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horse, the real name and residence of the owner shall be given 

 when the entry is made ; and all persons making entries are 

 obliged to establish their identity, if unknown, to the officers 

 of the course. In making the first payment the nominator 

 thereby binds himself to pay the balance of the entrance fee, 

 or he is liable to suspension. In courses under the rules of the 

 Turf Congress a horse cannot be entered in the name of any 

 person or company unless such person or company has an 

 interest or property in the horse; persons entering become 

 liable for the entrance fee, stake or forfeit ; entries in purses 

 are not void by the decease of the nominator, and in no case is 

 the entrance money refunded if the horse fails to start. 



Nonesuch Palace. [Eng.] A royal palace built at 

 Epsom by Henry YIII., (1509-1547), which was a marvel of 

 magnificence, erected on purpose for the reception of the court 

 attending the races. 



Northern King. The stallion Nelson, 2:09. Bay 

 horse, foaled 1882, by young Rolfe, 2:21^, (son of Tom Rolfe, 

 2:33^, and Judith, by Draco, 2:28^); dam, Gretchen — in the 

 great brood mare list — (the dam of Susie Owen, 2:26|^; Daisy 

 Rolfe, 2:26^, and the pacer Edna, 2:24), by Gideon, (son of 

 Rysdyk's Ilambletonian and Dandy, the dam of Silver Duke, 

 2:28|, by Young Engineer); second dam, Kate, by Vermont 

 Black Hawk, 2:42, son of Sherman Morgan, by Justin Morgan. 

 Trotting inheritance and development are both represented in 

 Nelson's breeding. Holding the world's record to the close of 

 1893 for best mile over a half mile track, made at the Inter- 

 State Fair, Trenton, N. J., October 6, 1892, 2:11 f. At Rigby 

 Park, Portland, Maine, August 12, 1893, 2:09. Owned by 

 C. H. Nelson, Waterville, Maine. 



In 1889 Veritas dubbed the good liorse Nelson, " the Northern King," 

 and despite the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, tlirough 

 days dark with disaster, and days when his mighty powers were 

 frittered away in useless efforts on country cow-path courses, the 

 Northern King he still remains. There are many good liorses, but 

 few great ones; Nelson has proved himself one of the greatest. — 

 The Horseman, December 14, 1893. 



Nose. The continuation of the forehead which ends 

 opposite the nostrils, at an angle formed by the line of the 

 face and of the muzzle. 



'Nose Him Out. Said of a horse, when, by a spurt of 

 speed at the close of a heat, he finishes a nose's length ahead 

 of his competitor; "It was a close call, but I nosed him out." 



IS'ot Traced. When occurring in a pedigree, these words 

 indicate that the line of ancestry to which it refers has not 

 been followed back, or traced ; unknown. 



