Stallions
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl, 22 July 1907
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/33
Scope and Contents
Stewart-Murray asks where 'Braemore' will stay during the summer and winter and states that he will try and find a few mares to suit him. He wonders whether the Congested Districts Board or the Duke of Portland would take his stallion 'Bonnie Laddie'.
Dates:
22 July 1907
Thoroughbred Stallion, "St. Simon", 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2168
Scope and Contents
Photograph of the Thoroughbred stallion, "St. Simon" at 21 years old standing in a paddock next to a stone barn with a man holding the reins of his bridle in 1920. The horse, by "Galopin St. Angela", was foaled in 1899 and was owned by the Duke of Portland. According to the text beneath the image, "St. Simon" was 'unbeaten on the turf; the greatest sire of recent times; his progeny, including two Derby winners, has won over £506,000 in stakes.'
Dates:
1870s-1930s