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THOROUGHBREDS GETTING SCARCE. I in leasing Demand Reported From Lexington, with Limited Supply Available. Lexington. Ky., January 6. The demand lor thoroughbred horses for both racing ami breeding pur-p..s.s |* Increasing. There is scarcely a day passing n. m bin whai some would-be buyer comes or writes io Lexington seeking princi|.all.v racing material and in numerous Instance* stallions for nerrce during the breeding seaaon that Is soon to open. Animal- both lor racing and breeding purposes ar.- scarce. This i- particularly true of stallion- for net-vice. There are unite a Dumber. Including those of the late James R. Keene. thai are offered to the public for fees, but ic oi the best ale for sab-, unless i| will in- that, due to the death of Mr. Keene. thorn a Kingston Farm will be pal upon the market. If racing is s, on to be revived in N.-w Vork and elsewhere, as men well posted In the affairs of the nation seem to believe ii will be, importations will become speed!! v necessary. Iliis week W. L. Oliver. Ma Hirscfc and William Shields ware here on buying expeditions. Mr. Oliver secured three for Br. .. s. Tyree. of Washington; Mr. Ilirs.h liought four from John E Madden for E. J. McGraw. of Baltimore, a new man in racing, and Mi. Shields secured one. a Star Shoo! colt, at Hamburg Place. Aside from Bkeets, the coming i lire. ■year-old. which Mr. Oliver liouglit from San ford l.ne. the purchases were all two ear-olds. Mr. Oliver purchased the tillv by Star Shoot Semper dOr from John E. Madden, and the half Inotber to Sheets. by Royal Flash III. Pirate Polly, from Mr. Lrne, Among those Max Hlrscii bough! were the black coli by Mexican -Midligbl and the chestnut coll by Stalwart Carrie J s. Mr Hlrsck Hied iii buy the chestnut rol! by Ornament -Algie M. from T. I. Hayes, but considered the price too high, lie also made a visji p, Ashland Farm Bad asked T. . McDowell for a price on the chestnut colt bv Hastings Monarka. bin the major declined to name a figure, lie dil uoi gel a chance to try an! any of these youngsters lam tail so he has decided to keep the- ten head to train himself next spriag. "If I would b-t one go." be said quietly, "he might pmn to be the Inst one I guess Ill try tbem all before I sell any." Secretary Garrett D. Wilson of the Kentucky Asso elation was a bus man last we.-k. Payments io the Breeders Futurity for 1913 and V.tl ! have been rolling in with every mail since Wednesday. He thinks that with the California and Mexican mails v. t p. come the total ellgibles for ihc 1913 Futurity will reach eighty, a high water mark for the third pay- nt. last years rmurity had serentr-lre third payments. Ii is estimated thai with twelve starters the Fntnrity of H13 will be worth .. .;o. the great .•si amount ii lias ever reached. When Housemaid won the Bra! ninnim. of the Fatality in l.Ho there were fifteen starters and the net value of tip. race p. I be winner was . ."it.:. When The Manager won it In 1011 it had thirteen starters and was worth net to the winner .s4s. and when Helios wen it last year there were ten starters and the net value io the winner was *4. IM.90 and a silver loving cup valued at tKM donated by the late C. L. Harris, .p. who was the owner of Housemaid. John Nichols lefl here for Charleston. B. C. with six horses belonging to various owners and in j the same car went Ianna. three two-year-olds recent ly purchased by N. IS. Havis. QOWdy Howdj and M.-lor. the latter two belonging to William T. Woodnnl. Joekei Walter Andress. who is under contract to Mr. V lard, accompanied the shipment. Superintendent Boas, because of the soddea Freeze ; of Thursday night and the henry mi.iiv of f"rida ■ was unable to Moat the sand track Saturday, so he opened the main tract: for training purposes. There was much cantering through the snow. The chestnut colt by Meelick — Fbireal. which Fletcher Driver recently sold to J. Tandy Hughes. i,Ms ; • been named Captain Jacobs. A. V.. Lowe has taken up Miss Thorpe from John 1 It. Cans farm, where she has been running our since the Latonia meeting. She looks will. Aunt Mamie, the two-year-old till v by inrle — Hazing, which won Hie irst race of the year 1913 ; at Juarez last Wednesday, was bred at Hamburg Place. The seven tw i year-olds that Charles T. Patterson i took from Hamburg Place to Charleston last week will race as follows: In the name of John E Madden, ; bay coll bv Cesarion— A] Lone: bay tillv bv Yankee—Mamie Worth: chestnut gekling by Meelick -l.aerimae. . and bay colt, .. bv Contosior — Reality In the name i Catesby Woodford, chestnut coll by Star Shoot- Nisbal and chestnut tillv by Star Shoot — Breakwater. For C. T. Pattersons personal account, ba.v coll bv Yankee-Miss Angle
