THE ART OF NAMING.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR,"], Ssn,—I have read with much interest your article, in the Spectator of July 21st, on "The Art of Naming," in which the writer remarks that " there should be a reason for every name given, be it a child or a horse." I have all my life been a hunting man ; six years ago, being then hard on threescore and ten, I bought a young horse, probably, as I then thought, the last hunter I should ever ride, so I named him ' The Last Chapter.' A year or two later I bought another, and named him Finis.' I am now riding a third, The Closure.' On the wrong side of seventy, if I should be foolish enough to get another, I shall name him The Epitaph.' Six years ago I bought a pedigree Irish water-spaniel pup. I thought the most obvious and appropriate name would be Paddy,' but the Kennel Club refused to accept it, having already too many of that name. I was reading Lord Stratford de Redcliffe's Memoirs at the time, and came across the Sultan's title 'Padishah,' so I registered my dog in that name, and called him " Paddy Short."—I am, Sir, &c., TH. S. WARRINGTON.
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