Artist Jane O'Hara
Location: Little Compton, RI. Artist statement: "Animals have been my subjects and served as my muse for many years. For me, they are spiritual beings—wise, playful, benevolent, and full of integrity".
Walter
Edmund O'Hara (April 20, 1897 – February 28, 1941)
was an American horse racing executive who was the first President and
Managing Director of the Narragansett Racing Association, which owned
and operated Narragansett Park, a thoroughbred horse track in
Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
President
and Managing Director of the Narragansett Racing Association Walter E.
O'Hara
Narragansett Park opened on August 1, 1934 with Walter O'Hara became
the President and Managing Director of the the Narragansett Racing
Association ... In 1937 O'Hara got into a heated situation with Rhode
Island Governor Robert Quinn. Mr. O’Hara owed the government
income tax money to the sum of $30,000 and also used his paper the
Star-Tribune to instigate situations between himself and Governor
Quinn. His paper went bankrupt and was sold and it was demanded he be
removed from his position as President and Managing Director. 300 Rhode
Island Militiamen arrived at the park under Gov. Quinn’s
orders while Mr. O’Hara was up in his penthouse above the
clubhouse. The track did not have any races during the Fall of 1937.
Mr. O’Hara was removed as President and Managing Director in
February of 1938. He died in a car accident in Taunton, Massachusetts
in 1941.
Photograph of Walter
O'Hara on September
11, 1937
Walter E. O'Hara, head of Narragansett, victorious in fight with Rhode
Island Governor Quinn (September 11, 1937).
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