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| , 1 NARRAGANSETT TURF NOTES ] 4 — $ Woodsaw was the only Bristol Handicap candidate to work out Thursday morning, breezing an easy three-eighths in :38%. Un- i seasonable weather, with a cold, drizzling rain, kept others in the stables. ; Yancey Christmas will arrive at Gansett Friday morning, bringing seven head, which he will campaign in New England this summer. Fair Time, after working three-eighths of a mile, ran away for a mile before being pulled up Thursday morning. The first get of the good handicap per- ; former Gov. Sholtz arrived at the Massachu- ; setts farm of P. A. Shaw, a colt foal from the mare Pocket putting in an appearance. Bob McAuliff e, who is assisting racing secretary Bob Shelley, has received and distributed condition books for the thirty-three-day meeting of the Cleveland Jockey Club. The meeting at the North Randall race track will run from May 27 to July 4. Mc-Auliffe will receive stall applications here until the close of the Gansett meeting on May 13. * - Forty Eight, W. H. Gallaghers good stake horse, will arrive here Friday to run in the Bristol Handicap on Saturday. Jockey J. Ashcroft will ride the Gallagher entry. Racing secretary Bob Shelley has received condition books for the Arlington Park, Chicago, meeting, which opens June 26 and runs through July 29. G. H. Coyle, Texas horseman who is campaigning a string here, returned from a business trip to the Lone Star State. He is very optimistic over the prospects for the return of racing in Texas. Trainer Dune McDermid reported that Blind Pig would not start in the Bristol Handicap on Saturday. The gelding, favorite in the Lexington Purse Wednesday, went to his knees at the start and cut a quarter so badly that he will be laid up for some time. Jockey J. G. Wilson, who rode Be Blue to victory in the Spring Handicap for T. H. Heard, Jr., will again be aboard the filly in the Bristol Handicap, Saturdays feature.
