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SOMETHING OF BONNIE SCOTLAND. Bonnie Scotland, which was sired by Iago, dam of the immortal Queen Mary, was foaled in 1853. lie was owned and raced with success by W. -I Anson, but broke down at the finish after winning the Doncaster Stakes September 19, 185G. It was against the policy of the owner to keep a stallion, so he sold Bonnie Scotland in 1857 to Captain Lonnsh, who brought him to America on the ship Laltic. Upon his arrival iu this country he was pun-chased by Mr. John Reber. of Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, for ,200. While at Lancaster Bonnie Scotland sired among others Nell Gwynne, Bonnie Kate and .Malcolm, and did a world of good to the breeding interests of Fairfield County. Malcolm afterward became famous as the sire of Mariau. dam of King of Norfolk, Duke of Norfolk, Duchess of Norfolk, Prince of Norfolk, Emperor of Nor-folk. The Czar, El Rio Rey. Rey del Rev, Yo Tain-bleu, and Yo El Rey. Roxaline, a full sister to Marian, was the dam of Princess, 3S wins; Willie W., 17 wins; Brait, 33 wins; Fred 13., 0 wins, and Roquefort. S wins. These two mares by Malcolm have produced 10 winners, which have won In the neighborhood of 200 races and 75,000. Bonnie Scotland, made nine seasons in Ohio, remaining" at Lancaster until 1807j when he became the property of Mr. E. A. Smith, who sent him to Kentucky, where he made the season of 1S07 and 1S0S. In ISCfl he became the property of Mr. J. C. Simpson, who traded a farm in Iowa for him, estimated value of the horse being 1913.sh,000. Mr. Simpson subsequently sold the horse to Gage and Parks, of Chicago, III., Mr. Parks finally buying out Mr. Gages interest and standing the horse at his farm at Wau-kegan, 111. General Harding in 1877, after seeking, all over the country for a stallion to put at the head of t.V; great Belle Meade Farm,: near Nashville. Tenn., ecu-eluded that Ronnie Scotland was the liest obtainable, and so purchased him. and the horse made his first season there in 1878, and . where lie became one o the most popular stallions in the United States. He led the- winning sires in America for the years 1SS0 and 1883. and when be died at Belle Meade, February 1, 1SS0, aged 27 years, his skeleton was articulated; and placed in the Vanderbilt University, Nashville. Tenn. Thoroughbred Record.
