Daily globe., 1878-09-02
FAIR AT RED WING,
arrangements BeinJ Made for a Great Ear
HibitiOn.

arrangements BEING Made for q Great Ear
hibitiOn.
The citizens of He'd Wing have gone into
the fair business this season on magnlfl-
cent scale, so far as grounds, buildings,
driving track and other necessary prepara-
tions are concerned, and expect to have dis
plays of stock, agricultural products, ma
chinery, household articles, flu rniture, etc..
fully commensurate with the accommoda-
tions they have provided.
Their grounds are finely located on the
bluff west of the city, and not over quarter
of mile from the business limits, on the
farm of MIR. Chas. Betcher. They comprise
twenty acres which are bounded on the
by that OF Hay creek valley. They are
easily approached from all directions, and
are level and appropriate in every particular
to the uses for which they are hereafter to
be exclusively devoted
They are now the property of stock as
sociation, by whom they have been sur
rounded by high board fence and improved
in q sui able manner, and, although this has
been done hastily, it is we'll done, for the ex-
hibition of articles in the household and art
departments is in the shape of cross, forty
| feet wide by one hundred and twenty in
length, atfording covered space of 5000
square feet. The several portions of this
| are respectively appropriated to different
classes of articles, the center being reserved
for those most ornamental.
This is surmounted by handsome cupola
! and finished somewhat elaborately, making
it an attractive object, and, being near the
edge of the bluff, it is plainly within view
from the city and from steamboats, passing
| up and down the river.
The stables, cattle sheds, etc, are on the
north side and close to the edge of
the Hay creek bluff. There 1s sta
bling for fifty head of horses,
the stables being hoored and separated by
board walls, and the cattle sheds are sutfici-
ent for the accommodation of all the stock
likely to be entered. Being near the edge
of the bluff, these must necessarily be we'll
drained.
The driving track is half mile in length
and sixty feet wide, and made in accordance
with the latest approved plan given in the
''Spirlt Of the 2'5n1es.' For new track it
is in fine condition and has the general COM
mendation of horsemen. The amphitheater
will seat 1000 people. The seats are
roomy and comfortable. IT'S finish CORE
spends in style with that of the exhibition
building. The judges stand is handsome
three story pagoda structure.
On the river side the fence is below the
top of the bluff and encloses handsome
grove of young trees, from which is afforded
q view of the city and of the river and val
Icy foE several miles distant in beth direc-
TONS Seats are to be placed in this grove
for the accommodation of guests. boun-
tiful supply of good water is furnished by q
well Oh the premises, from which it is
pumped by q windmill of approved make.
Taken altogether these grounds are hardly
equaled by any in the State, except those OF
st. Paul and Minneapolis, and great credit
is due to the superintendent, Mr.. w. F.
Cross, for the skill, judgment and good taste
he has shown in their improvement. AS
everybody in and about Red Wing seem de-
termned that this fair shall be success
there is little room to doubt but that the ex-
hibition will be amongst the most attractive
of