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Narragansett park stakes twenty Feature Eaces With 7,-500 in Added Money Offered for Summer Meeting. PAWTUCKET, R. I., June 10. Twenty stake races, comprising twelve renewals and eight inaugurals, will provide the high lights of the thirty-seven days of racing offered at Narragansett Parks summer meeting, which opens August 15 and runs through September 26. Added monies for these stakes amount to 7,500, and this sum may be boosted 5,000 providing certain conditions Of the Narragansett Special are fulfilled. Stake books were issued today by racing secretary Pat Horgan. Of outstanding interest among the inaugurals are the opportunities provided for mares and fillies. The Mary Dyer, at one mile and seventy yards, with ,000 added, is restrained to fillies and mares, three-year-olds or older. The Lassie Claiming Stakes, at five and one-half furlongs; with ,500 added, is for two-year-old fillies, fl An important addition to the New England schedule is the New England Oaks, at one mile and a sixteenth, a stake with 5,000 added, confined to three-year-old fil-:lics. This promises to be established as a fixture in short order. I Another interesting departure from the beaten path trod by racing secretaries is the inauguration of a New England Juvenile Handicap, a six-furlong affair with ,000 added, for two-year-olds. This race is confined to juveniles owned at the time of the race by bona fide residents of New Eng-m land. Conditions invite New England sports-men to purchase subscriptions at 0 each for this event, but it is not necessary to name the actual entrant until September 16. Thus potential owners are given two months in which to acquire horses to fill their subscriptions, and, as may be readily understood, the race is written for the express purpose of encouraging New England ownership. The race will be run September 23. One other important addition, is the Nayatt Handicap, run at six furlongs, with ,000 added, for two-year-olds. All stake entries for the summer meeting close Wednesday, July 15. The complete stakes schedule is as follows: August 15 Blackstpne Valley Handicap, ,500, three-year-olds and over, six furlongs. August 19 Shawomet Stakes, ,000, two-year-olds, six furlongs. August 21 Aquidneck Claiming Stakes, ,500, three-year-olds and over, six furlongs. August 22 Roger Williams Handicap, ,000, three-year-olds and over, one mile. August 26 Mary Dyer Handicap, ,000, three-year-olds and over, fillies and mares, one mile and seventy yards. August 28 Tercentenary Claiming Stakes, ,500, three-year-olds and over, one mile and seventy yards. August 29 Fall River Handicap, ,000, three-year-olds and over, one mile and a sixteenth. September 2 Warren Handicap, ,000, three-year-olds, one mile and a sixteenth. September 4 Lassie Claiming Stakes, ,500, two-year-olds, fillies, five and one-half furlongs. September 5 New England Oaks, ,000, three-year-olds, fillies, one mile and a sixteenth. September 7 What Cheer Handicap, ,000, three-year-olds and over, one and one-eighth miles. September 9 Newport Handicap, ,000, three-year-olds and over, six furlongs. September 11 Esek Hopkins Claiming Stakes, ,500, three-year-olds and over, one mile and a sixteenth. September 16 Nayatt Handicap, ,000, two-year-olds, six furlongs. September 16 Narragansett Special, 5,-000 or 0,000, three-year-olds and over, one and three-sixteenth miles. September 18 Lafayette Claiming Stakes, ,500, three-year-olds and over, one and one-eighth miles. September 19 Weybosset Handicap, ,000, all ages, six furlongs. September 23 New England Juvenile Handicap. ,000, two-year-olds, six furlongs. September 25 Beaver Tail Claiming Stakes, ,500, two-year-olds, six furlongs. September 26 Rochambeau Handicap, ,000, three-year-olds and over, one and three-sixteenth miles.
