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, 1 j j I ; I I ! l j j I I I NEW PAWTUCKET TRACK READY » Jambalaya First Horse to Work Out at Narragansett Park. ♦ President Walter OHara Planning Gala Inspection Day for Visitors Next Sunday — Issue Books. PAWTUCKET, R. I., July 24.--Jambalaya, five-year-old son of Polymelian and steady and consistent winner in his class and fresh from three straight victories at Syracuse* has the distinction of being the first thoroughbred to gallop over the track at Nap-ragansett Park, the new million dollar plant, which will open on schedule, August 1. Arriving at Pawtucket late last night, with the four-year-olds Holland and Bokie B., James Arthurs brown horse was out at dawn this morning for a one mile workout. Scores of spectators, headed by general superintendent Harry Kees, waited anxiously , for a verdict on the tracks condition as the boy pulled up. It was just a slow gallop and no time was recorded. "Thats going to be the fastest track weve ever raced on," grinned Clem Jones, as he slid off his mount. "Id say that going is perfect right now. They will break records on this track if it gets faster than it is this morning. "The best horses will win the races on this track," commented trainer William Grater, "and by that I mean the straightaways here are so long that the long-striding, free gallopers will have all the distance they ! want to get in their best work. On small I tracks with tricky turns and short straight-; aways, a good horse often will become pocketed and the stretch run is too short when j he finally gets clear. The long stretch here ! makes for truly run contests and thats all , anybody can ask." Racing secretary, Jack Campbell issued ; his first condition book today. It is for the | first ten days racing from August 1 to Au-! gust 11. After August 11, a six-day book will be issued weekly until the inaugural meeting closes Labor Day, September 3. The condition book indicates that secre-! tary Campbell prefers distance races. Sprints there will be, but even these at one mile to one mile and a quarter, will be numerous. On opening day the feature event, the Narragansett Handicap, six furlongs, with ,000 added, will bring out the best sprinters on the grounds. On August 4, the Roger Williams Handicap, one mile, with ,500 added, should attract some of the best han-I dicap horses in the east, while on August 8, the Gaspee Claiming Stakes, six furlongs, with ,500 added, is attractive. The claiming price for the Gaspee is ,000, which as-; sures a quality field of thoroughbreds. Walter OHara, the Narragansett Associa-! tions dynamic president, is on the field in person, driving the contractors and the workmen to get off the job by Friday. He plans to hold open house Sunday for visitors, now being turned away daily from the track, to permit workmen to go ahead un-J impeded. OHara will announce the details of next Sundays open house within a few days. It will be a gala occasion. «
