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PAWTUCKET BEGINNING Narragansett Park Opens Long New England Season Today Dozen Sprinters Named for 3500 3500Narragansett Narragansett Handicap Araho ArahoStables Stables Mucho Gusto Favorite PAWTUCKET R I April 30 At 215 tomorrow afternoon the notes of a bugle will sound at Narragansett Park and the trumpet call will be sweet music to New Englanders for it will signal the opening of the racing season at the major tracks in this section that will not end until Armistice Day late in the autumn During the course of the next six months there will be three meetings at Narragansett Park two at Suffolk Downs in Boston and two at Rockingham Park up in Salem N H just across the Massachusetts border line lineIt It is expected that at least 25000 fans will turn out at Walter OHaras Klondyke of the turf to welcome the horses back to the Down East course where racing has been amazingly successful since it was revived at Rockingham Park four years back Narragansett has always topped its rival tracks in the matter of crowds and handle and OHara is confident that his ¬ tory will repeat itself during the season of 1937 1937The The 3500 added Narragansett Handicap is the main attraction on thet opening card The sixfurlong event has drawn an over ¬ night field of an even dozen including sev Continued on thirtyfourth page PAWTUCKET BEGINNING Continued from first page eral of the fastest sprinters quartered here Mucho Gusto which flaunts the dotted silks of Mrs Walter OHaras Araho Stable is the probable favorite The horse has been brought to form by trainer Bobby Curran and has been working exceptionally well since his triumph in the Rowe Memorial in Maryland In that race he drove home a short head in front of Zoic a campaigner he faces again tomorrow afternoon Mucho Gusto under 119 is giving Zoic seven pounds New Deal is entered in the Narragansett as a stable companion of Mucho Gusto but is not expected to start He has also been named for the South County Handicap at a mile and a sixteenth In that race he faces an easier task and the distance is more to his liking likingPLENTY PLENTY OF SPEED SPEEDThe The Narragansett field has attracted some fast horses Bill Farnsworth a New York campaigner was shipped here espe ¬ cially for the race and will make the best of them step fast if they are to defeat him He is equal starting high weight with Mucho Gusto under 119 Harvey Camp ¬ bell has Miss Anita Doris Lady Higloss in the race raceSound Sound Advice and Reaping will run in the interest of Mrs A M Creech Reaping is the more formidable of the pair off the testimony of the charts but if either re ¬ turns a top race he could win the pot potIt It looked today as if the famed OHara luck would hold in the matter of weatherl It was sunny and warm on the eve of the opening although the track was deep and heavy from the recent downpours that have inundated this section of the country countrySERIOUS SERIOUS HANDICAP HANDICAPThe The pnly fly in the ointment today was a general hotel and restaurant strike in Providence Turfmen checking into hostel ries in the city were forced to carry their bags and either wait long minutes for the single elevator in operation or walk up to the rooms Most of them dined at store counters It was believed the strike might be arbitrated by tomorrow however howeverEvery Every race on the card has filled to over ¬ flowing and the supporting program is one of high merit The South County second ¬ ary attraction has drawn a field of eight secondflight stake horses and should af ¬ ford an interesting contest contestThe The plant itself is in entire readiness Today the uniformed employes and Mort Shaws mutuel crew were put through a West Point dress parade and were pro ¬ nounced ready for the battle of the tote tomorrow afternoon afternoonTheres Theres little left to do except for starter Buddy Wingfield to yell Come on
