The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-14
PhiLLies Drive Surprises Baseball World
Rhode Island Collected
SASS, 45OFrOm 'Gansett
In Four Weeks
Nearly 1870 of FavOrites
Won at Pawtucket Track
in Spring Meet

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tabulationS for the 24-day spring
meeting at Narragansett Park re-
leased today by President James F.,
Dooley show that the State of
Rhode Island received $485, 450.4l as
its share of the par-mutuels COM
missions and breakage
Horses congregated at Gansett
from all points of the racing COM
pass during the spring season, Many
had been at farms all winter. Others
had not raced since the Florida
season was blacked out early in
January. Form was therefore diff
cult to establish and in view Of
these conditions the percentage OF
80 l-2 of winning favorites is con-
sidered remarkable.
The leading stable of the meeting
both in point of races won and
money earned, was that OF Mrs.
Weston Adams, Boston sportSwo-
man, The Adams stable trained by
the veteran George Alexandra, won
ten events and $9,725. The Adams
horses started In 40 races, we're Sec
ond eight times, third seven times
and fourth six times. Alexandra
started Ia different horses during
the meeting.
Al q, Tam, another New England
regular, was second IN the standings
with eight winners and purses total
ling $1,000 His horses were second
eight times, third six times, fourth
l3 times, Tarn, who trains his own
horses, started Sd events. Like Alex
andra, he raced IA different horses
Mt the meet
Other Winners
Mrs, Wallace Henard noSed out
the M. and M Stable for third
place, winning Ave races and Sc, IT'S.
M, and M. won eight races, but its
purses totalled only $6,375. II. H.
Haag, q newcomer to the New Eng
land racing scene, won half II
dozen races and $6,l75. n, (Robby)
Robertson scored Ave victories,
earned 1925. Ben T. Lister, Prov
tdence sportsman, had successful
season, winning five races that to-
tailed $4,875. G. f. Wagner won the
same number OF races for a total of
$4,725, The Mt. Desert Stable own
cd by w. E. Parker of New Bed
ford, Mass scored four times, won
$4,625, j, G, Vidal, who also won
four races, earned $4325,
Alexandra finished in front of all
trainers at the meeting with ten
victories, II, L., Chapman and AL
Tarn dead-heated for second place.
with eight each, J, A, Creal and
Jesse johnson both won half a
dozen races Eight trainers won FIVE
races, They were Anthony Caracci
Claude Hunt, l.. (SporD Haymaker,
Paul Morris, Bob Robertson, Jr,
Nose ShapoN, Jack Whyte and
Peter Petrucci.
Lyle whiting Of Shelton, Ncbra-
ska, who was riding at Gansett for
the first time, led the Jockeys at
the meeting, He scored rs victories,
was second 20 times, third II times
and fourth ID times, Whiting rode
here under contract TO the Mt. DeS-
ert Stable, At the end of the meet
Ing he departed for Chicago to ride
for the prominent stable OF John
MarSch, which races the good horse
Occupation whiting accepted 1909
mounts during the 24-day season.
Willie Turnbull staged a See-saW
battle with Whiting for the Jockey
championship during the final days
OF the meeting. His final score was
% MINERS out Of 100 mounts. Herb
Williams, who was third on the
general list of riders, led all the
apprentices. He accepted &c mounts,
won II races.
Other riders who ranked high
were George McMullen Q5), Joe
Martin l3, Marcos Pena Q2), Ed
die PIesa I'D, Herb Claggett Q0)
and Tommy Luther CD. Bernard
Nash, Tommy Bates and Charley
Waller each rode six winners.