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TASK CONFRONTS BOB SHELLEY More Than 1,400 Stable Applications on Hand at Pawtucket. Few Official Positions Yet Unfilled at Nar-ragansett Workmen to Begin Tasks Next Week. PAWTUCKET, R. I., April 14. Applications for more than 1,400 stalls at the summer meeting commencing August 1, await the arrival here of racing Secretary Bob Shelley. This tribute to the tracks popular- j ity is paid despite the fact that practically no contact work among horsemen has yet been undertaken. Shelley telephoned this morning that he has already accepted many stall applications and stake nominations in Florida so, although there are 1,560 stalls at Narragan-sett, Bobs New England debut is likely to be accompanied by the headache of accommodating and attempting to satisfy one-half of the owners and trainers that wish to race here this summer. STALL APPLICATIONS. The better known stall applications received here this summer are from George Alexandra, Philip Bieber, Brookmeade Stable, Col. Phil Chinn, Coward and Coffey, E. B. Carpenter, Miss A. Doris, Charles Gentry, W. H. Gallagher, L. Haymaker, H. and H. Stock Farm, Max and Mary Hirsch, Dion K. Kerr, A. G. MarcHant, H. T. McLeod, T. P. Morgan, C. P. Miles, Jr.; Oddesa Farms, C. W. Phelan, Sol. Rutchick, Paul A. Shaw, J. B. Stewart, D. J. Sullivan III., L. T. Whitehill, A. H. Waterman, W. G. Wilson, T. B. Young and Wm. Zakoor. There are still a few positions on the racing staff to be filled, but as there are ten worthy applicants for each position vacant, no trouble will be experienced in this direction. Shelley reports the appointment of G. R. "Buddy" Wingfield as starter and Tom Thorp and Sam Nuckols to the stewards stand, have made a great hit with horsemen in the southlands. COMPLETE ARRANGEMENTS. Meanwhile judge James E. Dooley has completed all arrangements for the annual reconditioning of this beautiful course. Commencing next week carpenters, painters, plumbers, electricians, gardeners and the track crew go to work overhauling every inch of the entire plant. Over in the stable area all roofs and doors will be made water tight, all electric lines and connections checked over, the fire prevention devices coupled up again, the roads graded and the whole area painted afresh. The clubhouse and grandstand are to be re-stuccoed, all chairs, woodwork and the miles of inside and outside fences are to be repainted. Every foot of the countless miles of electrical cable in the totalizator must be checked over and repairs made where necessary. As the final touch the gardeners will set their later summer plants and shrubbery. Narragansett will look more beautiful than ever when its swings into action August 1.
