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NARRAGANSETT TURF NOTES i The veteran George Seabo has been en ¬ gaged by R W Collins to ride Don Lopez in the Old Colony Stakes on Saturday The son of Don Leon in his first start last Tuesday raced greenly but finished third in a fine field fieldTrainer Trainer Lou Williams announced Thurs ¬ day morning that he was shipping his string of eight thoroughbreds including one of New Englands favorite platers General A to Agawam Park immediately after the close of the meeting here hereFavorites Favorites here continue to score with un ¬ precedented regularity five visiting the win ¬ ners circle on Wednesday In 128 races during the first sixteen days of the spring meeting fiftyseven public choices have fin ¬ ished in front for the extraordinary per ¬ centage of 445 Nineteen others have placed and sixteen showed Only thirtysix favorites or a percentage of 285 were out of the money moneyMayor Mayor Howard W Jackson of Baltimore Md will arrive in Providence Friday night with a iarge party of friends to witness the running of the Old Colony Stakes here on Saturday This fixture has attracted the choice twoyearolds in training in the East EastBecause Because repairs have not been completed on the railroad bridge over the Lieutenant River in Connecticut it has been necessary to cancel the Saturday run of the Gansett Flyer from New York City New Haven rail ¬ road officials announced Thursday Boston trains of course run as usual usualRacing Racing secretary Pat Horgan will turn over the facilities of his office on Saturday to racing secretary Jim Monroe of Suffolk Downs and one of Monroes assistants will take entries here for the opening days rac ¬ ing at the Boston track on Monday
