view raw text
MORE PAWTUCKET ARRIVALS Fourteen Horses Reach Narragansett Park From Hot Springs. Mrs. L. E. OTooles Blue Ridge Farm to Make Debut in New England More Westerners Expected. PAWTUCKET, R. L, April 5. Fourteen horses, hot from Hot Springs, rolled into the Narragansett Park siding yesterday afternoon for a brief respite before again picking up the hunt for victory starting April 22. The "Arkansas travellers" were consigned to the barns of Glenn Felkner, John Thor-wald, Jesse Brin and Mrs. V. R. Hopper. Felkner, whose blue and white silks romped home consistently all last year in New England, will again send a formidable group to the Gansett front trenches. The star of his outfit is the local favorite Gallant Stroke, a surprising development of the handicap colony during the winter months. Felkner also shipped in Aureate and Float Away. The Texas stable of John Thorwald, numbering Jerdan, Out of Fire, Imperial Maryan, also returned to Rhode Island on the. Hot Springs special, flanked by. another Lone Star string owned by Jesse Brin. Ramrod,. Ida Tarp and The Jurist are the best known of his small but consistent stable in charge of former jockey Frank Kurinec. Mrs. Hopper, whose good horse Zor was a standby of local racegoers several years back, also arrived with Sir Windsor. The Hot Springs contingent was the forerunner of several other shipments from the same point. Mrs. L. E. OTooles Blue Ridge Farm, trained by Otto Bagley, is deserting Chicago for the first time in favor of a New England campaign. W. D. Buck is also sending the Gillespie Land and Irrigation stable from the .Arkansas Spa, headed by Sky Lanty and Sky Brigade, honest and capable handicap eligibles. The Bagley stars include Wise Barrister, winner of his last two sprints at Oaklawn Park, and Elooto, whose name, spelled backwards, is that of L. E. OToole, his owner. -Elooto likes a distance of ground and a handicap field of contenders. Upward of 100 horses in all will make the trip from Arkansas, including .many stables new to New England. With one thousand thoroughbreds on the waiting list, the Narragansett officials were able to be a bit more choosy about the brand of horseflesh accommodated at the spring meeting and only the better-grade racers were accepted. It all sums up to a grand total of "bigger and better" sport than ever before.
