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WHEELING TURF NOTES t ® — $ Several carloads of horses arrived at Wheeling Downs over the week-end and the plant took on a very busy aspect with interest towards the coming meeting running at a high pitch. The barns at the Island course will be filled to overflowing with horses that will be ready to race at the san te time opening day rolls around. A new blacksmith shop is being built near the barns at Wheeling Downs and will be ready with a day or two. There will be three shoers on the grounds during the meeting to care for the needs of the horsemen. Homer Rose, who will be in charge of activities at the Downs for the Harry M. Stevens Catering Company, was an arrival from Baltimore, Md. Jim Considine, superintendent of the mu-tuels at the Island course, wired Walter H. Donovan, president of the West Virginia Jockey Club, that he will be unable to arrive in Wheeling before Tuesday on account of the sudden death of his father. Milton Gutman, head of the admissions department here, has announced the names of his staff for the spring meeting, which opens on May 28. Those he will place in charge of the various departments are: Era-mett Barnes, auditor; Louis Hoffman, who will handle the reserved seats and sale of programs; Alfred Ihlenfeld, timekeeper and assistant auditor. Many socialites visited the track Sunday on a tour of inspection with Walter H. Donovan. These young ladies were prominent members of the Service League of Wheeling, which is sponsoring the memberships to the West Virginia Turf Club. Those in the party were: Miss Harriette Hitchman, Mrs. Edgar Leedy, Jr., Mrs. John Schener-lein, Mrs. Dewey Quarrier and Mrs. Thomas M. Bloch.
