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ACTIVE AT NARRAGANSETT Track Now Open for Training Work Numerous Arrivals. Big Shipment From Tropical Park Seventeen Stalls Ready for J. Woods Garth String. PAWTUCKET, R. I., April 6. A steady parade of thoroughbred horseflesh from North, East, South and West began marching on Narragansett Park as officials of the Rhode Island racing plant threw open all training facilities on April 1. The racing secretarys office was flooded with telegrams from owners, serving warning that their horses would arrive at the track within the next few days. A score of horses are already stabled here, awaiting the opening of the spring meeting on May 1. Johnny Shugrue, popular New England trainer, shipped in his useful string of five Infinata, Joy Flag, All Agog, Mofo and Auntie Peyton which had been wintered in Whitinsville, Mass. Flying Amazon, owned by Lloyd Gilliam, accompanied the Shugrue string here. Word was received from Miami that a special car would leave Florida immediately with the horses of J. C. Richardson, J. A. Coburn and W. V. Casey. CAMPBELLS BIG STRING. Harvey Campbell, leading trainer at Narragansett Park last fall, who has just completed a highly successful winter season in Florida, is shipping his fit string of sixteen, including the handicap ace and New England favorite. Lady Higloss. The largest of the consignments expected will be the seventeen horses of J. Woods Garth, led by Don Guzman, expected to be named for practically all the important stakes at the spring meeting. The horses of Mrs. A. Rossiter, Joe Gorga, Mrs. F. Williams and Lew Williams, Mrs. A. Rotelli, Frank Coltiletti, Al Ketchel and Bert Blume were shipped to Pawtucket immediately after the close of the Tropical Park meeting on Saturday. The stabling area was a hive of activity today. Large crews were bedding down stalls for the early arrivals. Water and lights were being turned on at all the barns. Preparations for opening the boarding kitchen were well under way. The grain shed was doing a land-office business. After a thorough inspection of the track superintendent Harry Kees declared it to be in perfect condition safe and fast and threw it open for workouts.
