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NARRAGANSETT SUCCESSFUL Meeting One of Best in History of Popular Pawtucket Track. Challedon and War Admirals Victories Thrill Record Daily Double of ,591 Big Days. PAWTUCKET, R. I. Nov. 19. The thrilling stretch drive to victory in Challedon in the New England Futurity and War Admirals convincing demonstration of superiorly in the Rhode Island Handicap, were but two of the outstanding events of the successful thirty-three-day fall meeting at Narragansett Park, which came to an end today, j The Armistice Day crowd of 45,000, a record- : breaking "Daily Double" pay-off of ,591, the j response of the public to the two Charity Days and the extension of the meeting at the request of horsemen were among the highlights which helped make the fall session a standout. Opening after a hurricane which wrought havoc in New England, Gansett did not really hit its stride until the second part of the meeting. Once under way however, both attendance and mutuel handle gathered impetus and midway of the meeting, business was moving at normal speed. The meeting, originally scheduled for twenty-seven days was extended by six days with permission of the Rhode Island Division of Horse Racing. ! ARMISTICE DAY "HANDLE." During the thirty-three-day period, the; average daily mutuel handle was around j 20,000. The best single day of the f all j meeting was Armistice Day, when a crowd of 45,000 poured 32,678 through the mutuel windows. Two days net receipts were devoted to Rhode Island charities. For these two days the association contributed its net profits, all employees from top to bottom donated a days pay, H. M. Stevens, Inc., grandstand and clubhouse concessionaires, Tom Trulis, track kitchen operator, and Sullivan Brothers, program printers, each contributed a days net profits. Policies inaugurated by the new management at the summer meeting were continued I through the fall meeting. Post delays were i eliminated to a degree that was felt at the mutuel windows, but the management kept its promise to give first consideration to racing and the public. The calibre of racing was maintained at the high level established at the summer meeting. New stables, new horses and new jockeys contributed much to the success of the meeting. The leading money-winning owner of the session was of course, W. L. Brann, owner of Challedon, winner of the New England Futurity. This event was worth 3,410 to Mr. Brann. NASH, LEADING RIDER. Apprentice jockey Ronnie Nash led the other riders a merry chase for top honors. While no definite plans have been made for 1939, judge James E. Dooley, president of the association, has announced that all three New England tracks will present a solid front and co-operate on the alternation of dates. An informal discussion on dates will be held about the first of the year. With the 1938 racing season brought to a successful close Narragansett has every reason to look forward with confidence to an even bigger and better season in 1939.
