Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-13
FAIR NOTES.

President Hayes and Party TO be in At
tendance-Large Number of Entries Yes
terday The English Oarsmen, Hurdle
and Cross Country Riders-The Railroad
Display.
BY an announcement in the kilograms to the
GLOBE from Washington, it will be seen that
President Hayes has accepted an invitation to
attend the fair of the State Agricultural So
ciety to I've held in st. Paul the first week in
September. The President on this visit will be
attended by Gen. LIE Duo, commissioner of
agriculture, Gen. Devens, attorney gen.
eral. Col. Rogers, private secretary, and
probably other members OF his official
household A trip to Bismarck and the Red
River of the North is on the programme. The
DAYS the President and party will be in attend
apce upon the fair will be announced hereafter.
Secretary Judson was kept busy yesterday.
answering applications for space In all some
eighty assignments were made, mainly Tor
stock.
John Splan With Royal Rarus, and several
other trotters, to take part in the different
events will reach st. Paul
from Milwaukee, probably the morning
of Sunday, Sept. LIST, and ointo quarters at the
fair ground. In a private letter Mr.. Splan say s
he proposes to give the people of Minnesota in
attendance upon the State Fair, the best exhi-
biton of speed with Rirus, they ever witness
ed if possible beating his own unrivalled time
of 2:l3A. No better track for such a trial can
be found.
Information is received that the Exile boat
club of Fairmount made up OF the members Of
the English colony, will leave that place for st.
Paul the last of the month. The
club will bring their own shell and come early
for the purpose of little preliminary practice
upon the river, preparatory to taking part in
the regatta to be held some day of the fair. We
do not know what arrangements the st. Paul
club is making to receive and entertain these
gentlemen, but it is to be presumed that moth
ing will be lacking their part in this re-
spect and that when 1T comes down to measur-
Paul boys will worthily maintain the credit of
the sanity city. 1t would be well, however,
for the members of the home club to under
stand that in the English gentlemen they will
meet pucky and skilled oarsmen, defeat at
whose hands will reflect no discredt.
The gentlemen of this club also take part in
the hurdle racing and the cross country run
after a FOX. which is to form one OF the extra
features of the great fair. They bring their
own thoroughbred mounts and hounds, and
will give spectators one of the most unique and
exciting exhibitions of Workmanship and cross
country sports followed i'll the mother coun-
try, ever seen in the Northwest
Some curiosity is beginning to be manifested
in reference to the exhibition to be made by
the several railroad companies of grains, etc.
growing along their lines. To the large mum
Der of persons who are to visit the fair from
the Eastern States, such an exhibltian as the
railroads can and ought to make will be the
most attractive feature of the entire exhibition
while its Importance in the matter Of advertising
the resources OF the State can hardly be over
estimated. 1t is to be hoped that the gentle
men of the railroad panies will not be neg
ligent in their preparations.