. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 368 ^ht fprejete attd Jtyorismim Oct. ; \. BONNIE SCOTLAND. Some of Hia Sons and Daughters From the Buckeye State Not Unknown to Fame. The great admirer of the wonderful old son of Iago and Queen Mary—imp. Bonnie Scotland—does not like to hear it said that the old horse was "buried" for a number of years, only to be resurreoted by General W. G. Harding, of Tennet- see,and says BonDie Scotland was a success in the btud from the start. We had an article in last week's paper which gaid that the horse was far from young when some enthu- siastic friend ofG
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 368 ^ht fprejete attd Jtyorismim Oct. ; \. BONNIE SCOTLAND. Some of Hia Sons and Daughters From the Buckeye State Not Unknown to Fame. The great admirer of the wonderful old son of Iago and Queen Mary—imp. Bonnie Scotland—does not like to hear it said that the old horse was "buried" for a number of years, only to be resurreoted by General W. G. Harding, of Tennet- see,and says BonDie Scotland was a success in the btud from the start. We had an article in last week's paper which gaid that the horse was far from young when some enthu- siastic friend ofGatt. Harding urged him to buy Bonnie Sootland, which be did. 4nd white we will admit to the gentleman (who cites that Bonnie Sootland sired tbe great performeis Malcolm, sire of the great Marian, Onterio, Sur- prise, Sootland, Regent, Nell Gwinne, W. H. Johnson, Andes, Lady Fairfield, Blinkiron, Commerce Frogtown and Quartermaster before General Harding got him) that there are several good performers in the list he kindly gives us, it is not suoh a large list for the number of years he was in the stud, and doe* not compare with the showing Bonnie Soot- land made at Belle Meade. Malcolm was certainly a great race horse, and espeoially clever at mile heats, Ontario was a good race mare and the dam of MoWhirter, Scotland had the honor of being the only horse that ever beat Asteroid a heat, while Quartermaster and Frogtown were considered splendid performers in their time. As for Surprise, Regent, NellGwinne, W. H Johnson, An- des, Lady Fairfield, Blinkiron and Commerce, they cannot be put down as "crack" performers, and therefore, leaving them out, it shows that Boonie Sootland aired just five *'btars of the turf" in twelve or thirteen years that he did stud eervice in Ohio and Illinois. It would take a long time to enumerate the truly good performers he produced at Belle Meade, consequently there can be but one deduction—that the horse's light (iu not having
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