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► I New England By Fred Galiani Belle Chanteuse Establishes Firsts Return Biessbull to Home Grounds Another Animal Department Crisis NARRAGANSETT PARK, Pawtucket, R. I., June 15. — The longest-priced winner of the young meeting turned up in the ninth race Tuesday, when W. J. Beatties Belle Chanteuse got home at the odds of 11.40 for , after the stewards disallowed a claim of foul made by Larry Adams on the second horse. Belle Chanteuse, despite her French name, is an Irish-bred horse and was imported to this country by W. J. S p r o w and trainer Frank Fitzgerald, who is currently at ThistleDown with his stable. As the tale goes, Belle Chanteuse was thrown in as a sort of lagniappe in a big transaction. When Fitzgerald went over to meet the arrivals he saw Belle Chanteuses head sticking out of the stall and reeled backward. "They must have made a mistake," he cried, "they included a cow in the shipment." Bovien. appearing or not, cow fanciers collected at generous odds yesterday. It was Belle Chanteuses first victory in seven starts for Beattie, who claimed the. horse for ,500 from Sprow. Victory also marked the first of the meet for apprentice John E. Smith, who resumed riding Tuesday after being sidelined at Suffolk Downs with an attack of pleurisy. Brydie Lane Stables Sky Faith, who won the featured event, serves proof that horses can develop over the years. As a juvenile, Sky Faith, ran at Scarborough Downs, in Maine, which is generally regarded as the port of call for aging or incompetent horses. But now the four-year-old colt is handling himself well in allowance and the higher-priced claiming company. Tuesdays score was his fifth of the year. The Brydie Lane Stable is owned by Norman Farley, who runs a diner in Framingham, Mass. Morris ■ Sims Biessbull, one of the top sprinters of last year on this circuit and a stakes winner in Florida, is back on his own home grounds. He was shipped up this morning from Monmouth Park, along with Sootz Us, by trainer Herbie Lewis Frank Shaw sold Magnate, a three-year-old gelding, to W. S. Intravia, and R. Moore will handle the horse for the new owner. Yesterdays piece dealt with the problem of dogs running loose during racing hours and the stern measures that will be taken to eliminate the problem. Now another crisis in the animal department has arisen. Numerous pigeons have made their homes in the many beams, rafters and girders of the Gansett stands, with some disasterous and uncomfortable results to the patrons sitting in boxes below. This is not an uncommon occurrence, as Don Fair recently reported from the MRA course in Detroit, where they have taken to firearms in an attempt to rid the stands of the birds. It hasnt gotten to the shooting stage yet here. Buckets of camphor have been hung around the beams in a hope this will discourage the pigeons to seek homes elsewhere, but if that fails, maybe Gansett will sound like a shooting gallery, with the stands reverberating in the morning hours to rifle shots. Narragansett is having almost as many problems as a zoo. Gordon Morrow, racing secretary at Lincoln Downs, is already on the job, handling out stall applications for the summer session at his track which begins on August 8 . . . Pat Jordan, assistant stall man at Rockingham Park, celebrated his birthday yesterday, but no- Continued on Page Forty-Two -1 New England By FRED GALIANI Continued from Page Six body believed him when he gave out the figure of 39, which it actually was . . . Mrs. William Hinphys Pleasant Time, a two-year-old daughter of With Pleasure — Pagoda, won her second straight race Tuesday and her fourth in five starts. The dark chestnut was unplaced behind the stakes winning Dark Charger at Suffolk Downs, but was the choice over the Murlogg filly. Pleasant Time ran for a §7,000 tag yesterday, but you probably wont see here in again to be claimed for some time. She was bought privately from Mrs. T. B. Wheeler at the start of the meet . . . Starr Ranchs Colbert, who won off by himself in a maiden affair, is a nominee for the Providence Stakes on June 22. He was saddled by J. L. Clarke, who arrived with the string from New Jersey and will also race at the Rockingham meet. Socar Pine, a two-year-old who races for Buyck and Prickett, stands for South Carolina Pine, from whence the Prickett family hails. ... A 30-minute film, in color, is being prepared by Gulfstream of this past winters running of the Florida Derby, won by Nashua. By this time, the sound track should have been dubbed in and the picture ready soon for distribution to various clubs and organizations . . . Darrell Madden has taken over as the leading jockey, his total wins now numbering nine . . . Charfran Stables Cascanuez is expected to be flown back here from Washington Park, although he is a doubtful starter for the King Philip Handicap on Saturday. Charley Cohens colors will be seen in action in the stake though as Randy Sechrest, who trains the New York division of the string, notified officials that he is shipping Brown Booter from Aqueduct at once. Brown Booter will carry 116 pounds in the event. Dick Posey is pointing his two-year-old Mock Jr. for the Narragansett Nursery Stakes on June 25 and is confident his charge, who has been training well, will give a good account of himself against the like of Decathlon, Dark Charger, The River and others . . . Joe Gorgas Joiner, an eight-year-old War Relic gelding, dropped dead this morning in a workout. Death was attributed to a heart attack . . . Virginia Robertson, who won with Mrs. H. G. Schneiders Gem May, only has six horses in his string, but its the kind of stable to have. Of the claiming variety, they are all solid performers and most always come home with som part of the purse. Its those kind of horses that keep the outfit in the black . . . Arlington Park and Monmouth Park condition books are available for horsemen who are thinking of making a swift sortie to either track . . . Apprentice Henry Wajda has recovered from the nose injury which kept him out of action for two days and resumed riding again this afternoon.
