The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13
FINDING NAMES FOR RACERS
Mere incidents Have Sugxe stsd Few.
while Many Have Keen stolen.


this fall 10 was often discussed Why. Harry
! Payne Whitney gave the very peculiar
| name Of Borrow to his American colt by
Hamburg out OF Forget. IL is said the old
adagc 80 borrow and forget suggested
the title and 1t proved highly lucky. Tor
/ Borrow goes into winter quarters with the
biggest winnings Of any twO-year-o.d on
! tho other side Very often 10 happens
that mere incidents furnish owners With
name FOR horses and there are on record
! numerous instances OF horses oddly named
! who have performed wonders both on the
/ aar aud RCross-cOuntry. In number y;
cases a simili. in the sire or dam has sig-
grsted the name. One notable case NJ
IN. present tim" IL the stallion Gallinule
who's. dam was Moorhsn. and there IL
Asheton- Smiths great chaser Cackler. who
/ is nv Hacklcr
/ som. years ago the celebrated mare
FrisHte. who started seven times for the
[ Grand National and finally wOl II, was by
Gunboar. and th.=e was ManIf. $50. another
hero ~ the great chase. by Man o War
Va. Nictls. the combination %; dam and
SIRE Suggesting something on the wartime
line BIt the biggest list OF names have
been bodily stolen from the lists or the
| classics. To go over the winners OF the
! Derby. OAKS. Guinea-. st leger and the
| other biG races the same names crop Ip
here and there AT every generation. In
speaking OT this latter class an English
rNp"rt comments a. follows
TINS year have seen IN races the
repetition NJ names born" by no less than
M" winners OF III. Derby. nd"r the
nam" OF Mobile. a three yrar-oi by FOR
'"n,o mas rim n -iS RACES winning ! think
On the last occasion. Now NObi" "as 4
SON 81 the famous iiishryer; wa described
OF great strength ana bone and very
temperate, and Won the Derby u l:>d
bdthu- stable shelters horse called John
t,rtltud.,. bred ny Lord Gru,vrnor. Won
th- p"rhN uf i7u,, In ireland ;h-re has
I'm this yrar a colt. cai-d Archics.. ~
: S'andi,a bred a coli "t his name NV
SIR Peter. "Wt II a daughter Of t%lipI' who
N"n the Derby ri Isya Cardinal beaufort.
rnu ran ~ The Derby of this year a!i Who
= returned the winner Of three faces.
bears IN" -ame nam. as a bay COW ~ Geo
sauna. whu non the Derby for Lore Eg:''-
fnrut ~ lSnI tnd finally Election, winner
"t th" i'~-l wood Handicap a. Nottingham
Lord E.:rrmunt' Derby winner q! $50,
IN" won me great rn''' on his first appear,
tha' year. and there war Genera. eie"-
rEuI. Ih-r. 'nnV Ne other Instances Of the
PIRACY ~ names mad" me inorahl" bv Derby
winners, nlr th"Y ito not occur 10 ~. al
again al. the records of he OAKS The
buEr of bedford al 1874 won tn. OAKS with
Portia a chestnut ANY by Volunteer This
nam" ha~ been approprat"G for ihr.;-
ST RSsarr :" has 'T the Name ~
Snrrery. The Duke Of RurAnd bred
nily OF this nar. OF IN" most distinguished
some recollection Of heing told that an
animal ~ ,,vllen" has been called Cyprian.
name oI the great OAKS winner Of l>ad IL
~ recorded Of thu. mar" that sh" had walked
from Nation to- hp-om and ait"r "A hrirt
she Won the Northumberland Plate Her
Hrtrit, however, was only .iN stone
" We turn ~ ~" records OF tn" ~ leger.
u will h" found that Ebor. ia Capt Dew
hurst ~tI hl- hear the sam. name n
Isl, while coming la
times. vRrlOCk. Who mas won races this
war IN ireland, runs under the sam" nam"
a. rhc famous horse Who. trained by John
Scott. won rhe -. !eger OF $3.50. heating
the Derby winner III thar year, and who
York.
In connection with the Two Thousand
IN" record OF hat rarinG this year Is Ia he
found tn" nam" 81 Prince Charlie II I am
not w"arvins Won with th">.' details. | should
instances where most undesirable r.peti-
ton has occurred out-ld" the annals Of
classic race Lord Falmouth has called
his excellent two-yeaE-old Ally Alic. ~
recently A. SO, u hNc-ysaT-oli Of that name
won ~. treat Ehor Handicap and other
fttIon - ler"di'ar,. for W. all knOw how
the lat" Lord Falmouth won the Oaks with
sam. nam" had won thr Chesterfield stakes
~ Newmarket m iN'1 IN" name NJ Low
lander has been calmly luu@Ned rs Lord
N'~thnrr. ana N't many "f ~ rrmemh"r
the grsat L"wland'r winning rh" Hunt
Ffl, pT IN IN u 's.t ~ w. u'N runners
~. fac' that Marmaiad" wn< NJ. dam
81 pUnde" second ~ he Derby Of 1861
probably did nov occur {" the owner Of the
az %.wr,arkcr ,ast June Mad Of Al
Work. daughter 81 the. great iiighf'yer
and "A WINNER AZ Newmarket in rha early
day.. shares her name TINS y"at with =
tv"-y old selling platter Sir r. Ca--cl
h"iore :" raii"d rs ,w"-yrsI-9ld Pearl
Diver. should have been reminded that the
nam" wa Jhat ~ - we'll known winner 81
races IN ohr day Iol Hall Walker. when
should hay" been warned that Thar name
- on the roll of winners "f "" Liverpool
cup
Although Sandal eon the ChaIlens.
Stakes in isss that has no, prevented a
'w@.y"ar.ola -on o. William III running
under Ia" some name THIS year Mr. Gil
pin Slam tn"t races ~'th vIr''ng Success
! am sure rhr hi!y r.c,l!- t" hl. mind The
Sal iinun"l Hh" was N" dam 81 r"rn s'ongsz
N" ols--ir hero ~ 40. ~ u event. when M,
VS. trimming Ergcr rnd later siberia he
rec "eh,z"d nat tr.-" names had been
the one THOUSAND Gun.a- winner ~ sGi
h,' interpolation ~ Ga" names 90 sun
with regard To 'En Former under tho ct--
'im"''n""- p-rhrp5 not -urrri.!ug. and "
- bile :" :. hose owner = may mean nothing
ih 4 Rad In"y wn~ he dam ~ Sheen 80.
-'on' winner NJ thr te-aravi'"h VI I-pu
BIt Tlv quot atoms are already TOO aNtnrL,.d .
ard VII Only add to them bv ~ V.ug IN 4,
al students Of the foundation II ,lr--.l
I,"d grr"- VIII regret That N races this wear
th"r" hs'" figured two very fiod.r.te
ANIMALS 10 ring rr-per'i-c'v the Eluir- Of
Srluk"r ini 'nrn!r~s
T. - CURIOUS wba, difficulty some owner
find IN discovering names Tor their hor-.-
som" rli-'. mo nom"n, latIrc which - not (
original. som. INTO that whi,;. - hnfl, MI.
ard inappropriate. The "N'r-ri.. 81 = ii't,, +
innR'nati" lnd litl" -"ho!tt-hip would hr .
80 beneficial
-pn -" other hand how 1,silant f.. ,bc |
r''~nur'" and ingenuity % others What "A !
I'm" nam" hts Mr. Fair" gwen Ia - cin--,r ,
v inner and how rightly rem 'f .~.nnt I, /. oC I
!! nAIin'~ famous st""d ia the Orlando /
furi1=o.
"'Bpja rdo milo
Che fcssr- sens t. troipn mi more"
Metropolitan crirkrIr-. Meet.
~ the s.''i annual meeting 81 tho Metro. /
3olitan Di-tric' Cricket League. held ~ 'h. I
Assembly ~ Brooklyn yesterday. thu. report /