NOMENCLATURE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 146, 27 July 1914, Page 2

NOMENCLATURE.

NAMES OF RACEHORSES.

AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE. "What is obvious is not always known, and what- is known is not always pfesent." Apelles, b g by King George—Campaspe. A famous Greek painter of the time of Philip and Alexander. Astraea, b m by Day star —Recherche, Am asteroid discovered by Henke at Driesem in 1845. Culross, br f by Charlemagne ll—Culroy. A village in Perthshire, Scotland, situated en the Firth of Forth, near Dunfermline. India, ch f by Renown—Searchlight. The god who in Vedic theology stands at th® head of the deities of the middle realu» — that of the air. Izdnbar, br g by Stepniak—lshbar. The principal hero of certain ancient Babylbnian legends. Lains, br h by Merriwee —Ismene. In Greek legends a king of Thebes, husband of Jocaste and father of Oejdipus. \ Morecarabe, b h by Birkenhead—Film. " A watering-place in Lancashire on IMorecarAbe Bay, three miles wsst ef Lancaster. „■ r'H' r . : 4.. Passadena, b f by San Fran—Ngaio. A noted winter resort in Southern California, about nine miles, fropi Loj! Angeles. - . Avalon, br f by Gluten—A#alaiiche. In Celtic mythology the Land of the Ble6etfd, |or Isle of Souls, an earthly paradise m ,the western seas. . , . ~® Salathiel, ch g by Coi< one t- —Pur a na. A romance by George Croty, published in 1827, on the subject of the "Wander&ig Jew. Nanda Devi, ch g by Golden Knight-Alunjihu A peak of the Himalayas in British Ind£a, near the source of the Ganges. Height, 25,656 ft. J Hoy, b f by Birkenhead—Links. An island of the. Orkneys, south-west, of Pomona. It is high arid picturesque; ; C&stalia, b f by Marble Arch —Erey Roe. An ancient fountain on the slopes ;of Mount Parnassus. Sacred to the muses and Apollo. Ovar, br c by Orzil—Byronia. A seaport inr the-province of Beira, Portugal, situated on the Aveiro lagoon, south of Oporto. Algarve, br f by "Varco—Argon. The southernmost province of Portugal. It was partly conquered from the Moors by Sancho 1., and was. united with Portugal as a kingdom by Alfonso' 111. about 1250. Beval, ch c by Finland —Lady Symons. A geaport and the capital of Esthonia, Russia, situated on a bay of the Gulf of Finland. It was fOunded by tlie Danes in 1219, and was annexed to Sweden ia 1561 and to Russia in 1710. Cadillac, blk g by Spalpeen^—Lobelia. A French . commander and pioneer in New Frapee., ,He was commander of Mithilitnackinac, founded Detroit in 1701, and was Governor of Louisiana" in 1717. Almeida, b .f by Field Battery—Albuera. A town in the, province. of Bpira,. Portugal. It was captured by the in 1810, and retaken by Wellington in 1811. N&on, .br c by Soult —Caarevtta.. A Russian prelate. He became patriarch ot Russia in 1652 and was deposed in 1666. ,H# , introduced reform's ift'tlie church service. Malwa,- b c" by Seaton -DelaVal—Avalanche. A former kingdom >in Qentral India, and afterwards a Mogul province,;. It belongs now chiefly to Indore anil other native States. . ' < ' " ■ ; -

Hespe rides, br f by Penury—Lady Hester. In Greek mythology, maidens, guardians of the golden Apples which Gaea eau;ed r • to ' grow as-' a ' marriagi. 41ft * loir Hei*a. - - According- t? Hesiod, ttbeyijwr'eFer daughtfefs .©I Night; in lat«r Atlas and Hesperis,' named Aegle, Arethusa, Erytheia, and liesperia. Ascalon, ch g by One of the five chief cities bf'Philistia, situated on the Mediterranean, near Jerusalem. In the eleventh; century it wan the scene of a victory ,of the Crusaders over a superior army, sent by the Sultan of Egypt to recapture JerusalemPolyniccs, ch g by San ' Fran—lsmene. la Greek legend a son. of Oedipus and Jecaste, and brother of : EteOcles. He was driven from Thebes, by his brother,: and the famous expedition .of ;"tbe . Seven against Thebes' 1 was made to restore him. ; . Pleiades, b g 'by A group of small stars in : the constellation Taurus. In mythology the Pleiades were said t© be the. daughters of Atlas; and Pleione, and were named Alcyone, Merope, Celaene, Electra, Sterepe, Taygeta, and Mala. Rurik, b g by Stepniak-—lrene,. The reputed founder of the , Russian monarchy. He is said to have been .a Scandinavia* adventurer who, with bis'two brothers, and about -the year 'gained Novgorod and neighbouring wgiohs* and ruled alone as grand , prince of NdVgcrod. Alpheus, b g by Birkenhead—-Arethuaa. I* Greek mythology a - -river god, son of Oceanus and Tethys.; He .is ■.'represented as originally a hunter,.-who fell in love with the nymph Arethtisa. .Bhe fled .from him and transformed herself into a well, and upon this he became the river Alpheus. - Canute, br c by Charlemagne ll—-Lady Helen. A famous king of England; Denmark, an* Norway, youngest son of Sweyn, king Oif Denmark. His early : career was - marked by great barbarity, but after the conquest of England was completed? his reign w»» that of a statesman and t patriot, and hj« became one of the wisest,' ,as well aft mightiest, rulers of his agel Balboa, ch c by Vareo—-Nerve. A Spanish .soldier, the of the Facifie Ocean. In 1500 lie went to America with the expedition of • Rodrigo. Bastidas, savd was left by him-at Espanola. He made numerous explorations, generally conciliating the Indians, and from them he learnt that there was a great sea to the south (Pacific Ocean), and far southward a country* rich in gold where the people were civilised (Peru). Hesione, ch m by Pallas-—Antigone. In Greek legend a daughter at ■ Xiaomedon, king of Troy. She was exposed as a propitiatory sacrifice to be killed by .a ! sea monstoT sent by Poseidon to the land. Hercules slew the monster, and set her free, and when the promised reward was refused him he took Troy, slew Laomedon and his sons, and gave Hesione to hi» companion Telamon. Croesus, b g by Royal Fusilier —Aurarius. A king of Lydia, son of Alyattes, whom he succeeded in 560 B.C. : According to Herodotus he w*s vhsited, ; at - the height of his power by Solon, to whom he exhibited his innumerable treasures, and who, when pressed to acknowledge him as the happiest of mortals, answered, '' Account no man happy before his death." He Subjugated the lonians, ! Aeolians, and other'neighbouring peoples, and at the close of his reign ruled over the region extending from the northern and western coasts of Asia Minor to Halys on the east and the Taurus qq the south, i TEMPLAR.