Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-06-08
QUEER NAMES FOR
RACE HORSES
FR KENNARD WAS ONE or WIDE
LIZ KNOWN HORSEBaEN IN
SOUTHERN MONTANA
me- aaToN TANA LOU GRTLLl

NV MON TANA LOU" GRILL
A group Of "remittance men sat
ting on the veFanda q the oad hAec-
Queen House In Miles Cisy ~ e1 a.
early fan Of 1888 were oVeE lls. 49, =
- discussing the queer names tnen
ewfant Of racing horses These PAM
v,erad cons Of European artst0cracy'
hnvfnw failed Ia their obligations 70
en~kekV af home were sent 20 inc
vinffad states, where In the nortn-
rSe~s thew were supported by remit
tances from their parents.
Notable exceptions, OF course, there
,,ere ~ these remittance men, Wflen "
a. remembered that rangemen OF nopie
Qualities were engaged IN the cesslS
business. Oliver Wallop, now Lne SesT
enth Lord Of Portsmouth 10 Elsls. az
Is still remembered py ss.5s,s,, pa sst
living older stockmen. Syo1ley Fe- $500
ST,ersted one Of the most success1u W
Sfnc,r ranches. making Specially q
Saddle and racing horses. hls rancn
1goe located in the south country ID tne
,1icinifv az otter creek. Over ON me
NSizDah. near Maxwells station, - mt
from Miles City was located Capt., -
hurst who imported LnorouesLs1ps ~. 81
Shires. Notable among MS nOl s.,l,es,
were Hercules, bay, py Englail c,.Sass
etc Monarch, chestnut, by MatcnleSS
Wonder. Among his thorOughpreus Were
self Conceit. black, by Cornelius. eoWn
brother to Blue Gown; and IhoIlas
a. Tackeft (loay. by Cathedral9 ANY one
If These horses were advertised Ior saie
in fhe winter Of 1884r85 Thoroughly
acclimated) at $500.
other widely known horsemen OF tnas
dav Included r. B. Kennard VINO gave
his address as Billings, and ranged Cu
the MusselsheH and American fofk'
loo miles northwest OF Billings, 0s11lg.
man Bailey and Kennett OF rors
HSaoinnnis who ranged their horses
IN Meaqher county; Tebbetts ana coai-
1,anv al Miles City, who ranged Inet
sfoclr an Powder river and Bloom creek
a. Custer county. Henry Tusler ana
q Kempton ranged their famous
horses on Cedar creek near Terry.
The subject Of turf nomencAasoSAs :, |
however, attracted the attention Oh
number Of the sons OF Engllsn laL llla.s
1esides ii was q topic that attracgeo
the attention Of literary people VINO |
went tracing" ever since the sports was
firat introduced. It was stated that III l
ENGLAND and other European countrlss /
! s,1ccessflll effort had been made 70
SornneI AT least. some little attempt 1
AZ fitness among those who had the
naming Of horses that took part III
public contests. e.
1t was recalled by one OF the re
Ynittance men" that one result was that
WIEN an otherwise estimable gentle
man entered a horse under the name
az Tommy Up Pear Tree, he was saw
apely attacked in the public prints OF
that time. He became willing 70 cnange
the name Of his racing horse, and IL
was stated that the colt came TO De
known thereafter by more eupnonlous
II less striking title.
It was the horses in the OnlDeo
States. however, which these young
men were discussing. The observation
was made, that unlike In England ana
other European countries, not even an
attempt at reform In this direction had
been made.
GAS a natural consequence" said one
Of these England lads, "the trotting
turf is overrun with animals whose
names are In the most excrlsiatlngiy
bad taste. Just take a glance ct the
trotting record" he continued. It Will
soon convince any doubter of the truth :
Of this assertion"
Beginning with the first letter Of the
alphabet, attention was directed 70 such :
names Of Adams Boy, ANY Other Kate,
All Spots, Archer's Orphan and Ace
Of Diamonds
eyes" chimed in another Of the lads, :
"Any Other Kate, All Spots, Archer's Z
orphan anu ACE Oh O4aAlUnAl6 WCAC >
probably so called because Of recent
addition to the family Of his owner, !
although why man Of ordinary sense
should desire to celebrate q domestic
event Of so interesting a character by
bestoWing a curious name upon trot-
ter is not clear"
Other names came in for further 9
criticism. Baby Jumper was perhaps .
so called for q similar reason, but the r
case of Bloody Nathans appellation Q
would probably forever remain In doubt, Y
said another of the English lads.
Buffer, no doubt, was owned by an =
unsuccessful poker player, and Book
Beer by a teutonic gentleman who de- q
sired to immortalize his favorite bev-
erage," he observed. "Bony Ford may b
have been so designated because Of the P
emaciated appearance of his owner, but n
Brightly Dick is past even guess" he 81
added o.
1t was agreed that Calamity was ap- q.
propriate enough for a trotter, as many Il
an owner had discovered to his dis
gust and cost, but Can't Tell was con- e.
sidered not so far out Of the way, es- g