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NEW MOVES BY ASSOCIATED HORSEMEN. Women Owners and Breeders to be Admitted to Membership Jockeys Also to Como In. Lexington, Ky., July 13. The Kentucky Thoroughbred Horse Association, it was made known today at a meeting of directors, now has 475 members whose residences are in all parts of the United States. This is considered remarkable, in view of the fact that the organization is only three months old. Applications for membership received from Montreal and Hamilton. Canada, were approved. The directors will meet with New York, Maryland and Canadian committees of the association at Saratoga on Friday, August IS, to discuss a number of questions now interesting horsemen everywhere. Among those is the demand for uniform rules governing selling races and the disposition of runup money. The directors expressed a desire to have at once the benefit of the views of all horsemen on this subject in writing. The impression that jockeys are not eligible to membership in this association was disclosed to be incorrect, when applications of twenty-five riders were accepted. The articles of incorporation only provide for membership of men. The directors voted to recommend the adoption of an amendment at the semiannual meeting here September 9, which will take in women. It also will recommend that the word Kentucky be dropped from the name and that it be known as the Thoroughbred Horse Association. A button is also to be adopted at the September meeting. Rradley Wilson, an organizer for the association, was directed to go to Chicago to conduct a membership meeting at Hawthorne on the evening of Saturday. July 22. French Rrooks. who for so many years broke and trained the racers bred and owned by Col. E. F. Clay and later by his recently deceased sons. Kze-kiel and Woodford, is now employed by T. C. McDowell and has just taken up his sixteen thoroughbred yearlings to be broken at the Kentucky Association track. He has in his stable also three youngsters the property of Clay Rrothers. Will Reed left here this morning for Louisville in charge of seven high-priced yearlings sold in May by Messrs. Ileadley and Miller to A. K. Ma-comber, which he will break at Churchill Downs. They are all by Uncle and are out of Ilanutess, Schoolmistress. Star Dreamer, Princess Orna, Lydia II.. Genius and Xarco. Walter Jennings who is to train these youngsters after they are broken, has a scout or two here to report on the appearance of the yearliings to be sold next month at Saratoga. It is understood that he will 1m in the market for several other likely prospects. Three two-year-olds turned out by Jennings at the ISeaumont Farm are Posey, Pleiades and Ready, all foaled in England. Robert Walden is here visiting the breeding farms and having a look at yearlings to be marketed. T. C. McDowell left last night for Latonia, from where he will ship his horses to Saratoga. He will not return to Lexington until about September 1. John IS. McLaughlin, who is interested in several horses trained by his brother-in-law, A. Raker, arrived here from Latonia today to remain until Saturday, when he will go to Canada. Superintendent James I. Ross of the Kentucky Association is making preparations to go to Hawthorne, where he will race Uncle Hart. T. P. Hayes will leave Latonia for Hawthorne tomorrow.
