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♦ , . faKDV., .w.„- - ..jfc.. WW | K fe CHS *Wfc ■:- - JM| k» -"■ r Jut JAMES E. DOOLEY— President of the Narragansett Racing Association. Narragansett to Offer Fifteen Stakes Added Money Valueof Features At Su mmer Meet Total 5,000 5,000 Special Scheduled For Decision on Sept. 12 — Card Mid-Week Fixtures PAWTUCKET, R. I.. May 8.— Fifteen stakes, totalling 5,000 in added money, will be offered at the late summer meeting which opens at Narragansett Park August 10 and runs through 42 racing days till September 26, president James E. Dooley announced today. All of the staies, except the mid-week features, will close on August 1. Mid-week stakes will close seven days before the date of running. The famous 5,000 added Narragansett Special at a mile and three-sixteenths, which again heads the list of the seasons stakes, has been set for decision Saturday, September 12. The Narragansett Special, always a great horse race, has been won in previous years b: such outstanding thoroughbreds as Time Supply, Top Row, Rosemont, Calumet Dick, Stagehand, Challedon, Hash and War Relic. Last season, Whirlaway, generally acclaimed the horse of the year, was second to War Relic. The great Discovery was second in the 1935 and 1936 runnings, and Seabiscuit, worlds greatest money winner, was third in 1937. The 1942 renewal should again attract the brightest stars in the handicap division. Three 0,000 Races Three 0,000 added stakes are down for decision at the meeting. These are the New England Oaks, at a mile and a sixteenth, for three-year-old fillies on August 29; the James H. Connors Memorial Stakes, at six furlongs, for two-year-olds, on Labor Day, September 7, and the Governors Handicap, a a mile and an eighth, for three-year-olds and upward, September 26. The James H. onnors Memorial was formely run as the Old Colony Stakes and invariably attracted top flight fields. The name was changed last season to honor the memory of the former chairman of the board of directors. There will be five additional stakes, each with ,000 added. Mid-week stakes, which were abandoned at Narragansett during the past three years, are being revived to give horsemen a chance at higher purse earnings. Six of these events will be held on Wednesdays during the meeting, with a purse of ,500 added to each. This season the weights for the Narragansett Special will be announced ten days in advance of the race instead of five days hitherto. This will give horsemen throughout the country a longer time t study the handicap and to tighten their horses for the race if they decide to accept the weights. Attractions Listed The complete list of stakes follows: Pawtucket Handicap, August 10, ,000, three-year-olds and upward, six furlongs. Shawomet Stakes, August 12, ,500, two-year-olds, colts and geldings, six furlongs. King Phillip Handicap, August 15, ,000, three-year-olds and upward, one mile and a sixteenth. Betsy Williams, August 19, ,500, three-year-olds, fillies, six furlongs. Jeanne dArc Stakes, August 22, ,000, two-year-olds, fillies, six furlongs. » ■ Narraganestt Claiming Stakes, August 26, ,500, three-year-olds and upward, six i furlongs. New England Oaks, August 29, 0,000, i three-year-olds, fillies, one mile and a six-j teenth. Fall River Claiming Stakes, September 2, j ,500, three-year-olds and upward, one I mile and a sixteenth. Mary Dyer Handicap, September 5, ,000, three-year-olds and upward, fillies and mares, one mile and a sixteenth. James H. Connors Memorial Stakes, Sep-, tember 7, 0,000, two-year-olds, six fur- longs. Narragansett Special, September 12, ] 5,000, three-year-olds and upward, one ! mile and three -sixteenths. Wannamoisett Stakes, September 16, ,500, two-year-olds, fillies, six furlongs. James C. Thornton Memorial, September 19, ,000, three-year-olds and upward, six furlongs. Nyatt Stakes, September 23. ,500, two-year-olds, colts and geldings, six furlongs. Governors Handicap, September 26, 0,000, three-year-olds and upward, one mile and an eighth. Entries close August 1, except for midweek features, which will close seven days in advance of date of running.
