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Set Stake Dates At Narragansett 5,000 Special Will Be Run Sept. 16 and Connors Memorial One Week Later PROVIDENCE, R. I., June 29. Datei for the Narragansett autumn meeting stakes have now been set by racing secretary M. C. "Ty" Shea, following conferences with New Yorks racing secretary, John B. Campbell, and with Garden State Parks racing secretary, Charles McLennan, which completed an arrangement whereby the three tracks will not compete with each other by drawing upon the same class ol horses on the same day. Thus, the 0,000 James H. Connors Memorial Stakes, a Labor Day fixture here since its inception in 1934, has been moved back to September 23, so as not to compete for the top two-year-olds against Garden States Walt Whitman Stakes, already slated for the September holiday date. Avoid Conflict j The famous 5,000 Narragansett Special, which has always featured the Saturday before closing of the autumn meet this year September 23 has been moved up one week to September 16, so as to not conflict with the Manhattan Handicap, that will probably be decided at Belmont on September 23. Both stakes call for three-year-olds and upward that run over a distance of ground. The stake list follows: The Pawtucket Handicap, three-year-olds and upward, ,000 added, six furlongs, August 19. The Newporrstakes, colts and geldings, two-year-olds, ,000 added, six furlongs, August 19. John E. Martin Handicap, three-year-olds .and upward, ,000 added, six furlongs, August 26. Jeanne dArc Stakes, fillies, two-year-olds, ,000 added, six furlongs, August 26. King Philip Handicap, three-year-olds and upward, ,000 added, one and" one-sixteenth miles, September 2. New England Oaks, fillies, three-year-olds, 0,000 added, one and one-sixteenth miles, September 4. James C. Thornton Handicap, three-year-olds and upward, ,000 added, six furlongs, September 9. Narragansett Special, three-year-olds and upward, 5,000 added, one and three-sixteenth miles, September 16. James H. Connors Memorial, two-year-olds, 0,000 added, six furlongs, September 23. Mary Dyer Handicap, fillies and mares, three-year-olds and upward, ,000 added, one and one-sixteenth miles, September 23. Governors Handicap, three-year-olds and upward, ,000 added, one mile and 70 yards, September 30. Nominations close Tuesday midnight, .August 1.
