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MARKET FOE. YEARLINGS. WAILS FROM KENTUCKY NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE YEARS SALES. Decline Is Sharp and Certain and for Good Cause Pat Dunnes Wise Comment Rich Operators Suffer Most. Lexington. Ky., October 4. Rreeders of thoroughbreds in this .section maintain that a decrease in tlie demand for yearlings which, however is not so alarming as many of them are prone to believe and the increased cost of provender, will drives numbers of the smaller members of the brigade lrom the ranks. There are many angles to the situation, but when ail are analyzed the small hyeoders do not appear to have suffered at all. ihe sufferers are really the owners of many mares, T. B. Haggin in particular, who have caught, the brunt of the decline. The returns from the auction sales or yearlings previous to October 1 or this year show a general decrease or 0S.5;. rrom the average obtained in RMHi. and It is this, together with the fact that horsemen in the west, who have in years past eagerly bought such as Mere, for various reasons, left out of the sales, are not coming Into this section as usual, that has occasioned tlie alarm. The best explanation or this latter angle is contained in an expression from Pat Dunne at Latonia Tuesday. "Racing conditions in the west are so generally discouraging that an owner will ponder long over the question of increasing tlie number of liis horses, for every yearling that he buys at this time means an increase," said lie, "unless he should choose to give away the poorer ones in his collection. An owner usually buys yearlings with the expectation of getting one good one out of three or four or live, and after he has found out the good one he will, if he is wise, get rid of the poorer ones. Before the tracks were closed in Illinois, .Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee there was little trouble in getting some sort of a price for the bad ones, but now, with apparently every session or tiny state legislature directing a measure towards the suppression of racing, tlie channels through which tlie cheaper ones have gone from tlie big stables in the past are gradually closing." But in tlie face of this the figures show that the small breeder has enjoyed an increased average for his yearliugs this year, unless they were retained through questionable by-bidding and are still on the farms. There was. it is known, some such practice, but to what extent is not easily determined. It remains a fact, however, that the breeder who in June was unwilling to let his yearlings go for a fair value, or bought them in in September, lias only himself to blame if he is punished. In 1000. 1,145 yearlings were sold bi-auction in June. July. August and September for an aggregate or 00,090, an average of .SH. This year during the same months 930 yearlings were sent into the sales ring and passed under the hammer ror an aggregate or 21,445, an average of 55.30. This shows a decrease of 20C in the number sold. 3S,G45 in the aggregate amount, and 0S.5,1 in the average. In. 1100 J. B. Haggin supplied 2S2 of flic number sent to the sales and his aggregate return was 43,750. an average of 04.45. This year Mr. Haggin sold 234 for 31,-310, an average of 01.15. The Haggin decrease, therefore, was forty-eight head, 12,405 in tlie aggregate and 03.30 in the average. Exclusive of the Haggin offerings, the figures for tlie two years show that the average for all other breeders this year was increased, thus: In WOO breeders other than J. B. Haggin sold 053 yearlings for 10,315. an average of 30.15, and this year 705 for a total of 00,135, an average of 53.3S increase, 7.23 per head. Thus it would appear that in tlie face of a decreasing demand, the small dealer has fared better than his more pretentious brother and yet he is screaming loudest. The following is .1 record ot the number of yearlings sold by auction bv each breeder, together with his aggregate and average: Breed or. No. Sold. A ggrega te. Average. L. 0. Appleby 2 $ 500 $ 250.00 A. Albright, Jr 2 550 275.00 R. II. Henderson 4 450 112 50 Buford Allen 4 1,700 425.00 Balgowan Stud r, 0,700 1,140.00 Burns and Waterhouse 24 11,795 491.40 R. L. Baker 2 450 225.00 Baker and Wilson 0 5,000 933.33 S. S. Brown Estate S 2,875 359.37 Charles Bright 1 325 325.00 Sidney Bedford 4 2,350 5S7 f0 August Belmont 10 4,025 402.50 Grant Hugh Browne 21 3,375 1C0.71 E. F. Clay 10 24,950 1,500.00 Mrs. T. J. Carson . . 12 S.025 710.40 E. C. Cowdin 0 2,500 41G.50 0. II. Chenault 2! 7,375 254.31 John D. Carr 11 3,125 284.10 James E. Clay 5 1,050 210.00 II. N. Davis 3 300 100.00 Rudolph Ellis 8 1,575 19C.S7 Ellis and Atkins 1 400 400.00 A. G. Fonda 1 100 100.00 Fonda and Waltring 1 1,000 1,000.00 A. L. Ferguson 9 1,950 210.60 James Galway 7 1,500 214.30 E. S. Gardner S 3,725 405.02 George C. Graddy 4 1,200 300.00 J. B. Haggin 234 131,310 501.15 R. J. Hancock and Son 21 14,845 707.00 C. B. Hawkins 2 1,100 v 550.00 J. L. and S. Holton 1 100 100.00 Hinde and Baker j. . . i 2,375 390.00 A. E. Hundley and Son 1 200 20i.00 Mrs. E. L. Israel 1 050 050.00 Karl Jungbluth 12 4,325 300.40 J. R. Keeno 27 14,125 515.00 W. P. Knight 8 1,200 150.00 II. S. Kearney 1 100 100.00 J. S. Kelley 1 100 100.00 Leonatus Stud t... 12 7,150 595 00 Lakeland and Powers 1 3,500 3,500.00 J. L. Luke 7 2,775 390.43 S. C. Lyne 11 1,950 177.27 Millstream Stud 7 3,025 432.33 C. W. Moore . 7 1.S25 200.71 J. II. Morris 3 725 241.70 -Madden and Hitchcock 19 4,950 200.50 C. F. McMeekin Estate .. 10 5.S25 5S2.50 C. II. Mackay 14 51,400 3.52S.57 Morris and Carpenter 4 2,775 093.75 J. D. Neet 1 25 25.00 II. T. Oxnard -42 20,100 021.40 Romulus Payne 7 1.S50 204.30 Thomas Piatt : 2 3,150 1,575.00 W. L. Powers 3 100 33.33 R. II. McCarter Potter .. 34 9,125 20S.40 Parmer, Stone and Co. ... 8 4,550 50S.75 Eugene Rucker 14 3,875 270.SO Rancocas Stud 33 5,100 154.50 W. A. Radrord 5 1,025 205.00 0. D. Randolph 1 2,000 2,000.00 W. II. Sands 13 5,000 415.40 Continued on second page. MARKET FOR YEARLINGS. Continued from first page. Breeder. No.Sold.Aggregate.Averagc. .1. S. Stark ,f 100 .$ loo.Oll .Mrs. K. P. Shipp 1 - :MH ::oo.oo .1. S. Sloll 10 1.625 402.50 A. R. Sprockets 12 5.S25 485.42 . W. Simpson 4 335 S3.75 Silver Brook Farm 5 2.10O :550.0O w. ShowaitiT 7 3,250 4oi.:;o .1. II. V.. Strong 1 tio 60.00 Claude M. Thomas 20 3,025 1S1.25 W. T. Waliring 1 250 U.O.OO G. 1. Wilson 7 .",!0O 2.21S.57 Williams and Radford 12 5,025 41S.75 .T. H. While 1 10O 100.00 White and Forbes 1 1,;:00 1,300.10 .Toiin Welch 2 :0 1 ."50.00 iiesby Woodford ! 30.075 1.S70.70 Woodford and Taylor o 2,000 133.:::; Woodford and Simpson 1 1-50 150.00 George II. Whitney 0 1,100 1S3.33 Milton Young 35 22,200 G34.29 Young Brothers 2 3,150 1,575.00 Totals 939 .8521,415 $ 55.::o
