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GREAT SHRINKAGE IN YEARLINGS. American Crop of 1911 Will Total Scarcely One-tenth of Output of Few Years Previous. Lexington, Ky., August 20. Secretary Ken Walker of the Kentucky Sales Company anuounced today that practically all of the marketable thoroughbred yearlings in this country have been listed for the auction that is to be held here during the week beginning Monday, September IS. "Our catalogue, now in process of compilation, will contain about :i50 head of the foals of 1910 and that represents virtually all that are for sale in the United States," lie said. "The output of the breeding farms has been reduced astonishingly since the inauguration of the crusade against racing in Illinois, Missouri. Tennessee. Louisiana. Arkansas. New York. California and Florida. The number of young thoroughbreds in tho United States today is scarcely one-tenth of tho number produced in 1904 and 1905. But I am quite sure that with the reduction in uumbera has come improvement in quality, for in curtailing the produce the breeders weeded out the inferior mares and retained only the more desirable matrons. Somo twenty or thirty yearlings have been sold privately hereabouts during the past fortnight for prices ranging from 00 to ,000, evidencing a demand at good values, and I expect onr coming sale to be one of the best we have ever held. "I really do not believe that the number of available yearlings is sufficient to simply the needs for racing in Kentucky. Canada. Mexico, Cuba, Maryland. Montana, Oklahoma and Soutli Carolina, and for this reason I am sure we will find a strong market for the offerings at the September sale." There will be thirty Virginia-bred yearlings In the sale, and they are to go under the hammer on September 20. Capt. R. J. Hancock and Son will send eighteen from the Ellerslie Stud at Charlottsville and H. T. Oxnard will ship twelve from his Blu Bidge Stud at Upperville. The youngsters in the Ellerslie Stud consignment are by Fatherless and Glorifier the first crop by the latter good race horse and among them are brothers to Bugglns, Rilllo Hibbs. Red River, Pater, Stepfather and The Monk. The Blue Ridge yearlings are by Golden Maxim and Ormondalo and among them are a sister to Acade-mist. half brothers to Follie Levy. Presumption. Roulon and half sisters to W. II. Carey, Running Account, Billy Pullman and Sir Wilfred.
