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NARRAGANSETTS FINAL WEE Spring Meeting of 1936 Surpasses Last Years Session in Every Way. i Three Stake Races Provided for Remaining Days, With ,000 Old Colony Reserved for Saturdays Farewell Card. PAWTUCKET, R. I.. May 18.— Sweeping into the closing stages of the spring meeting with a record of success 25 per cent ahead of ; 1935, Narragansett Park hits the peak with three stake races set for decision in the final six days. On Wednesday will be featured the Betsy Williams, for three-year-old fillies, with ,000 added, run over a mile and seventy yards; Friday, the Gaspee Claiming Stakes, for threc-vear-olds and over, ,500 added, over six furlongs, and Saturday, the most important two-year-old race of the meeting, I the Old Colony, with ,000, and the young- j sters are to be sent five furlongs. Several good misses are likely to parade to the post in the Betsy Williams. Mr. ! Nightingale, nom de course of Elizabeth Arden, has shipped Little Miracle from New j York especially for this race. The unbeaten Whitney Stone filly is another under traveling orders. W. J. "Buddy" Hirsch has Columbiana on the grounds and keyed for the race, while the A. G. Tarn-W. C. Stroube combination is turning out an entry in Miss Bam and Bay Bubble. Hal Price Head-ley sends woid along that either Sparta or Pelerine, or both, may sport his navy blue I and white silks. The race looms up as a real teat for filly racers in these parts. The Gaspee Claiming Stakes, with a top j and bottom from ,500 to ,000, will attract | a large field of better-than-average sprint- j ers. Quel Jeu, off his last race here, when he dashed through the stretch to win, wil take a lot of stopping, although Eddie j Haughton has prepared Advising Anna es- I pecially for this event. Dancing Doll, War- j ren Jr., Stocks, Happy Bolivar, Seabiscuit, Happy Knot and Sandy Beach, Bubblesome, Undulate, Notice Me, Wise Anne and Deduce are others likely to provide stern contention. The Old Colony, scheduled for closing day, is rounding out into New Englands two- j year-old classic. Won by Time Flight in its i inaugural year, 1934, and by Bright and j Early in 1935, the race looms up as a real attraction this year, with such flyers as the ; Araho Stable champion Jackie D., Weston i Adams Conservative and Tommy Taylors Planetoid listed as certain starters. All that l is needed to focus national interest on Nar- j ragansett next Saturday is the presence in the field of A. G. Vanderbilts record holder, Airflame, and there is a strong likelihood that the young sportsman will pick up the gauntlet. Given a clear day and a fast track, these | youngsters will probably smash the track five-eighths record, which is :8§%, and stands to the joint credit of Seabiscuit and Bright and Early. Any of the quartet are potential record breakers. In effortless fashion ten days ago, Jackie D. registered :52-f, for four and a half furlongs. Running against a strong wind through the stretch. Conservative turned in :524/f,, while Planetoid, in a race where she broke very slowly, coasted through in :53, flat. Airflame, of course, is the worlds record holder at three-eighths, with a marvelous effort in :33. Others likely to start in the Old Colony are Brookmeades Company and Devils Banner, Calumet Farms Talked About. Fairbanks and Craigs High Haste, W. H. Gallaghers Bye Bye Will and Chanting, T. B. Martins Balkenese, Mr. Nightingales Cardi-nalis, Joe Roberts Prince Sador, H. C. Wolfes Motion Picture, Motor City Stables Front Fender, while Hal Price Headley and the Willis Sharpe Kilmer stables have three and five nominations respectively from which to draw a candidate. ♦ —
