Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-11-14
AMERICANS IN SCOTLAND.
Only One Qualified Laird, but Others
Have Taken Shooting Leases.

fluNC GNCH 0UOOIlfIQ Leases.
Of the many Americans whose love
for Scotland takes them north of the
Tay year after year only one has ac-
tually bought an estate. says 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 has qualified as laird.
There are score or more of Ameri-
cans nesting among the heather COW
cred mountains and g1ens, so that it is
not an unusual thing to come across
tower from which floats the Stars
and Stripes.
This summer it was expected there
would fly 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 be the guests of the duke and
(who was Miss Goelet of New York;
is said to have spent half million dol
lars i'll necessary preparations. AL
ready almost million dollars has
been spent in restoring Floors castle,
which, prior to the marriage of the
duke with Miss Goelet, had been unoc-
cupied for many years.
The duchess has adopted the fashion
OF collecting animals, and is building
miniature zoo at Floors castle. She
owns some parrakeets that fly about
the castle, and when she whistles for
them alight ON her shoulder and pick
crumbs from her lips. She has Nu-
bian servant who in native dress
waits on her at dinner,
= For twenty-six years the Bradley
Martins have leased the deer forests
and grouse moors on the northern
shore of Loch-Ness. They are more
highland than the lairds of the soil,
and have made notable improve
ment in the lives of the natives in
this Highland country. Bradley Mar
tin recently erected at his own cost
handsome public hall at Glen Ur-
quhart, the picturesque village in In
verness near his Highland residence
of Balmacaan.
A magnificent deer forest-Glen
Quoich--is in the tenancy of Herr
Phipps of New York; the mansion
facing Lock Quoich was twice visited
by the king when occupied by Lord
Burton. When Mr.. Phipps held Beau-
fort castle, also in Inverness, he gave
a hall and library to, the inhabitants
of Beauty, which will always stand as
a testimonial to the 1iberality of the
Pittsburg millionaire.
Clarence Mackay of New York has
lately entered into lease of extern
sive shootings in the Highlands. Be
sides re-engaging Lude, he has signed
for three moors on the Athol lands
and two on the Faskally property.
These are further south than Glen
Ouoich or Balmacaan, and include Gu
nv, Orchill and Glenfende, belonging
to the duke of Athol; Urrard, belong.
ing to Aston Stewart, and part OF
Faskally, the property of Mr.. Butter.
A number of automobiles have been
taken over from the United States by
Mr.. Mackay for use in the Highlands,
so that he will seldom need to use
any of the shooting boxes that are
dotted over the different estates.
Sir Charles and Lady Ross, former
" Patricia Ellison, daughter of An
drew Ellison of Louisville, KY, enter
tain largely at their beautiful place I'D
Rosshire. Belnagowan is one OF the
largest estates in Scotland, with duck
shooting. which is famous over the
whole kingdom. Charles Ogden has
taken the famous shootings OF Lord
ovat this year, and Harry Payne
Whitney has leased the moor OF the
earl of Strathmore.