Log Cabin Stable was a

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partnership founded in 1923 by

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financiers

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and Bert Walker who raced under orange and white silks. As part of a private purchase of twenty horses, in January 1925 Harriman and Walker acquired

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from the estate of August Belmont Jr. and raced him under the

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, Arden Farm. The horse would be voted the retrospective

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for 1926. A disagreement between the two owners of Log Cabin Stable in the fall of 1926 led to the partnership being dissolved and Averell Harriman became the stable's sole owner.February 1, 2008 ''New York Times'' books excerpt from ''The Bush Tragedy'' by Jacob Weisberg
/ref> Trainers who worked for the Log Cabin stable include

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(1923), Will. M. Wallace (1924),

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(1925-July 1926),

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(1927–1928), George M. Odom (1928).

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