for ex-
ample, is Dy wagner, out OF Bonnie Bird; Dance
along is by Long Dance. Donator is out of
mare called Miss Gift Distaf Is the dam of
Flax Spinner. Juvenal is the sire of Sattrist
The lost Chord is by Troubadour while We'd
ding March is another of Wagner's get. Ten
candles, Tower of Candles and Wax Taper are
all by Candlemas. Computes dam is Reckon,
Saturdays is appropriately Vacation. and Fakes
Is Necromancy. Hardly is out of Perhaps
Bridge is out of Brooklet Wait Not out OF Wait
awhile. Dunn Dunn out of Ballet, Handcuff out
OF Black Maria, Port Wine out of CIaret. Con-
tempt out OF Ridicue. Anxious out of Suspense,
Labor out Of The Task. Bingham of Calico.
Occident out of Shutdown, April Shower out OF
Raindrop, Resignation out of Patience, Found
out Of Pickup, Draughtsman sout of Sneeze.
Gulfstream out of Trade Wind, Gotobed out of
Termagant, and forth.
II you should ask the average bookrnaker who
Hengist was what Velasquez used TO do for
living before he became a racehorse he would
probably reply somewhat in this wise:
Aw. say; what are you givin' us? Do you
wanter put bet him not? Hey?"
Indeed, the average layer of odds has his
many OF the names. One bettor endeavored to
back John L. " ldden's filly Laodice prOnounc-
Ing the name he has been taught to do IT,
Hey? said the layer. The bettor saw the
point and then pointed out the name.
Hey" said the layer. "Lay-o dice. 30 10 -
Others made it LO-a-dice. and finally the hIly
became plain Loaded dice"
Nasturtium. William c. Whitney's $4,000
colt is. for some strange reason. another hard
nut for the layers to crack. 'Nastitorurnr is
one Of the favorite versions. but "Nastorium''
has plenty of followers too But when the
'bookies" tackle HuitziIopOchtli they all go
down and out. "HootZlepookle'' is about the
best they can do with it, August Belmont's fast
flly Amcita is known to the layers as Anna
ceeta.
But the layers not there TO give lessons in
history pronunciation They are there TO get
the money and for the most part they succeed
in doing it.