On the Ropes: Sugar Ray Leonard, who...

On the Ropes: Sugar Ray Leonard, who rarely lost in the ring, has been dealt a blow in divorce court. Judge William Miller in Rockville, Md., has ruled that Leonard must turn over financial records to attorney Marvin Mitchelson, who is representing Leonard’s wife, Juanita. Mitchelson, asked if he is concerned about facing the pugilist, quipped: “If I was in the ring, I would be.”

Dog Design: Barbara Bush was presented in Washington late last week with an outfit specially designed for White House dog Millie. The outfit, designed by Denise Ervin, includes a pink satin quilted jacket tufted with pearls and gold trim and pajama pants. And does it have a pearl necklace, like the kind Bush herself wears? Yes, indeed.

Cooked Book: Washington author Adrian Havill is writing a book on sports empire builder Jack Kent Cooke, but Havill thinks the self-made, often-abrasive owner of the Washington Redskins may not cooperate on a book he doesn’t control. Asked what kind of response he expects from Cooke to requests for interviews, Havill said in Washington: “I may get a one-sentence letter--’May you rot in hell!’ ”

Rancho Resale: A New Hampshire real estate company plans to buy the former ranch-commune home of the late Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Hanover Investment Corp. put down an undisclosed deposit on the 64,229-acre, $6-million central Oregon property, which the firm may turn into a health spa. The commune folded in 1985, after the Rolls Royce-loving Rajneesh was convicted of immigration fraud and deported to India, where he died in January.