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Expect Stronger Fields For Narragansett Races Horses Who Wintered in North Now Have Had Time to Work PAWTUCKET, R. I. April 22.— Consider- ably stronger fields promise to be the order ■ft Narragansett Park as the meeting! swings into its eleventh day on Monday, Horses from Florida and Hot Springs have had time to put in several works over the strip and those who wintered in the North and confined their activities to medium-paced gallops have been set down for more serious trials. For the past 10 days, racing secretary! Mathias Shea has been compelled to close his entries late in order to obtain full fields, but from now on the Maryland man will adhere closely to the scheduled closing time. A further and stronger inducement! for horsemen to make entries early is the fact that the management voluntarily raised the purse distribution for an average of 60 per day. With opportunities of-j fered for every type of thoroughbred to compete, competition should be keen. Mondays best race is the Arcade, a con- dition race for four-year-olds and up over a mile and 70 yards for a purse of ,800.1 Tuesday features the Patriot, another allowance affair for horses of like age to meet at a mile and a sixteenth for an ,800 purse. The Concord, a six furlongs event for four-year-olds, with a ,000 purse, is Wednesdays headline attraction.! Another allowance race, the Nantucket, for four-year-olds and upward over a mile and a sixteenth, heads the list on Thursday.! The Cape Cod is Fridays top offering. It is a sprint for four-year-olds and upward,! valued at ,800. The sixth running of the Bristol Handi- cap, over six furlongs for three-year-olds! and upward, with ,000 added, is the fea-j ture for next Saturday, April 29 — an ,800 purse affair for four-year-olds over a mile and a sixteenth is the secondary feature! and a ,600 race, three ,500 events, one! ,300 and two ,200 offerings complete,! the nine-race week-end card. j ; j j I i j j ! j : i " j i | j i
