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j New England News and Notes f i . 1 I I 3 I » ■ t 1 » . . i I I i I j ; I NARRAGANSETT PARK, Pawtucket, b, R. I., April 11. Jockey Johnny Mearle, who used to ride e contract for Alex Pierce and Fred Preece, ;, checked in at Gansett with an army med-t - ical discharge after serving 16 months. Johnny plans to return to the saddle at t the coming meeting. The clever apprentice, Harry Pratt, will 11 lose his apprentice allowance on May 9 and i his employer, Dr. W. I. Lunt, is already Y taking out what might be termed insur-t ance. He is negotiating for the contract t of apprentice Frankie Mallice, a youngster r who rode and won his first race last fall 11 at the Pascoag half-miler. Lunt believes s the boy is a comer. One of the pari-mutuel innovations at t Gansett will be a 0 Daily Double window. This will become standard equipment t at all major tracks and will save much time e for both mutuels clerks and bettors. Arthur Hullcoat arrived from his Balti-. - more home, ready for another Narragan-. - sett Park campaign. Hullcoat has eight t head in training at the track, the stable e having wintered in excellent fashion in a Maryland. Don Lin II. heads the string. ■ Jockey Milton Briggs has joined the sta-| - ble of Miss Joan Beattie and will do all the riding for that extensive string % throughout the current season. Seventeen i head comprise the Beattie stable at the e Pawtucket track. L. "Sport* Haymaker arrived at Narra-j - gansett Park Saturday morning with nine e horses, jockey Willie Turnbull and a couple - of fractured ribs. The injury was sustained - at Hot Springs when he was loading - his horses into the railroad car. Upon i arrival at Gansett, the doctor ordered him i to a hospital, but it is doubtful that he e will listen to advice. Among the 30 horses in Joe Bauers barn i at Gansett are several who might play a b, e ;, - t 11 i Y t r 11 s t t e - - t e a - % i e - e - - - i i e i a major role in the stake races here. Such solid horses as First Draft, Clyde Tolson, Yes or No, Navy, Samhar and Sea Foam are reported at their peak and expected to score early victories. Ben Lester is the sta-s. ble agent and Wendell Eads the contract rider. Jimmy Ferris, who will have charge of the jockeys room here, checked in this morning from Tropical Park. Clyde Locklear, well liked trainer for the Reynolds Bros, stable of Texas, arrived this morning with 15 head. Joe Garrett, whose work as outrider proved so satisfactory last year, returns to the same job for the coming meeting. Joe Camac, the Maryland horseman, who unloaded 22 horses here Saturday from Florida, has been granted additional stalls for six more, which gives him one of the strongest strings on the grounds. He an- nounced this morning he has first claim on the riding services of Paul Keiper, who is expected in this week from Hot Springs, ■ Al Pupino, trainer for Pinetree Farm of Framingham, Mass., will retain the services of jockey Jack Boyle for the season. The Pinetree horses wintered at Framing-1 ham and favored by the open winter are all advanced in condition. Jockey Boyle stayed up north to gallop them, George Seabo, whose return to top form at Hot Springs has been little short of re- markable, will ride at Gansett throughout the spring meeting. George will free lance, but first call on his services will naturally go to his close friend, Anthony Ryan, the contractor from Charles Town, Mass., whose string of seven head will be handled here by Eddie Summers. E. P. Moran registered his lone color-bearer, the three-year-old filly, Tress Rodgers, after her safe arrival from Oak- lawn Park. i
