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FINE CARD EOE WOOHBINE CANADIAN RACING SEASON TO OPEN AT ON TARIO JOCKEY CLUBS TRACK TODAY Four Stakes Included in SevenRaco Program That Will Be Decided More Horses on Hand Than Can Be Accommodated at Course Toronto Out May 23 The racing season of 1Ji on the Canadian circuit will begin tomorrow with the opening of the Ontario Jockey Clubs spring meeting at Woodbine A program pronounced by many as the best ever offered by the club will be run olf It is made up of seVcu races four of which are slakes as follows The Minto Selling Stakes 1000 added one mile and a sixteenth tlie Woodstock Plate 2HH added one mile and an eighth tlie Kings Plate 5000 added one mile and a quarter and the Aintree Steeplechase Handicap 1 W0 added over tlie twomile course There are three uther events one being Hie Juvenile Purse for twoyearolds to which Is added 700 and two 1800 purses one an allowance affair and tlie other a selling race raceInterest Interest will naturally center in tho running of tlie Kings Plate and a goodly band of Canadian breds is carded to go to the post in this race The Seagram Giddings anil ISrookdale Stable are repre ¬ sented by more than one entry Outside of Hearts of Oak they are a wellbalanced lot but the Gid ¬ dings colt has worked so well that it looks a case of all over Wit the shouting Still this race has frequently provided a surprise and a better contest than is looked for may result Hearts of Oak will run coupled with Ondramida and will be ridden by J Wilson a lad that ranks just now as the lead ¬ ing jockey in America GoldHud has worked well as has also Mahl of Frome one of the Sengraiu entry Butwell will have the mount on the hitler There is great local interest in tho meeting anil with pleasant conditions prevailing a recordbreak ¬ ing crowd is looked for tomorrow tomorrowContrary Contrary to expectations there are more horses here this spring than last season Kvery stall within the enclosure is occupied and two stables that came on from Kentucky those of W 10 Scott and C N Freeman were forced to continue on to Montreal because of the lack of stable room The shipments from Ixixington ami Pinilico consisted of about 00 horses horsesLahore Lahore is here to start in the Toronto Cup which will be run on the closing day Saturday May 3J JitJnyuwers also brought Francis J Pons Joltu Furlong here from Itclmont Park to start in this race and it is understood thiit J W Schorr will send one of his horses from Louisville for this stake stakeMany Many improvements have been made at Woodbine since last season The old clubhouse has been de ¬ molished and room made for commodious parking space carriagesTlie for automobiles and carriages Tlie jockeys here include Guy liurns J Wilson Hntwell Bruce J Connolly Clement Montour W Knapp 1 McCarthy Snider Small C Turner A Wilson Wolfe and Ilalsey IlalseyW W C Clancy shipped tho division of his stable that he was racing in Kentucky to Woodbine It is his lirst trip here since he was in charge of the Carruthers Shields stable which included at the time that great campaigner Advance Guard GuardJockey Jockey Mondoii was to have ridden Omlramida iu the Kings Plate but was unable to keep his ci gagement on account of his failure to secure a li ¬ cense from the Canadian Uacing Associations AssociationsCharles Charles A Crew reports the arrival of a chest ¬ nut colt foal by Martimas Caunie Maid MaidYesterdays Yesterdays arrivals included W K Scott with Three Links and Itatouche and C M Freeman with Startler Shawnee and Jack Laxson LaxsonThe The Woodbine track was a trille slow this morning when the following workouts took place Ardelon Threeeighths in o Is right on edge Beehive Fiveeighths in 104 A good colt and andBig Big Dipper Fiveeighths in 104 Acts good and has taken on flesh PIack Kiver Threeeighths in 7 Training well wellBursar Bursar Fiveeighths in 101 Of ordinary calibre calibreBuskin Buskin Threeeighths in 7 Is at his best bestItwana Itwana Tumbo Threeeighths in oJ Going slowly needs plenty of work workCalabash Calabash Fiveeighths iu 101 Needs work workCrystiawoga Crystiawoga Threeeighths in 7 Acts good goodDynamo Dynamo Threeeighths in iIO Worked from barrier and acts good goodFatberola Fatberola Fiveeighths in 101 Acts good goodFern Fern L Threeeighths In J Ix oks good Flex Threeeighths in Acts and looks good goodFred Fred Levy Fiveeighths in 101 At his best bestGarden goodGen Garden of Allah Half mile in 51 Is good Gen len Lcdi Fiveeighths in 101 Stijl a little high in flesh fleshGrif Grif Half mile in 51 Acts good goodHearts Hearts of Oak Threeeighths in 7 Is lit and looks line lineHoffman Hoffman Half mile in r1 Gohig slowly slowlyHonev Honev Bee Threeeighths in At her best bestIlughie Ilughie Quiiii Half mile in r l Training sore soreLahore Lahore Threeeighths in U7 Training well Lewin Threequarters iu 1H Training sore soreLilbiirn Lilbiirn Half mile in 51 Training well wellLittle Little Jam Threeeighths in iR Acts and looks good goodLord Lord Elam Threequarters in 121 Going slowly slowlyMagazine Magazine Threeeighths in 30 Going along slowly slowlyMaid Maid of Fromc Threeeighths iu 37 Training well wellMiss Miss Gayle Threeeighths in 30 Acts good goodPardner Pardner Fiveeighths in 104 Aets good goodPaton Paton Threequarters in 1121 Is good and will improve improvePatty Patty Itegan Half mile iu 51 Improving rapid ¬ ly lyThe The Urchin Half mile iu 51 Going good Tropaeolum goodTropaeolum Fiveeighths in 101 High in flesh fleshVenus Venus Urania Threequarters in 118 A frac ¬ tious rilly rillyVoivode Voivode Threeeighths in 37 handily handilyWanita Wanita slowlyWidow Half mile1 in 51 Going along slowly Widow Wise Threequarters in 118 Acts ActsWillie Willie Waddell Threeeighths in 30 Acts Actsgood good goodYengliw Yengliw Threeeighths in 37 Is extra good York Lad Threequarters in 1111
