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MUCHO GUSTO RETURNS HOME Arrives at Narragansett Park, His Favorite Stamping Grounds. Son of Marvin May Sweetheart Time Racing in Silks of Ramsey and Coppage Stake Nominee. PAWTUCKET, R. I., Oct 11. "Biff Gus" is home again. Mucho Gusto, New Englands prodigal rac- j ing son, stepped off an express car, sniffed the familiar Narragansett Park air and was 1 then led docilely away to one of the spacious i Gansett barns to munch hay while awaiting the autumn meeting that gets under sail on October 13 to run through November 12. There have been few more popular horses than Mucho Gusto in the history of New England racing. It was in the black and white silks of the Araho Stable that he first made his presence known among the nations stake and handicap performers. On all kinds of tracks, and packing all sorts of weight, "Mucho Guts," as some fondly called him, saluted the judges time without number, piling up earnings of better than 0,000 i in one year over Yankee-land tracks. Now, in the colors of Ramsey and Cop-page, the six-year-old son of Marvin May Sweetheart Time returns to the scene of his greatest triumphs. Winner this year of seven stakes, and with 1938 earnings of upwards of 5,000, he has been named for most of the Narragansett Park fall stakes. If he maintains his consistent form, he should attract plenty of attention at the mutuel windows. HAS OTHER STARS. Mucho Gusto was not the only good horse to be unloaded at Gansett by Kirby Ramsey. ! The Kentucky horseman shipped sixteen head to the Rhode Island course from the Middle West, including Palamede, Birdlea, Bow and Arrow, and Indian Head, all high grade performers and eligible for the autumn stakes. Fly Ahead, Brandon Prince, Mordecai, Dolly Whisk, Jocks Betsy, Eena, Stella Mc, Helmor, Straight Thru, Miss Marsh and String Along were others in the shipment. I It is the stake horses, naturally, which at- J tract the bulk of attention, yet Ramsey un- J loaded one of the gamest horses in training J in the nine-year-old Brandon Prince. De-j spite his age, this relic of the stone age continues to roll right along, with nine firsts I to his credit since the turn of the year. Horses many years his junior would give their right hoof for a similar record. Brandon Prince has dropped many rungs down j the ladder since the days when he raced j against the top notchers of the turf, but hes j still game and honest and no fan can ask 1 for more. j
