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GALLOPS AND ARRIVALS AT WOODBINE. Toronto. Ont.. May 17.— With the sound of the bugle only alniut a week away the preparation of the horses training at Woodbine shows daily a closer approach -to the condition of iitness that is necessary for the winning of races. The Dyuient stables promising three-year-old. Chief Kee. was sent a mile that developed the best time of the season for one turn of the track. With jockey Moorliouse up he went a mile in L42. finishing out a mile and an eighth in l:."it|3. The first half was run in M and three -quarters in 1:10. Fort Garry went five-eighths with him. A good mile was shown by Koliert Cooper in 1:40. and Plaudniore went a shade faster. The steeplechasers. Nat B. and The Shiiiighraun. went a mile in 1:47. and the latter finished a mile and a quarter in 2:17. Of Hie Platers the Seagram trio. Tollendal. Jane Shore and Carrie Milner. followed Seismic an easy mile in 1:51. The Valley Farms Cotumola went with iliinmer a mile in 1:47] and a mile and an eigiilh in 2:01?. Noble was trailing tlietn. Parmer was accompanied by Win. Pitt and followed by Whaup a mile in 1:47 and a mile and an eighth in 2:01. The ten horses belonging to R. J. Mackenzie, which Irainer Whyte raced In California and at New York, have returned to their Woodbine quarters. Fort Johnson is recovering from the injury received when lie was cut down in a race at Oakland, and the others are in g xid order. Desperado is in Winnipeg. Jockey Taplin accompanied the shipment, which consisted of these horses: Fort Johnson. Michael Angelo. Ellin Beau. Badation. Don Antonio. Fountain Square and the two-year- dds Peccavi. Dune Campbell. Melton Street and Laurier. Amos Turney. with twelve of his own horses and three for other owners, arrived from Baltimore. The shipment comprised the following: Amos Turney — Martin Dovle, Theo Cook. Sig. Sel-wik. Ell Soo. Charlie Ball. Dick Wiggs. Caplain Jonne. Kirkpatrick. Apple Prince, Mt. .Adams and Mai tie Kernan. E. wf. Mitchell — King Commoner and Beau Chilton. T. P. Downs— Hive Ely. Arrivals from the west and south swelled the nuniUr of occupants of the Woodbine stables, and accommodation in the neighborhood is now scarce. Among the recent accessions are: Mode Nicoll — Crawford. Clem Beaehey. Ferrand Cecilian. Saraband. Mapleton and Mvrtle Marian. P. M. Civill — Creel. Elgin. Shainlale. Zacatecas. P. J. Malone — Blair Baggley and Colonel Jot. I. H. Whitney — Henry Walhank. Henry Hutchin sun. Plain Annie and Jim Mulvehill. O. Ilak— Kemp Kidgeley and Rejectable. G. II. Mailman — Class Leader, Alice King. Albert Star and Dr. Lee Huffman. E. Reynolds — Brown Tony. Jerry Cliom — Kings Guinea. leorge Bichings — Montclair. Jockeys J. Howard and Ipton are attached to the Malone and Nicoll establishments, but Howard wili continue riding at Louisville until the end of the week. Mr. Davies horses will probably come in from Thoineliffe Farm at once and take up quarters in "the red bain" at Woodbine, where they have stabled for many years. There will be liut one Kings Plater in the lot. the three-year-old filly Frolic, hut one of her kind means much. This daughter of Ailes dOr and a Meddler mare will run a mile and a quarter, and probablv run it so well that few of the field to start on Tuesday of next week will defeat her. The Thorncliffe horses are doing as well as they look, and their appearance could not be improved on. What was thought by the Valley Farm Stable of the respective capabilities of the five nominations for the Kings Plate is liest indicated by the fact one of them was also entered in the Toronto Cup. the King Edward Cup and the Woodstock Plate. The King Edward distance is a mile and a quarter, tin- same as the Kings Plate, and the others are a mile and an eighth. The one thus distinguished from his stable companions is The Commoner — Pla-••ena colt. Parmer. He may or may not prove worthy of that distinction, but he is the only Plater and the only Province bred entered in the cup races. Lots of people are looking for "stable information." and in this case it is plain for all men to see. As to its value time will tell, but it can not fail to make an impression when an experienced trainer like John Nixon. w!th such trying tackle in his stable as Glimmer. Sliiinonese. Charlie Gilbert and others, puts a maiden into cup races that close as late as the first of May. I
