188 The Horse-Breeders' Guide and Hand Book. 



BONNIE SCOTLAND (Imp.) 



(WINNER OF THE LIVERPOOL ST. LEGER AND DONCASTER STAKED 



IN 1856.) 



BONNIE SCOTLAND, by lago, son of Don John, winner of the St. Leger in 1838, bred 

 by Mr. W. 1'Anson, foaled 1853, imported by Capt. Cornish into Boston in 1857, dam 

 Queen Mary, dam of Balrownie ; Haricot, dam of Caller Ou and Blink Bonny, dam 

 of Blair Athol by Gladiator. Bonnie Scotland was badly hurt at two years old, but 

 he came out when three years old and started in four races, winning two, running 

 second in one and unplaced in the other. He won the Liverpool St. Leger, twenty- 

 three subscribers, If miles, beating Omar Pacha, Tom Thumb, and two others ; was 

 fourth in the Great Yorkshire Stakes at York, 176 subscribers, won by Fazzoletto, 

 with Brother to Bird on the Wing second, Stork third. He ran second to .Warlock 

 for the Doncaster St. Leger, 133 subscribers, twenty-five starters, St. Leger course. In 

 this race he beat Ellington (winner of the Derby), Artillery, Rogerthorpe and others. 

 He won the Doncaster Stakes, 1 miles, ninety-three subscribers, beating Ellington (the 

 Derby winner), Brother to Bird on the Wing, Manganese, Alleppo, California and 

 others. This was his last race. After his importation he was purchased by Messrs. 

 Reber and Kutz and taken to Ohio. There being few thoroughbred mares in that State 

 he made no reputation, sired Malcolm, Dangerous and Ontario ; he passed into the hands 

 of E. A. Smith, when he got Frogtown, a capital good horse. Smith sold him to Messrs. 

 Parks, of Illinois, where he got Experience Oaks and Nathan Oaks. From Parks 

 he passed to the hands of Gen. W. G. Harding in 1872, and commenced his brilliant 

 career as a sire of winners ; the first of his get were Belle of the Meade, an excellent 

 two-year-old, and Bushwhacker, winner of the Bowie Stakes and the Great Long 

 Island Stakes, both 4 mile heats. Although dead, he stands, in 1882, at the head of 

 winning sires, and his winning sons and daughters are a legion. The following, the 

 most noted, will show his quality as a sire : Aranza, Brambaletta, 5 furlongs, in 

 1:02J; 7 furlongs, 1:30; one mile and a furlong in 1:54, the fastest on record. Bye 

 the Way, Bonnie Wood Bramble, mile heats in 1:43, 1:44 ; 1 miles, 118 Ibs., 1:58; 

 2J miles, 4:0l. Boardman, mile in 1 :40. Boatman, 115 Ibs., 2 miles, 3:34. Barret, 

 three-quarters in 1:14, the fastest on record ; 1 miles, 118 Ibs., in 1:56^. Ben Hill, 

 Bonnie Carie, Baton Rouge, Belle of the Highlands, l miles in 1 :55|. Bye and Bye, 

 Bushwhacker, 2 miles in 3:30 ; 4 miles, 7:31 ; 2 mile heats, 3:36, 3:36^, 3:38. Balance 

 All, Beatitude, Boulevard, Bayard/Bounce, mile heats in 1:42, 1-.41-J ; mile and 3 fur- 

 longs in 2:28. Bride Cake, Boswell, Bingin, Bathgate, Bombast, Bonnie Castle, 

 Brooklyn, Bliss, Big Medicine, Bootjack, mile in 1 :42 ; 1 T V miles in 1 :49f ; Baltic, 

 Bosworth, Bancroft, Duke of Kent, Joe Howell, three quarter heats in 1:14^, 1:14^, 

 1:15, fastest on record ; Julia Bruce, Maggie Ayr, Luke Blackburn, 1| miles in 2:34, 

 fastest ever run ; If miles, 3:04 ; 2 miles, 8:35J ; Glidelia, If miles in 3:01, the fastest 

 in the world ; J. W. Norton and a host of others. His daughter, Kelpie, produced 

 Janet, 4 miles in 7:25. Ontario produced McWhirter, 2 miles in 3:30, the fastest ever 

 run by a three-year old. Being a half brother to Blink Bonny, the dam of Blair Athol, 

 and from a family which has produced the greatest number of noted horses, his de- 

 scendants should be valuable in the stud. The long list named speaks volumes for the 

 Belle Meade Stud, as nearly every animal named was bred there Two sons of the old 

 hero are located there and the blood should be preserved to the country, and there is 

 no better opportunity than to cross his sons on the Lexington and Glencoe blood, and 

 it will prove our theory that in breeding is the surest and best mode to rear the 

 race horse and the only way to preserve and perpetuate pure blood and racing strains. 

 His stock are all remarkable for soundness, symmetry, muscular power, good action, 

 with the best of feet. He died at Belle Meade, Feb. 1st, 1880, in the twenty-seventh 

 year of his age, game to the last moment. 



