RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



she out of Waterwitch, and he Is now known as 

 Electrite, a successful sire of speed. One of the 

 weanlings was the bay colt by Electioneer, out of 

 Rosemont, by Piedmont, she out of Beautiful Bells. 

 After leaving the palm, orange, and pepper trees of 

 southern California, and while looking out upon the 

 giant cacti of Arizona, Mr. Allen asked me to sug- 

 gest a name for the Rosemont colt. I recalled a 

 journey down the Pacific coast and a pleasant stop 

 under the palms and the cocoanut trees of Mazatlan, 

 where Mexican boys as naked as the day they were 

 born flocked around us to the embarrassment of the 

 ladles, and replied : " The name of the town Is old and 

 musical. Why not call him Mazatlan?" "I shall 

 do so," responded Mr. Allen, and so the colt was 

 registered. When Mr. Allen sold the stallion, a 

 meaningless name was substituted for a good one, the 

 excuse being that the majority of people did not 

 know how to pronounce the one taken from the 

 western coast of Mexico. This reminds me of a 

 little tilt between Mr. Allen and Mr. J. Malcolm 

 Forbes. Soon after the latter had purchased the son 

 of Electioneer and Manette, Mr. Allen spoke of 

 him as Anon. Mr. Forbes elevated his eyebrows 

 and remarked: " I am surprised that a gentleman 

 of your education should be guilty of faulty pro- 

 nunciation. You should say Arfon." Quick was the 

 retort. " When you learn to say Mazatlan instead 

 of Maz^/lan, I shall say Anon, but not until 

 then." 



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