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IMPORTANT STEP IS TAKEN PROMINENT AMERICAN BREEDERS ORGANIZE TO IMPORT ENGLISH THOROUGHBREDS THOROUGHBREDSConference Conference at Lexington Results in Decision to Pro ¬ ceed with the Formation of NationWide Syndi ¬ cate with Canadian Connections for Purpose Lexington Kr February 27 A large number of breeders and admirers of the thoroughbred horse met lare tills afternoon and performed the prelimi ¬ naries to the organization of an association for tne purpose of importing racing blood principally Illlies and young mares from hiigland D Vlson was made chairman and Fred A Forsythe secretary of thi temporary organization Resolutions calling for the appointment oC a committee to draft bylaws and n committee Jo solicit pledges toward a capital stock of 100000 or more and setting out the pur ¬ poses of the organization were adopted and adjourn ¬ ment was taken until Tuesday morning May 4 at Kio oclock when It is expected that representa ¬ tive turfmen from all parts of the United States will be here to attend the meeting The Kentucky Associations spring meeting will be on at that time and on that day the last of the James K Keene estates youngsters are to be sold The com ¬ mittee in membership is G 1 Wilson 1 O Keene Hal Price Headley O II Chenault Charles IL Bcrrvman K A Forsythe and 1 S Barbee The organization is to be national in scope with con ¬ nections in Canada The horses are to be bought In Kngland by agents of the association sent over for that purpose and are to be sold in this country by public auction auctionJohn John U Madden today entered Iron Duke The Finn Bill Dudley and Charter Maid for the Ken lucky Derby and Charter Maid for the Kentucky Oaks These famous stakes are to close Monday A number of racers now in training here will be found among the eligible when the lists are an ¬ nounced Cualmers Is one of them 1 S Hawkins breezed him fiveeighths iu l0t this afternoon afternoonThomas Thomas Piatts Iegare foahnl a bay colt bv Duke of Ormonde J B Respess Lad v Roller haV a iay lillv by nick Welles at Ucihri I Carrs farm Irice McKinneys Divination foaled a chestnut colt by McGee nt Kingston Fnrnu McKlnnoys Costume has a brown filly by Delhi George C liennetts Artesia at Idle Hour Farm has a bnyi colt by Cunard Princess Orna Planutess ami Xarco the property of Headley Sillier each foaled a colt by Incle at Beaumont Farm and will go back to Uncle St Ursula foaled a chestnut lilly liy Jack Atkin and will be mated wnth Uncle UncleArchie Archie Xiniincr left here today for Baltimore He will race at Bowie and will return to Lexington for the spring meeting meetingEstimate Estimate and Uetlex belonging to A L Astc were shipped this afternoon to New York to go to 11 P Whitneys Brookdale Farm to be mated with Broomstick Along with them went a couple of twoyearolds traUniugDr which Mr Aste will put in traUniug Dr Robert Bryan said this afternoon that Senator Cnmdens Solly may have a broken lione In bis knee though he has not been able to fully determSne this on account of the swollen condition of the teg
