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thought " are due to the inventors of such combina- 

 tions as : — 



But brightest of all thoughts was that which led the 

 owner of a colt, the fatherhood of which lay between three 

 sires, to call him " Trinidad." As a single side-name 

 '"■' Latchkey " by '^ Lothario" is worthy of all commenda- 

 tion ; but the difficulty of making out a single and double 

 acrostic, respectively, is not to be compared with that of 

 discovering a name happily blending those of sire and 

 dam. On the long list of horses owned by Mr. Crawfurd, 

 no name can be found to equal that bestowed by his 

 sister on that sweetest of fillies, " Thebais ; " and probably 

 none surpassed her in excellence as a racer. 



During his long career on the turf, her owner picked all 

 the principal plums out of the "racing-pudding; ^' — Sefton, 

 Thebais, Craig Millar, Gang Forward having respectively 

 inscribed his name among the winners of the Derby, 

 Oaks, St. Leger, and Two Thousand Guineas. Though 

 devoted to racing, and accustomed to stand a heavy stake 

 when he fancied any particular horse — regardless also of 

 the sum he gave for a fashionably-bred yearling, Mr, 

 Crawfurd found no pleasure in the gaming-table. Living 

 among " Punters," for him, happily, the '^ ivories " had no 

 attraction ; and to this may be attributed his escape from 

 the sad fate of so many of his friends. For all things 



