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EVERYTHING IN READINESS AT TORONTO More Good Horses and Jockeys in Attendance Than Ever Before Toronto Out iMay 22 The Kings Plate the greatest racing feature of the Canadian turf will be the t traction of the program ottered by the Ontario Jockey Club for the opening day of the spring meeting at Woodbine Park tomorrow There are fourteen named to start the Valley Farm Stable owned by the Messrs Hendrie being represented by three ITames K Seagram by three and the Woodstock Stable owned In tlfe veteran turfman Charles Boyle by two Of the lot Shinionese of the Ilendrie string has shown up best his last trial being a mile in 14C which is considered good over the Woodbine track Sldmouese was not con ¬ sidered a dangerous factor up to a week ago his work previous to his being shipped here being very ordinary Table Hay and Supper Dance have both worked well and are tit and ready The Seagram trio are Half a Crown Dog of War and Seismic Shilling has been engaged to ride the former while Failbrother will have the mount on Seismic The Woodstock Stable entry will be ridden by Goldstein and K Walsh Mulcahy will ride The Lintie but as yet no jockey has been secured to ride Shlinon ese Foley will have the inoimt on WIcklight V Powers on Xewgnile IVrry on Two Lips II Liebert on Sauce oGold T Burns on Capstan and C Martin on Good Likeness LikenessThe The race will probably be run over a good track The meeting promises to be the most successful ever given at AVoodbine The hotels are all crowded and premiumMany accommodations are already at a premium Many stables from the cast and west are raclnK here for the lirst lime this spring Burlew c OXeill are here with a string of fifteen twoyear olds R L Thomas with his entire lot in charge of Henry McDaniel William Shields with a stable of twenty William Oliver J II Madigan Colonel W II Mosby S W Strectt Woods Garth Bub May Thomas Clyde M L Ilayman ICdward Garri ¬ son James Bodcn Sig Levy James MeLaughlin and J W Burttschell B L Talley and Charles Bowman are recent arrivals from California Among the big Canadian stables are those of J E Sea ¬ gram the Messrs Ilendries Valley Farm Stable J Dyment Adam Beck R Mackenzie and Charles Boyle BoyleTin Tin arrival from Xew York of nine horses of R L Thomas assures the attendance of jockey Shil ¬ ling on whose services Mr Seagram lias second call for tho meeting The Thoinas lot consists of Light Wool Jane Swift Great Heavens Lady Irma Father Stafford Golly Ding Chipmunk Priceless Jewel and Harcourt Bu Mays good tilly Please and the twoyearold Patriot also came in Wednesday Cheek Ilawkwlng Indian Hunter and Sam Small were added to W L Olivers string and the Hying iilly Lucille R Cowdin Thetis and Havre were added to those that trainer Woods Garth his In charge Snapper Garrisons Montbert and II Hewitts Cora Price and Murilla were the other arrivals Archie Pooles string this year includes Picktime Xorthville Alta McDonald Loachopoka and Bar G GThere There will ne more riders here than ever before among them being Dave Xicol T Burns Shilling Goldstein Fairbrother Euglandcr V Powcrs and Mulcahy MulcahyAuiony Auiony the bookmakers already on the ground are R S Turner M Hereford A S Valentine S Allenberg C H Daniels Abe Orpen George Main L Allenberg H Ulock Moyellett Bailey F Slociim A Doherty J Devin F Bird C Trim rose T Fitch J Fitch Sam Spencer ICdward Austin Smith Perrv C L Perry Chambers Walker Ben Fall and Slg Levy M Mahoney who has charge of the information bureau reports that there will be fifty layers on hand handAll All of the oflicials have arrived Christopher J Fitzgerald will preside in tho stewards stand and will be assisted by a couple of prominent Canadian gentlemen gentlemenJ J J Burke Francis Xelson and Major Barrack Daingerfield will fill the positions of judges the latter gentleman coming on from Kentucky as a special guest of the club A B Dude will do the starting W P Frnzer secretary and A L Hazzard Short will act as iiandkappers Captain Rogers and J McCalferty of the Pinker ton agency have been engaged by the different associations on the Canadian clrcult and this means that the undesirable element which in former sea ¬ sons reaped a harvest up here will give the Cana ¬ dian tracks a wide berth this year
