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THE NEW STAND AT WOODBINE. Shareholders id the Ontario Jockey Club and acwa-paper men mail- 1 visil of inspection to Woodbine yesterday to look over the new grandstand, and took luncheon with the directors in one of the new dinlag rooms. Sir I.yin.in .Uelvin Joiics. one of the vlee-presbleiits. occupied the chair and expressed regret a the absence ot Pre si deal Seagram and Viee-Piesielcni Sir Edmund Older through indisposi-lioli. Sir John Willison and 1 ■" rant-is Nelson acknowledged tin- admiration of the press for the principle on which the Ontario Jockey Club ail I In conduct sport. Architect G ge W. Uoaialock, win. later conducted the party over the splendid addition |o Torontos sporting facilities, said that the directors had shown the most liberal spirit in their management of the gnat expenditure represented by the neu stand. The board and Secretary Iraser had responded most heartily to every sug-geattaa oa his part in the Uae of giving the public ••v ei ything hat oould add to their comfort and convenience. The new stand is I double decker, four hundred and two feet toag, or about forty feet laager than the old wooden structure which it replaces. Tin-construction is of steel, concrete, brick and iron, .mil is absolutely fireproof. The seating Capacity is s..".Hi. ihe lop deck taking cure of 4. .".00 persons. I here are four stairways and exits far the upper deck, and four lines of fire hose n each floor ■£• vide the aeccaaarj protection in that line. Tie-rating, except in the boxes, is in park benches or settees id birch, finished in oil. The area* Imi* s located at the extreme west of the- public stand, and will accommodate a score of wrorklag newspaper men. Ahaag the front of the stand are forty four reserved boxes, seating six persons each. In the- basement will be found the public- dialnc loom, ll feet loag and titty feet wide, affording :ic coiniiodatioii for 4 M diners at one time. In addition to tin- dining room for mem bars under the old club tand. there is a members dining room and tea room in the basement of the new stand. A UUUllK-r Of other rooms to lie Beed tor offices, in ipiiry bureau, treasurers quarters ami attar purposes art also located accessibly in the basement. Another innovation that will be sreatly apprei i ■ted by the general public is a ladies tea room, lo.-ated dose to the general entrance. It will be .ci-ily furnished, and is part of the plan of giving to tin- public practically he same accommodation and convenience that is afforded to the aafhuu, ami which the lack of room in the old |uarters bas hitherto prevented The architects designs included liheial provision for the public in ihe way of lavatories and retlriag rooass, and there will lie sjo riiom for complaint on this score, tin installation beiuy that of the latest and best in plumbing work. The snbetantUI impressioa that i eaarrered by if rasual looking "vcr of the building is well founded, as it lias been constructed far ahead or any possible demands n its capacity. The supports of The upper deck, for instance, an- lattice steel gird c is. cant ilcveied and heavier than in use on most railway bridges. The main public- entrance in about the center of the structure, and forty feet wide. On either si,|,. ■Hi- the- ticket sellers, with turnstiles. At the eaai ..ill end of the stand is an entrance by which the pari mntiiel building i reached. The members en i .nice is now art aeeu rhe old and new stands, the ■liner gate west of the club stand and facing Kiny sUui road haviug been closed. — Toronto Clobe.
