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1 NARRAGANSETT PARK NOTES X j 1 Rhode Island has a favorite obsession at i this time of year, "watching the horses come in." While more than 150 horres were arriving at Narragansett Park, literally thousands of automobiles were lined up at the steel fence which encircles the park, filled with horse enthusiasts from every part of New England. At the loading and unloading chute, which connects with the stabling area, some three to four thousand persons were perched at every point of vantage, to inspect the prima donnas of the turf as they daintily picked their way from the horse pullmans to the , raceirack, which will be their home and workshop for the next month. I Probably the happiest owner to hit Nar- 1 ragansett was the quiet and sincere Joe Roberts, who brought nine head of horses headed by Tugboat Frank, Prince Sador, Mixwell and Milk. Joe always waxe3 enthusiastic about Narragansett, which he regards as I his lucky spot-and it is a fact that Roberts jhas always, to date, replenished a bankroll j here that has become attenuated by the i rigors of winter racing. I Eddie Haughton pulled in with eighteen head from Texas, including Miss Greenock, Civil War, Cascapedia and Tarping, to report that no fewer than eleven carloads of horses are following him from Arlington Downs to arrive here on Thursday. "This racetrack is better today than, it has ever been since I have ridden over it" was the remark of jockey Charlie Stevenson after he had worked four of the big Dix-iana string. Several other qualified riders have made the same remark and it is significant to note that horses have been working here in mid-summer times. Incidentally, the dockers active at Narragansett have made their peace with Boss Walter E. OHara, assuring him that all works will be faithfully recorded without any omissions whatsoever. F. C. Haldy, trainer of the Dallas Stable, arrived from Texas with nine horses. Former jockey Lloyd Fage accompanied the stable here and will assist Haldy. "Whitey" Danenhauer checked in at Narragansett Park from California and immediately took over the book of jockey Johnny Deering, who will ride in New England throughout the 1937 season. Nine racing stables, including nearly 100 head of horses, arrived at Narragansett Park Thursday morning from Havre de Grace. They comprised the Mormile Stable, the strings of G. C. Brenton, Pete Clausen, A. H. Utterback, E. Corrillo, L. Haymaker, Ben Chapman and Guy Milton.
