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READY FOR THE RACES AT MONTREAL MONTREALMontreal Montreal May 10 The Montreal Jockey Club is preparing for its opening June 0 Karl Grey the Governor General will attend In state on King Plates day The course is being put in superb con illtion American horsemen who have alreadv ar ¬ rived express surprise at its advanced state There was very little frost in the ground last winter and work on the grounds was commenced three we ks oarlier than last year The weather has IHMMI bright and warm and every horse at the track is doing well The going Is extremely fast and the first good liorse that cuts loose here will run In record time An expert florist has been engaged to beautify the grounds and a large staff of painters and decor ¬ ators are at work on the stand and club house houseEvetvthing Evetvthing points to a fine meeting and already applications have been received for over four hun ¬ dred stalls The system of rushing horses through from New York to Montreal has resulted In most eastern owners shipning here Among the nroinl aieat ones already booked or on the grounds are lames B Keene J W Colt G U Tompkins John 3S Madden P T Chinn Henry McDaniel James lEoden Bartlett McLennan Carrnthers Phclan Woods Gnrth Edward Peters T E Mannix James JWcLaughlin D K Kerr M L Britton W F Matthews W A McKinney J W Byan T F Coles Thomas Clyde J S Flynn J W May K J AVnlden Bancocas Stable Barbarity Stable Jule Garson A E Gates A L Price J Cheney JTcrninn Fllppen M Goldblatt James Arthur C F Rocketts Paul J Balney and a score of others othersThe The Dominion Government has greatly helped to facilitate matters by placing men at the border who know their business and the railways have rushed everything through The Interest taken by Canadian railways is best shown by the fact that the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific have each spent ocr fTOOOO la constructing special hone trains
