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SCOTTISH CHIEF S MALE LINE LOST. Basse little time lock a corresposdesl sTOte ask in- What had 1 in: of the line ol Scottish chief. I bad previously referred to his strong in bleeding t.. Herod, Uith in- Rrandams, lair H.-b-i H,i Pantaloon and l.ax Miss iby Baj Middleton, Icing mares of Herod descent. At the timeother questions of more immediate im| ortance cropped up. bin tin- ujuerj wa- recalled by the success of one ol the great-grandchildren • f Sc.itish Chic! tbe other day in the Argentine, a three-year-old earned Idolat-]j., sh, i- bj the stalli.in Bine Boat, which araa ••,.1 bv King of Scotland 18781. Tbe last-named was oae ol tin- late Mr. Hen Bllams breeding, and w. bv Scottish Chief- Maid ol Perth, bj Blair kthoL oi. one oecashm King of Scotland, a- a two-yeai i, id defeated Votaptuarj afterwarda a winner ui the Grand Nathmnl for a race at Brighton, but later in- descended to selling handicaps, in which he did well. As fir a- I am aware th. line .t Scottish Chief in tail male has dad ..ui in England With Noble Chieftain, which wa-. 1 believe, the la t of the grandson "i Mr. Merryi .id borae Alinoiigh only third to Blair Athol and General Peel for Ho- Derby, there i-, no doubt that Scottish Chiel wa- a borae af btkh class, and at Ascot afterwards he won a Biennial "Hi the Thursday, and a couple of haama later lie made hacks of each m table loiir- year-oiaa as Lard CHfdea ami The Hanger in the UolU Cup.— "Vigilaut" in Loudou Siwrtsiuuu.
