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Here and There j on the Turf j j Stakes Will Aid Narragansett I Sport j Bonus for Special Seems Un- I PT likely j Bushaway May Have Needed I J Race He Lost j I Detroit Derby Draws Eastern j Colts j During the second meeting at Narragansett Park, opening August 15 and closing September 26, twenty stakes will be offered or at least one every two days. They are well divided as to divisions and distances and should be the means of attracting many horses of the better type to Walter OHaras track. The principal feature, of course, is the Narragansett Special, which was inaugurated two years ago when Time Supply was victorious. In the second running Top Row brought to an end Discoverys parade through the handicap division. OHara again offers a purse of 5,000 for the mile and three-sixteenths event and will double it if the field includes two winners of the Kentucky Derby, Preakncss, Belmont Stakes or Arlington Classic this season. At this time the chances of the Narragansett Special purse being doubled, appears very remote because a colt other than Granville will have to win the race, what with Bold .Venture out of commission. All the other Narragansett stakes are of modest value, yet they arc rich enough to stimulate considerable interest among the horsemen, who can be expected to concentrate on making their second class thoroughbreds good enough to participate in these events. Seven of the races will be endowed with S5.0QO each and they will be offered on Saturdays, except the opening one and on Labor Day. The Inaugural feature will have ,500 added. Every Wednesday will be marked by a stake worth 53,000 and on other days of the week the ,500 affairs will be carded. While in the past Narragansett has staged overnight events with purses of this value, the fact that they are stakes will command more interest as well as causing them to be richer, due to nomination and starting fees. The highlight of Michigan racing occurs Saturday with the renewal of the Detroit Derby over the mile and three-sixteenths distance for a 5,000 purse. It appears a more wide open race, now that Rushaway was beaten in a mile and seventy wards affair on Tuesday. However, the A. G. Tarn three-year-old may have been in need of the effort, as he has done but little training since winning the Illinois and Latonia Dcrbys on successive days, more than two -weeks ago. Asked to take up 124 pounds, the Haste gelding was unable to run down k Sir Jim James as that colt carried 107 pounds and equalled the track record. Considering that the race will sharpen him up satisfactorily for Saturdays engagement, Rushaway stands a very excellent chance Continued on thirty-sixtl page. HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. of winning his fourth Derby as he has decisively beaten three of his leading oppon- ents in previous engagements. Hollyrood and Bow and Arrow finished behind him at Latonia and Dnieper was unable to stop him in the Illinois Derby. Additional interest in the race is beings created by the probable presence of the Wheatley stables Teufel and C. V. Whitneys Bright Plumage, both of which had excellent opportunities yesterday to make ready for the engagement by their participation in the Shevlin Stakes at Aqueduct. Bright Plumage was a factor in the Florida Derby and won the Derby Consolation at Tropical Park and Teufel defeated Granville in the Wood Memorial Stakes. Corundum would be considered as a Detroit Derby possibility but for the injury he suffered in the Belmont Stakes. His stablemate, Cavalcade, triumphed in the first running of the event and Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane has many friends in the Michigan metropolis, her former home, so the Brookmeade Stable owner has more than passing interest in the Detroit Derby. Ira Hanford. who unquestionably is the most capable rider of the day, enjoying the apprentice allowance, cost himself a triple Tuesday by his attempt at strategy in the handling of Invermark in the Exile Handicap at Aqueduct. Hanford sent the Wheatley stable three-year-old to the front at the start and he held sway until the last few strides when Play Chance came up fast on the inside to get the verdict. The TJohvska lad permitted Invermark to come off the rail in the final sixteenth as Time Clock was charging slowly on the outside, and enabled Play Chance to get through along the rail. Had Invermark held his position, Play Chance would have been compelled to go to the outside, finding trouble In fining so because of the presence there of Time Clock and Star Shadow. Hanford is a heady lad and should profit from that error. He is one young jockey who can be expected to hold his own against the top notchers, even after the apprenticeship expires next month.
