The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-20
ANERUiNS ~ sCOTLAND.
Only One Quslined Laird. but Others Nav
Taken shssssng Leases.

Oul, On Qusiiaed Laird. bat Oshess Have
Taken shsstsng Leases.
OF the many Americans whose love for
Scotland takes them north Of theT ay year
after year only one has actually bought
an estate. ssys Town and Country. Although
they spend large sums Of money on the
places they rent for shooting. they do not
become proprietors. Mr.. Carnegie alone
unqualified a. q laird.
There are a score or more OF Americans
who. occupy o~astles. lodges and boxes.
nesting among the heather covered noun
| tains and glens. 80 that IL is not an unusual
thing to come across a tower from which
floats the Stars and Stripes.
This summer il was expected there
would fy from one OF the turrets Of Floors
Castle the American flag. and from the
Others the British standard; for the Prince
and Princess Of Wales were to he the guests
Of the Duke and Duchess Of Roxburghe.
The Duchess (who was Miss GoeIet Of
New York; In said to have spent half a
million dollars in necessary preparations.
Already almost q million dollahs has been
spent IN restoring Floors Castle. which
prior to the marriage Of the Duke with
MiRs Goelet had been unOccupied Tor many
Tho Duchess has adopted the fashion
Of Oollecting an,mib and 10 building .
miniature 200 at Floor Castle. She owrs
some ~parrakeatS that ny about the cas- "
and when al . whistles for them alight. =
her shoulder and pick crumbs from h,
lips. She has q Nubian servant Who in
native dress waits on her at dinner.
For twenty-six yeaS the Bradley Martins
nave leased the deer forests and grouse
nioors on the northern shore Of Loch-Ness.
They are more highland than the lairds
Of the soil. and have made o notable i'm
provement in the lives OF the natives In this
highland country; Brad.sy Marsln re
public hall at Glen Urquhart. the pictures.
que village in Inverness near his Highland
residence Of Balmacaan.
"a magnificent desr forest Glen Quoioh-
is in the tenancy OF Henri PhiPps %
was twice visited by the King whom &C.
cupied by Lord Burton. When Mr.. Phipps
held Beaufort Castle, also in Inverness,
he gave . hall and library to tho inhabi-
tants Of Beauty, Hhich I'll always :t:ed
Pittsburg millionaire.
Clarence Mackay Of New York has
lately entered into q lease OF extensive
shootings in the Highlands. Besides 70
ens.gins iude he has si1ned for thrse
Faskally property. These are further
south than Glen Quoich or B~alnacaan,
and include Chmy, Orchill and 0lenfendo,
belonging to the Duke Of Athoi; Urrard,
belonging to Aston Stewart. and part OF
Faskally, the property Of Mr.. Butter. "A
number Of automobiles have been taken
over from the United Statss by Mr.. MaokAy
for use in the Highlands, 90 that he will
need to use any Of the sho0ting
boxes that are dotted ovsr the different
estates.
Sir Charles and Lady Ross, formerly |
Patricia Ellison, daughter OF Andrew
Ellison Of Louisville, Ky, entertain largely
n their beautiful plaoe in Roesshire. Bel \
mcgowan 10 one Of the largest estates In
Scotland, with duck shooting which 10
Ogden has taken the famous shootinRs Of |
Lord Lovat this year and Harry Payne |
Whitney has leased the moor Of tho Earl |
Of Strathmore.