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i ! j j I j j . ■ 1 ; 1 j | KING PHILIP HANDICAP TODAY -9 First Feature Event of Program at Narragansett Park. » Eleven Good Horses Named to Compete fof ,000 Added Trize — New Deal Is Assigned Top Weight. ■ PAWTUCKET, R. I., May 8.— The first of New Englands important stakes events takes place at the local track here tomorrow afternoon. The event, the King Philip Handicap, for three-year-olds and over, to race a mile and a sixteenth for a prize of ,000 added, serves as the introductory to a series of important fixtures that are to follow. Eleven of the better horses in training here have been named overnight to perform in nine different interests. Of these the Araho Stables Howard, recently in Maryland, where he scored an impressive victory over some good ones and performed well in the Philadelphia Handicap, has been assigned 109 pounds, two pounds less than the top weight which has beer, assigned his stableir.ate, New Deal, which has been racing in improved fashion, and Allen Z., a surprise winner on the occasion of his recent start in the Narragansett Handicap, in which he scored over the worlds record holder, Clang, Identify and New Deal. J. K. Houssells establishment, which campaigned in California during the winter, has named Toro Flight, which gets in the race with the feather of ninety-five pounds. The four-year-old Toro colt was a two-time winner during his California campaign, winning the San Rafael Handicap and a lesser race called the Sacramento Purse. The latter score was on the occasion of his most recent start. Since arriving at the local grounds he has been working well and appears at his top form. Toration. a stable-mate to the light weight, appears to be too ambitiously placed to receive serious consideration. Gallant Prince, which was scheduled to make his 1936 New England debut in the Fort Adams Claiming Stakes, declined to take up the 107 pounds and try for the more important money. Trainer Tom Driscoll has the Gallant Fox performer in first class rac- ing condition and expects the stayer to give an excellent account of himself. Allen Z. delivered a particularly game per-I formance in the Narragansett Handicap on opening day and must be given every con-! sideration. The Pharamond II. geking is especially partial to the local track and demonstrated his ability to go a route heie last year. It was at this park that W. G. Clys-I dale acquired the gelding via the claiming I route, which was one of the highest-priced claims made in this sector during t ■■ 1935 season. Steel Cutter, in under 102 pounds, gives I Townsend B. Martin a strong hand in the 1 race. The Sir Greysteel four-year-old established a track record at Hialeah Park last j winter when he raced a mile in 1:35 under ninety-three pounds. Fidelis, from the locally-owned stable of B. N. Kane, has proved his worth on various occasions, but is inclined to favor a softer track than that promised for tomorrow. Wise Prince has in the past been considered a sprinter of merit. He has drawn 105 pounds in the weight arrangement and, racing with routers of this class, may find himself up against a tough proposition. The feature is supported by the Scituate Purse. This calls together sprinters of the better order and finds Arden Farms fre-; quent winner. Quel Jeu, carrying 116 pounds, as the probable favorite. W. A. Jones Boston Brook, which turned in an impres-I sive effort here last out. and Great Haste appear to be tha chief rivals of the Arden Farms performer. Six other well balanced fields promise to j attract the largest crowd of the meeting to the local thoroughbred proving ground.
