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INAUGURAl AT LONG BRANCH Last of Toronto Spring Meetings at Lakeside Course Opening Day Program of Seven Races RacesHeaded Headed by Oakville Handicap EvenlyMatched Field TORONTO OnL June 3 The third and final weeks racing of Torontos spring sea ¬ son over a one mile track gets under way Wednesday with the opening of beautiful Long Branch Park Never in the history of the Long Branch Jockey Club has the out ¬ look been brighter than that for the coming meeting With each of the six hundred and fifty stalls allotted it has been necessary to order all other shipments held heldAn An immense amount of work has been done in beautifying the course since last year and patrons will be astonished at the won ¬ derful improvement wrought by the land ¬ scape artist Hundreds of spruce trees have been planted on the driveway off the Hor ner Avenue entry entryThe The majority of stables that raced at Woodbine and Thorncliffe are staying oer to race at the lake shore course while a shipment from Washington Park headed by the stable of B E Chapman is en route Included in the Chapman consignment is the good Canadianbred performer Nealon Kay which furnished quite a surprise on his last appearance by defeating a gooJ band at the Chicago course courseThere There will be no dearth of capable rid ¬ ers the following having been issued badges by Willie Kelly custodian of the jockeys room Paul McGinnis Verlyn Smith Willse Cleverly Francis Dainty Glen Horn N Dude Foden Willie Cannon G Riley C Continue J on twentyfourth page INAUGURAL AT LONG BRANCH Continued from first page Phillips C Quillen L Canfield R Townrow Joe Thomas and many others othersThe The outstanding race of the meeting from a monetary point of view is the Royal York Hotel Handicap to be run on the fourth day and the Shrsners Handicap down for decision on the closing days program Each race is over one mile and a sixteenth and carries a value of 2500 2500The The arrival of M N MacFarlan from Kentucky completed the official family Benny Jacobs the competent clerk of the scales has been on hand for the past three weeks assisting Wash Norval in allotting stalls and attending to many other details detailsW W G Kelly will serve as patrol judge the same position he holds at both Wood ¬ bine and Thorncliffe George Palmer as in other years will be the starter starterGeorge George Hay reports a big demand for boxes the following having been allotted boxes for the meeting Lieutenant Governor Ross H Anderson Dr Forbes Godfrey Prov ¬ incial Minister of Health Ross Clark J D Hawthorne L McGinnis L Bockner H C Hatch E F Seagram W L Bodie Mrs Lind and Ira Bates BatesThe The card arranged for the opening days sport headed by the Oakville Handicap is on a par with the best that has been of ¬ fered in this vicinity this year The seven races have attracted well matched fields and thrilling contests should be the order of the clay
