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CAVALCADE AMONG ARRIVALS AT BELMONT PARK ! i -o BIG COLUMBIA SHIPMENT Fifty-One of the Brookmeade Stable Horses Arrive From South, f Four Express Cars Required toj Transport Horses From Winter Quarters Adverse Weather. NEW YORK, If. T., April 12. Fifty-one horses owned by Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane, who races under the nom de course of the Brookmeade Stable, arrived at Belmont Park today from winter quarters, Columbia, S. C. Four three-door express cars were required for the shipment which was part of a special train handled by the Pennsylvania Railroad. In addition to the Brookmeade horses, one carload owned by Marshall Field and R. L. Gerry and several owned by J. Simon Healy were included in the shipment. The arrival of the special from the South Carolina city depleted the winter horse colony at that point. The shipment was the largest to check in at the Nassau County course this spring and increased the thor oughbred colony at that point. Heading the Brookmeade shipment was Cavalcade, leading three-year-old of last year and a candidate for the important stakes and handicaps for this season. Attaches of the stable were enthusiastic over this fellow for this year. Trainer Bob Smith was on hand at the stable to receive his charges, delegating the work of unloading to his first assistant Jack Connors. Smith reported that the trip wag a good one and that all the horses shipped i in good condition. RAIN AT BELMONT PARK. A heavy rain, coupled with an east wind, swept over Belmont Park this morning as the special train consisting of five cars and a passenger coach was backed into the unloading platform. Horse vans, express trucks and men were on hand to receive the horses. George Odom was on hand to receive the last of his charges from Columbia and he watched them blanketed and ordered them walked to the stable. The Brookmeade lot were kept on theears until the last possible minute and then trainer Smith ordered them moved to the stable. The stalls, which had been in readiness for the past few days, were quickly assigned and as the horses arrived they were put away for the day. Smith was far from pleased over the weather and declared that he wished that he had remained another day or so at Columbia. Three times during the past week, upon receiving word from New York that adverse weather prevailed he postponed the shipment and landing yesterday in a cold rain did not appeal to the veteran. However, he declared that his charges shipped in good condition and many of them will be raced during the Jamaica meeting. Next in importance to Cavalcade, the three-year-old hopefuls, are Psychic Bid, Young Native, and World Series. Cavalcade is galloping steadily and is the. special pet of the vet eran trainer. Smith stated that his charges were well advanced and barring starting many during the Jamaica meeting he had not mapped out any plans for the season. LEASE COE STABLE. The "Brookmeade Stable, faced last year with the problem of lack of space under one roof, took a lease on the W. R. Coe stable. This structure, one of the show places at Belmont Park, proved too small for the stable and this caused Bob Smith to seek additional stalls. He secured a sufficient number in the one time Cochran stable, which is situated near his own quarters: The work of transferring stable equipment, traps, tack and other paraphernalia from the express cars to the stable, was ordered completed before the horses were moved. This equipment was stowed away in designated places before the first horse reached Continued on twenty-second page. CAVALCADE AMONG BELMONT PARK ARRIVALS .Continued from first page. the stable. The horses, stabled three abreast in the cars, were frisky when unloaded and their handlers were careful in walking them from the cars. The special train was sandwiched in be- tween two fast trains from the South and arrived at Pennsylvania Terminal shortly after 7 a. m. No time was lost in switching the cars over to the Long Island for the run to Belmont Park and the loading platform was reached without delay. The first car unloaded was that occupied by the i Field-Gerry horses, consigned to George I Odom. These fourteen were rushed to the stable and put away for the day. Odom ordered plenty of warm blankets to the platform as soon as he received word that the cars had left New York and his men quickly assembled to lead horses to their quarters. Joe Healy was on hand to receive those consigned to his brother, J. Simon Healy, and they were transferred without delay. Remaining at Columbia are horses owned by J. H. Louchheim, trained by Clarence Buxton, and the Maemere Farm, trained by j George Phillips. These two lots are due to ship to Aqueduct and Belmont Park some time next week and this cleans out the winter quarters. Buxton has a smaller stable for the Phila- delphia traction magnate this season than heretofore and he has leased out one side of his stable at Aqueduct. The Maemere Stable lot at Columbia were reinforced by those which raced at Hialeah Park during the winter. Among other important stables expected at Belmont Park before long are the G. D. Widener band from Erdenheim Farm, near Philadelphia; Cary T. Grayson of Washington, and H. C. Hatch of Toronto. The latter has applied for thirty stalls for this season. , ; I J , j
