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PURCHASES AT THE DECEMBER SALES. y York December 9. — That American turfmen an- still making unusual efforts to obtain lirst das* thoroughbreds for racing and breeding purpo.-es «::iv« Jed yesterday by cable dispatches received ..f tlu results of the Newmarket Decenilier blood sbN-lTsales Not many purchases were made, but ac-crdiii" to" the orders given, it is expected that 1-efere the end of the month from thirty to forty horses will »«e shipjs-d to American buyers. Tom V*jth was the onlv American at the sale and It is nresnmed that Is- was buying for George D. Widener. of Philadelphia. B. Widencr Jr or Joseph t£? other Americans represented by English •genu are John SanXord. W. R. Coe. A. B. U»n- cock. Johnson X. Camden. H. T. Onxard. Parmer k Hendrie aud Frederick Johnson. During the five days of the sale Johnson N. Camden got a prize for his breeding farm in the nine-vear-old mare Barrone. by Melton — Baroness Le Fleche. Her sin-. Melton, was the sire of Sysonhy. one of the best horses ever owned by the late James R. Keene. Barrone is in foal to Valens, a promising young English sire. Hetirv T. Oxnard purchased the filly Hortense, by Troutbeck — Huardina. which was consigned by tue Duke of Westminster and which is descended from Flving Fox. The three-year-old Orange Lady, by William the Third— Lady Cynosure, the latter :t sister to Polymelus. the leading English sire of 1915. was purchased for Joun Sanford.
