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GREENTREE STABLE ARRIVES Main Division of Twenty-Seven Head Reaches Belmont Park. rompoon Expected Today to Train Over Nassau County Track for His Debut in Wood Memorial. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 8 The main division of the Greentree Stable, in charge of trainer Bill Brennan, arrived at Belmont Park from the farm. Red Bank, N. J., this morning. Twenty-seven horses comprised the shipment, which required a fleet of six vans. Brennan reported that the shipment was completed on schedule and without any untoward incident. The horses were loaded during the early hours at the farm and were routed over several short cuts to Belmont Park. The horses were quickly put away in the stalls that had been prepared for them at the private stable of the famed racing establishment Chicolorado, White Tie, Forty Winks and Sailor Beware headed the older horses. Jockey Eddie Arcaro, under contract to the stable, will report to trainer Brennan tomorrow and swing into action during the early part of the Jamaica meeting. The horses will be on the track some time tomorrow for their regular exercise. Brennan stated that his charges were well adanced and that he would start several during the Jamaica meeting. BELMONT DESTINATION. Belmont Park is the destination of the majority of the horses which wintered at Columbia, S. C. The Brookmeade Stable, in charge of Hugh Fontaine, is on hand. The horses appear well advanced, and trainer Fontaine is undecided about his plans for Jamaica. He will, after a careful study of the condition book of the meeting, decide what horse he will have ready for racing there next week. Charlie Mos3 arrived from Miami, with seven horses which he ha3 for Robert A. Smith. The horses shipped in good condition and are stabled on the hill. The outstanding arrival expected at Belmont Park Friday is J. H. Louchheims Pompoon. This fellow is due in from Columbia and will be stabled in Barn 45 on the hill. Pompoon will be given his final trials over the Nassau County strip and one test over Jamaica before facing the starter in the Wood Memorial, which is the race selected for his three-year-old debut. Pompoon was named for the Paumonok, but owner Louchheim believes that the colt would be better suited by racing against those of his own age in his first effort. Jockey Harry Richards is engaged to ride Pompoon in the Wood and Kentucky Derby and will make the journey from Maryland to ride him in one of his trials. CARLOAD OF HORSES ARRIVE. A carload of horses owned by Marshall Field and R. L. Gerry arrived today in charge of assistant trainer W. J. McKnight, consigned to George Odom. The shipment came from Hialeah Park and comprised the division that raced there during the winter. Trainer Odom is at Columbia, and is due here on Monday in adavnee of one shipment from which the main division will be recruited for the year. In this lot will be Sir Damion, Charing Cross and the two-year-olds, which were educated over the Fair Grounds track at that point. Advices from Columbia are to the effect that Odom has a well balanced band of two-year-olds, and he considers six of them equal if not superior to any that he has raced for the two New York sportsmen in the last five years. The Mrs. John Hertz stable, in charge of Frank Hackett, is at Belmont Park. This lot came from Hialeah following a winter campaign. The Southland Stable, in charge of Henry McDaniel, is another recent arrival. Twelve two-year-olds and the older horses, Reminding and Night Raven, comprised , that shipment. Pete Coyne with the J. E. Widener stable was also an arrival. He has a well balanced looking band of juveniles. Max Hirsch checked in from Columbia , with his Derby and Preakness candidate, Mosawtre. Hirsch will open his summer , . campaign during the early part of the Jamaica meeting. SEVEN IN BOSTWICK STRING. A. C. Bostwick arrived from Pinehurst ; with seven horses that he will race this year and four for P. S. P. Randolph. The ; latter lot will be turned over to their owner upon his arrival from the South. J. B. Partridge ; arrived from Miami with the lot that he will race this summer. He reported that ; Jamaica is his first objective. Track superintendent Boyle at Belmont Park said yesterday that arrivals from the South and nearby " farms are expected each day until the beginning of the season. Many of the outstanding " stables, such as those owned by E. R. Bradley, Walter M. Jeffords, and 1 Glen Riddle Farm are not due until May. Training activities at the local tracks continued apace this morning, although no fast moves on the main or training track at Belmont Park were reported. Horses which 1 wintered here are showing the effects of the 1 steady training campaign, while those which J were at Hialeah and other winter tracks are 5 ready for racing. Starter George Cassidy f and his assistants were on hand at Belmont Park schooling two-year-olds and older r horses from the Australian and Bahr starting gates.
