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ALL IS READY AT WINDSOR i SECOND MEETING AT COURSE OPPOSITE DETROIT TO OPEN TOMORROW. Improvements Consummated Since Summer Meeting Will Add to Comfort of Patrons — Eight Races to Be Carded Daily. Detroit. Midi.. Augu.-t 27.— The Windsor Fair t ■ rounds and Driving Park Association off era aa eight-race program for the opening day of its second meeting, arhieii begins oa ntandajr, class is well represented and tin- proa] is For keen sport are bright. Several new siahies ire here, including John l*uwera with Barney dchreibers great sin-inter. .lack Alkin; Albert Si. nous with a new lot that be acquired at Saratoga; Jack McDonald with Chapni-tepee, Indian .Maid and Netheraaoat; Ja i McLaughlin. Jr., aritfa L. Marttaes Grasmere and others, and R E. Walkins. The management lias made some lata 111 1 ail ail alnee the midsummer meeting, most important of wli h is tl alargeatcnt of the betting ring and the erection of a new enclosure for the cashiers, his will enable the layers to I took under cover, the betting ring at Windsor is now the largest of any Hack on the Canadian circuit and affords ample room for the large crowds that now patronize this course. The track proper has also received much attention from the superintendent since the close of the previous meeting, and in its present con. in 1,,., i- exceedingly fast, it is the intention of the a aeo elation to provide an eight-race program every day. providing the entries warrant it. Mouuav s features include the Koyal Oak Handicap, a steeplechase and a sprint race at three-quarters of a mile, in which some of the fastest horses here are entered, •lack Alkin. John Crirhn II.. Bon Double and Emperor M illiam are among those carded to meet in the inaugural dash. The conditiona of this race enable Jack Atkin to slip in at 1 l.i pounds, wind; means that the Schrelber sprinter will he hard to j heal il he gels away from the posl well. All of the officials are on hand and tin- staff will be the saaae as at the previous meeting. Among the but Ml thai Allien Simons brought here is Wrap, a two-year -old that he purchased at the Kcene sale at Saratoga. Eagle Bird, which ,Vas sold at Saratoga is now being handled by .lame- Hewitt, who raced Polka and Pocoanoke at Jacksonville last winter II. I.. Shaw is ben- with John Powers as agen loi Harney Schrelber. .Mr. Shaw turned oat Isabel ass- and Wilfred Gerdea, both of which have been ■n d. Harry Itreivogel will be here Monday lo solicit entries lor the stakes io be run at the tall meetings of the Ken tacky tracks. .lockey phfl Mnagrave will leave for Saratoga to lill an engagement on one of K. T. Wilson. .Ir s starters in the Futurity. The apptUtlce Cole will do the lightweight riding lor J. W. Schorrs stab!. .luring the Windsor meeting. .Mortimer M. Mahoney reports that about twenty-nv. layers alii cm in on Monday. , Ataoug tl wners who shipped from Hamilton to Baltimore to take part in the smaller meetings to be given at the half-mile tracks in Maryland were William Garth, Lewis Garth. W. Jennings Jr .lames Frayiing. e. II. Garrison, Bob Potee and j Parrell with a diviaion of A. ;. Westons stable Mortimer M. Mahoney is looking after the interests ol the Maryland Jockey Club anion- the horsemen All ot tbe old stables in the rear of the grandstand at Pimiieo have i ., demoliahed and modern inn s have taken their pla.e. The stabling capacity has been increased a boat 300 stalls, which means that ample accommodations can now be provided at the track.
