The Coming of the Modem Type 393 



land began to race themselves into public view. 

 Bonnie Scotland came to this country by way 

 of Boston. He was purchased from his Boston 

 owner, Captain Cornish, by the firm of Reber & 

 Kutz, and taken to Ohio. There were very few 

 opportunities for him in that state, because there 

 were not many thoroughbred mares in the neigh- 

 borhood ; and, after passing through a number 

 of hands, he came finally to the ownership of 

 General W. E. Harding, the proprietor of the 

 breeding principality known as Belle Meade 

 Farm, in 1872. 



There he had every opportunity, and immedi- 

 ately began to turn out a remarkable series of 

 winners, that came to be known on the turf as 

 the Busy B's. Although dead, he stood in 1882 

 at the head of the winning sires, on account 

 of the remarkable running of his sons and 

 daughters. 



The best of them all, perhaps, was Luke Black- 

 burn, of whom we have spoken, and Glidelia, a 

 beautiful daughter of his. Luke Blackburn set 

 the record for a mile and a half at 2.34, in which 

 notch it stood for many, many years. Glidelia 

 put the record for a mile and three-quarters at 

 3.01, and that was not disturbed through many 



