WELSH FOR "ORPHAN"
The appealancc of a young horse jinder the name of Amddifad at iUccartou last Saturday caused some comment regarding the origin of such an unusual name (sajs the "Press").
It,'appeal's that the youngster's 'dam, Chaeronia; 'died when 'foaling,' :and : her owner, Mr.1) N.; Rutherford, gave; the foal to his sister. Miss E.'L, Kutherford, to rear'by hand. The foal was always: described as a,n orphan, and /when it was decided to put him into. work' a Welsh employee on the place1 suggested naming him Amddifad, Welsh for orphan. -. ' The word is pronounced Am-the-vad. Jilt: Kutherford admitted on Saturday"that it was an awkward name for racegoers to handle, but gave his opinion that if the young gelding's misbehaviour at the post and the poor form he showed in the race indicated his worth as a racing proposition thd public would not be troubled with the name very long.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19331116.2.67.4
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 119, 16 November 1933, Page 10
Word Count
149WELSH FOR "ORPHAN" Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 119, 16 November 1933, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.