Show Victoria B. B C C. Race Meet Opens June 5 The The- sporting editor yesterday received received re re- re numerous telephonic communications communications from O Ogden den horsemen with regard regard re re- re- re gard to the reported ported r calling off of the tho Victoria B. B C C. C summer race meet met A special to THE TEI TELEGRAM GRA from the racing body there brings the following information on the subject Victoria B. B C. C May 19 The l-The The entries to the stakes to be run at the summer meeting In this city beginning Tune June B 5 were made public today The number has exceeded the fondest expectations of or the officials of the Victoria Country club under whose auspices the meetIng meeting meeting meet- meet Ing will be conducted The nominations to the ten stakes exceed exceed ex ex- which establishes a a. record in inthis inthis inthis this country Mr I. I H. H Wheatcroft is the most liberal nominator Requests for stalls continue to pour in upon Manager Manager Manager Man Man- ager Leighton that gentleman having received no less than fifty applications from all parts of the country within the past week Most of these have been turned down as it is impossible to accommodate accommodate ac ac- ac- ac any more horses Over two hundred stalls have been built and more than three hundred horses are on the grounds Reservations Reservations Reserva Reserva- have been made for sixty more Nearly all the details of the meeting h have VO been completed The track has been put in grand shape and the horses are getting into condition From Prom present indications the meeting will be bea a big success C. C A. A BERGIN |