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o o* 0 q Q y 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 [i 0 | 0 I 0 i Jr u 1 » • ~ " - - ] ROCKINGHAM PARK NOTES I -? James B. Dooley, secretary of the Nar-0 • ragansett Racing Association, witnessed 1 I the running of the first race from the !1 ; I stewards stand. P. J. Matthews has taken over the string H of P. F. Ratti to train. The horses were I formerly handled by J. L. Roberts. ! So that there will be no recurrence of a l j short-circuit such as the one that caused the . false start in the sixth race Tuesday, starter • James Milton has had the battery box moved | into the starters stand. This will do away with any chance of the . bell being rung such as the case when Plucky , Lady hit the starting machine, causing the short-circuit that rang the bell. At the time of the false start starter James Milton did not have the button in his hand. He was i directing one of the assistants when the filly hit the machine. Trainer H. Jacobs is splitting up the B. B. Stable, sending a division to raca at Empire City, while the remainder will stay over to campaign during the balance of this meeting. George Hamilton vanned the juvenile Judge Blake to Empire City. Frank White arrived from New York with War Letter, Free and Flabbergast, the prop-I perty of P. S. P. Randolph. The mjtuel pool on the original sixth race Tuesday was approximately 1,000, and when the race had its official run-off the total was slightly over 3,000. Jockey J. Hunter came up from New York to pilot Collateral in the Independence Day Handicap for C. V. Whitney. Jockey J. Hanrahan has joinei. forces with the stable of Mrs. John Hay Whitney, which is being campaigned at Rockingham Park . by W. J. Norton.
