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I NARRAGANSETT PARK NOTES : Tommy Heard, Jr., brought in twelve head from Keeneland. Panther Creek headed the H and H Stock Farm string, which included Don Lopez, To the Rescue, Open Gate, Bright Sox, Deep Summer, Be Blue, Pripo, Our Laddie, Blue Flame and Pry Baby. Tom Heard, Sr., accompanied young Tom and paid an early visit to the administration building. Jockey Willie Duffy will do the riding for the H and H outfit W. C. Stroubes powerful stable arrived from Florida in charge of trainer Mickey Harrison. This outfit brought in fifteen head including Sirasia, Kenty Miss, Pit Terrier, Husky Queen, High Arch, Sculptress, Cabaleeta, Air Actress, Jeane Jock, Buzz Me, Exarch, Chief Council, Aerial Fleet, Hard Lu and Moon Robber. Bobby Goldman, custodian of the press box and veteran of the tracks publicity department, arrived. Robin spent the winter in Florida, where he held down positions at Hialeah and Tropical Park. He made the return trip by plane and declares he will use no other means of transportation in the future. Harry I. Day, whose electric eye camera will again be in operation, arrived with a crew of assistants. Winter wrappings were taken from the camera and preparations made for testing the mechanism under actual race conditions later in the week. Printer Joe Sullivan came in from Lowell to get the track printing plant in shape for the daily output of programs. "Doc" Cole, track veterinarian, gave the stables the "once-over" and declared everything in fine shape for the opening, now less than two weeks away. Mi.key Harrison, who trains for W. C. Stroube, is exceedingly high over the prospects of a bunch of two-year-olds he has here. Mickey popped several buttons off his vest this morning endeavoring to convince some of the boys that Exarch is the fastest thing on four legs. The youngster equalled the track record for three furlongs at Hialeah, covering the distance in :33 flat, officially. Mickey insists that dockers caught the bay son of Greenock and Court Song in :32. Willie Booth, who formerly trained for Mrs. Emil Denemark, and who now conditions the horses of Leo, J. Marks Le Mar stable, was a late applicant for stalls, at Gansett.
