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Change in Yearling Sales Site Lauded by ODT ODTELMONT ELMONT L I N Y June 7 Thoroughbred breeders decision to conduct the annual August yearling sales at Lexington where the majority of the bloodstock nurseries are located contains a patriotic significance that has not been lost on the Office of Defense Transportation TransportationThe The ODT addressed the following letter to Arthur B Hancock of the American Thoroughbred Breeders Association AssociationYour Your consideration of the transportation situation is realistic indeed The decision to hold the annual yearling sales in Lexington is a thorpugh goirig illustration of cooperation with the Office of Defense Transportations conservation policies We need this type of help and leadership and I wish to congratulate the American Thoroughbred Breeders Association on the step they have taken and to express pur appreciation appreciationThe The effect of your action is to eliminate the need of transporting approximately 900 horses from Kentucky to New York and that is a sig ¬ nificant saving Thank you very much muchVery Very truly yours yoursP P F McCarthy Director Division of Traffic Movement