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PREPARATIONS AT WOODBINE TRACK. Toronto, Out., April IS. Great preparations are being made at AVoodbine for the Ontario Jockey Clubs spring meeting next month. Scores of painters, carpenters, teamsters and laborers are making numerous improvements. Not only the spacious members clubhouse but the extensive grandstand is being newly painted and redecorated at a cost of several thousand dollars. Contractors are rushing the work with the pari-mtituet pavilion. It is on the site of the old betting shed cast of the grandstand. The pavilion is of three widths, the widest portion being at the extreme east end. By this arrangement a maximum of shelter is provided in case of inclement weather, while the wider divisions are so graded that they do not shut off any part of tlie course from spectators on the grandstand, who will still have a clear view of tlie far turn and of the turn into the homestretch equally with other parts of the course. Three hundred loads of earth were last week used in grading up the roadway hollow at the west end of the AVoodbine stables. Two teams are kept constantly employed afternoons harrowing and smoothing the track. The course is heavy and likely to continue to be so for a week or more, as the deep frost has left the subsoil soft. The lawns and inner field are more backward than last year, but a few weeks of balmy weather will make AVoodbine more attractive than ever. The activity at tlie Toronto track is equaled at the headquarters of the Canadian Racing Associations in the Imperial Bank building. Secretary Fraser is directing affairs with his accustomed effectiveness. Messrs. A. Belmont, R. T. AAilsoii and II. F. Carman, are among the leading American horsemen who are expected to send competitors for the open Canadian feature events. II. S. Allen, ollice manager, Is assiduously engaged in preparing for the approaching meeting.
