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[Nag*. A name applied to a mean, ill-bred horse, one 

 having no characteristics of value ; specially applied to a horse 

 that has been docked. 



Name. Every horse entered in a race must be correctly 

 named. The trotting rules require that if a horse has ever 

 trotted in a public race, the last name under which such horse 

 trotted shall be given when the entry is made ; and if the 

 name has been changed within one year each name the horse 

 has borne during that time must also be given. Not only 

 must all horses be named, they must bear distinctive and 

 characteristic names, as no such appellations as gray mare, bay 

 horse, unknown, no name, can be accepted. Fines accompany 

 the violation of this rule. The Turf Congress rules require 

 that where a name has been changed both old and new names 

 must be given with the nomination, until the horse has once 

 run under the new name over the course of an association in 

 membership in the Congress. 



Narrag'ansett Pacer. An early breed or family of 

 saddle horses said to have been originated on Point Judith, 

 Narragansett bay, Rhode Island. They were at the height of 

 their fame about the middle of the eighteenth century, and 

 long since became extinct. The real origin of this family of 

 horses is lost in obscurity, but they appear to have very closely 

 resembled the Palfrey of the INliddle Ages, and were brought 

 into use for the same purpose, that of riding on horseback from 

 place to place, before the days of good roads and easy carriages. 

 They were celebrated in their day for fleetness and endurance, 

 transporting the rider with great ease, pleasantness and safety 

 of foot. Marvelous stories of their speed and endurance are 

 found in the early historic annals of the American colonies ; 

 and it is said they were capable of pacing seventy miles a day, 

 and going a mile in but little over two minutes. 



Nasal Gleet. A primary form of catarrh ; and in any 

 stage of its progress an unsoundness. 



National Saddle Horse Breeders' Association. 

 Organized at Louisville, Ky., in 1802. At the close of the year 

 1893, it had a membership of two hundred and seventeen, rep- 



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