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GREENTREE STABLE PLANS Expansion Both in Steeplechasing and on the Flat Contemplated Vincent Powers Preparing Greatest Tollcc Tollcction tion of Jumpers in History of he heStable Stable for 1923 Competition NEW YORK N Y January 14 During the 1922 season of racing the Grecntree Stable was the most successful of the cross ¬ country establishments while the silks at ¬ tained an altogether new importance in flat racing Time was when the stable was only known for its jumpers and while that repu ¬ tation has been continued the flat running division has grown to an altogether unex ¬ pected but well deserved prominence on the turf Scott Harlan has ably managed and trained the horses that gave the stable its flat racing importance while Vincent Pow ¬ ers has seen to it that the jumpers finished at the top of the heap In addition to train ¬ ing and schooling the jumpers himself Pow ¬ ers continues the foremost rider for the es ¬ tablishment and his skill in the saddle had not a little to do with the stable success successLast Last year the victory of the old mare Sou mangha in the Brook Cup and that of Dam ¬ ask in the Manly Memorial were the two brightest spots in history of the crosscoun ¬ try string Those were the two races that gave the Greentree silks a safe lead over the big stable raced by C K Harrison Jr who met with some of his best successes in Canada Incidentally the success that came to the Greentree Stable is an argument that New York horses can top the list with New York and Maryland racing though so many of the stables ship to Canada on the plea that the opportunities are greater on the other side of the great lakes lakesPOWERS POWERS PLANS FOR 1923 SEASON SEASONIt It is the present intention of Powers to keep the Greentree Stable in its proud posi ¬ tion at the top of the heap To that end he has in his care the greatest collection of jumpers that he ever made ready to race under the popular silks They are quar ¬ tered at Belmont Park and while most of the old ones will be back in training several new ones are being groomed for what will be offered and it is the intention to mako an early start in Maryland probably at the Havre fie Grace meeting where the first steeplechases of the year are offered offeredDamask Damask winner of the Manly Memorial has developed into a magnificent steeple ¬ chaser and his high quality on the flat will stand him in good stead He proved himself in the big 10000 stake at Pimlico and it is confidently expected that he will be brought back to the races better than ever everThe The conversion of such a horse into a steeplechaser is deserving of success and it has ever been the plan followed out by the Greentree Stable that no horse is too good to be put to Steeplechasing Too many of the olher devotees of crosscountry racing 1 will not convert a horse into a jumper until his usefulness as a flat runner is about gone It is no wonder that such horses fail when racing through the field with sound horses of class and ability to race with the best of them on the flat
