1.   Free House has been resting since running third in the Haskell.

2.   Now, he is headed for the Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga, and Zito rested him since the Belmont with this in mind.

3.   The Nets have been resting since Friday.

4.   The Spurs, meanwhile, have been home resting since dispatching the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday.

5.   Their opponents will be the Buffalo Sabres, who eliminated Toronto on Monday and have rested since then.

6.   Bush said he has been in good spirits and well rested since the chaotic evening following election night.

7.   The pope has been resting up since the trip at his summer palace outside Rome, but returned to the Vatican Wednesday for the audience.

8.   Ecevit, resting at home since Monday after two hospitalizations in a month, said in a brief written statement that he was well and had no pains.

9.   Kremlin spokesman Sergei Yastrzhembsky said Yeltsin would spend Wednesday working at his country residence just outside Moscow, where he has been resting since leaving hospital.