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GREENTREE STABLE HOPEFULS Brush Hook and Memory Book Main Reliance in Three-Year-Old Stakes. 1 Tintagel Among Horses Reaching Belmont Park From Columbia King Saxon Also an Arrival. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 10. Cloudy skies and a sloppy track prevailed at the three Long Island tracks this morning and the conditions interfered with morning trials. Friday as a rule is an off-day with local trainers and this morning was duller than expected. The main track at Belmont Park was fetlock deep in slop, but a good bottom prevailed and some fairly interesting moves were recorded. The Greentree Stable, in charge of Bill Brennan, recent arrivals from winter quarters at Red Bank, N. J., supplied the morning highlights. Brush Hook and Memory Book, which have been named for the important three-year-old stakes, were on the track for a mile trial, and they moved along at a slow but steady pace. Brush Hook was timed in 1:48, while Memory Book was timed one second faster. Both colts wintered well. Brennan, who raced the Greentree Stable division at Santa Anita during the winter, is enthusiastic over these two. In discussing their chances for the important stakes this spring Brennan said he would not rush them along, but would be guided by their condition. He believes there is scant chance of their starting in the Wood Memorial at Jamaica and is not so positive in regard to the Derby. The Belmont Stakes is the main objective of the two three-year-olds, and winning this coveted race is one of Mrs. Continued on eighteenth page.. GREENTREE STABLE HOPEFULS Continued from first page. Payne Whitneys ambitions for this year. "Dont say," he said, "that these colts are declared out of the Derby, for they are not. Should they improve as much within the next two weeks as they have in the past two there is a chance that one may go postward." The Greentree Stable will be represented during the Jamaica meeting, according to the trainer. Several of the two-year-olds in the stable are well advanced, and with some of the older horses, will be ready for the season. The division now at Bowie will be transferred to Jamaica Monday, and from this lot will be drawn the bulk of the Green-tree racers. Marshall Lilley will take over this band after their arrival. John Gaver will report back to Greentree Farm and will later handle a division to race in the New England stakes. Trainer Bob Smith of the Brookmeade Stable and T. J. Healey of the C. V. Whitney stable, recent arrivals, will rest their charges before calling upon them for trials. The horses shipped well and are well advanced in their training. Duval Headley, who is training the horses owned by his uncle, H. P. Headley, spent a busy morning. In addition to breezing several of the older horses in the stable, he watched several sets of two-year-olds go through their paces. Whopper and Preeminent were the best of the older candidates. Whopper breezed five furlongs in 1:06, while Preeminent stepped six furlongs in 1:13 in handy fashion. Among the arrivals at Belmont Park today was George Odom, with the Marshall Field-R. L. Gerry and Mrs. R. P. Smith horses.1 They came from Columbia, S. C.,,and shipped in good condition. Tintagel headed the lot, and this fellow looked in prime condition. Tintagel is looked upon as a certain starter in the Paumonok Handicap, the opening day feature at Jamaica. C. H. Knebelkamp arrived at Aqueduct with his band from Miami. Heading his division was King Saxon, top weight in the Paumonok. Track superintendent Boyle at Belmont Park stated today that by next week the Nassau County plant would house 1,000 horses. He based his figure on the application list on file in his office and from information received from owners and trainers. A division of the G. D. Widener stable is expected in the near future. The stalls in the stable are bedded down and everything is in readiness for the horses. The new addition to each end of the Vanderbilt stable increases that building by eight stalls. A division of that stable is also expected here next week.
