Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-19
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Our English Friends of tho Fairmont Hunt
Will Visit the State Fair With Their En-
tire Hunting Establishment, and form
One Of the Great Attractions other At
fractions from Martin County and Fart
bault County.
From Mr.. r. O. Judson, the business secre-
tary of the State Agricultural society, who has
just returned from trip through Martin and
Faribault counties in the interest of the State
Fair, to be held in this city the first week in
September, we learn that the English gentle
men comprising the Fairmont Hunt have kind
" consented to honor that occasion with
their presence, accompanied by their
large stud of thoroughbred English horses
and packs of English fox hounds and other
choice breeds of coursing dogs, ETC., for the pur
pose of giving the Thousands of yisitors some
exhibitions of how the good old national sport
is conducted in the mother country, in the
shape of fox-hunting, steple-chasiDg, hurdle
racing, etc.
These gentlemen are the owners of the only
pack of hounds kept in the western country,
and theirs is one Of the few hunting establish
ments in the United States. The pack consists
of some thirty pure bred fox hounds. and the
bold riders" say the music made by them is
seductive to degree almost incomprehensible
to one not to the manor born.
Their stud contains goodly number of
hunters that are natchless this side of the big
water for cross country work, and never refuse
fence or ditch. All the gentlemen, of course,
wear the historic red coat, white buckskins ard
tops, and are fitted out with all the parapher-
MALTA of a frst-class establishment.
These gentlemen are men Of wealth and re-
fnement, connected with some of the best fam
lilies of old England, and are the legitimate pos
SCISSORS Of the inherent love Of true Englishmen
old
man admires-hard riders. All of them are
fond of athletic sports, one of them being one
of q champion four-oarsmen of England. They
are now largely land owners and active bust
ness men in Martin county, Messrs. Snalls and
Lyon being large bankers.
gentlemen in search of o weeks sport, and to
give their assistance to making the forthcom-
| ing State fair one of the most memorable ex-
| hibitions ever given in this country. That
there may be no hitch in this part of the pro-
gramme, these gentlemen have kindly consent
ed to take upon themselves the full manage
ment of the different sports, and it is their in
| tention to have some attraction, asteeple chase,
! a run with the hounds, hurdle
racing on each day Of the
fair. In addition to the purses,
horses, and paraphernalia for field sports, the
gentlemen will bring shell for the purpose Of
taking part in the regatta on the river, and
those who know whereof they speak, say that
| the gentlemen oarsmen of the st. Paul club
will have to look out closely for their laurels.
Mr.. Judson while on his trip also secured the
following stock e1hibitors
Mr.. j. A. Armstrong, g. large and enterpris-
| ing breeder of Fairmont, will exhibit trottiug
and draft horses, short horns, sheep and swine
Mr.. A. l.. Ward, of the same place, will be
present with a few head of Ayershires.
Mr.. John Thirlwall, also Of the same place
will show horses, short horns, pigs and sheep.
L Mr.. A. II. Rnllia Of Winnehapo G:ty Far:
bault county, will exhibit herd of six head Of
pure blood English Heresford cattle-the fines
herd of these cattle in the Northwest.
We might continue this list much further
but suffice it for the present. that southwestern
Minnesota proposes to make the finest exhi
o. ht f o. ,ns only
while Martin and Faribault counties propose t
head the list of counties in that section of tn
| State