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. ! , i ; 1 ! t I j , i i , f WOODBINE PARK NOTES J , TORONTO, Ont., May 28. J. H. Johnson has taken over twelve ! racers of the C. L. Whiting stable to race at Long Branch, Dufferin Park, Hamilton and Fort Erie. Johnson had good success with the Whiting racers during part of last season and expects a much better season this 1 year. E. J. Salt, who will handle the division of the Seagram Stable at Ottawa, has made arrangements to ship to Connaught Park on Monday. Lord Bess Borough, governor-general of Canada, and his son, Viscount Duncannon, were guests of honor at a luncheon tendered in the club house at Woodbine Park today by the directors of the Ontario Jockey Club. Francis Nelson, steward-in-chief for the Canadian Racing Associations, will be honor guest at a dinner that will be given by the Sportsmens Patriotic Association and the Ontario Hockey Association this evening at the King Edward Hotel. In a message of J. P. Mayberry, who handles the J. W. Bean, G. L. Goodacre and J. Arthur racers, Mr. Arthur, who is confined to his residence in Baltimore, included word that he was making steady progress from a severe heart attack that took place during the Bowie meeting this spring. John Farrell, custodian of the jockeys headquarters at Woodbine Park, has issued eighty badges to riders that are holding licenses. R. V. Boyle, who handles the large string of racers for the Geneseo Stable, has decided on a campaign that will include Connaught Park, Blue Bonnets, Hamilton and Fort Erie. The Geneseo racers are all in excellent condition at present and they should be heard from soon. Jockey A. Adams, who joined the Geneseo Stable last fall during the meeting at Laurel, Md., will accompany the racers. Jockey R. McNamee returned to New York to join the T. H. McCreery stable. The condition books for the Montreal Jockey Club meeting at Blue Bonnets, which follows the one at Connaught Park, were issued to horsemen. The book is the work of secretary John B. Campbell and is designed to give all classes of racers an opportunity to earn their way. Word was received that George Palmer, who will do the starting at Long Branch, will arrive in Toronto today. Bob Stole, one of his assistants, is on hand and will direct the installation of the starting devices. Louis Angevine reports that the new top dressing that was placed on the Blue Bonnets track last autumn, has worked wonders I with the Montreal Jockey Club oval. The course at present is in excellent condition I and is well cushioned. •
