Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-12

| 1WouIy-uV6 minutes now IuCoEVouoO DO
fore st. Julien appeared for his supreme
effort. In this intereim the wind sprang up
again, and in the opinion of the best horse
men on the ground, the track was from two
to three seconds slow when the horse
was sent off. Before the start WAS made
Col King called attention to the unfavora-
BILE weather, but said Mr.. Hickok
| reported st. Julien in good condition and
promised good exhibition of speed.
The reappearance of St. Julien after these
remarks was greeted with enthusiastic cheers.
He was logged twice down in front of the
! grand stand, and then driven back to the
usual starting place and sent away, COM
| ing to the wire level and fast. Hickok gave
! a nod and received the word 'igo," Hickok
! holding him to the centre of the track. The
| first quar,er was reached in 33I, and the
half in 1:o44. 2:O91s clip. The third
! q1arter Was trotted IN 32I, a 209 gait, max
| ing the time for the three quarters, 1878.
From here home, however, the gallant horse
| ing, so that it took him 351a to make the
last quarter, and making his time for the
| full mile 2:13.
Col. King in announcing the time said
that in the opinion of the horsemen, consid-
formauce was the best yet made by the great
horse.
The announcement of the time with Col
Kings remarks, was received with vociferous
cheering, while hundreds. of men jumped
over the enclosures and crowded on the
stretch to get close view of the gallant ami
NAL. While this was going on Mr.. Hickok
| was invited to the judges stand by Col.
King, who after introducing him to the au-
| dlence turned to him and said in substances:
Mr.. Hickok-Nine years ago you came to
Minneapolis and participated in the first
great racing event given on this track. You
travelled then with Goldsmith Maid and
Lucy, the then queens of the turf. Your
| gentiemanly department and honorable
| dealing then has ever since bsen kindly re-
| membered. To-day, after nine years of
| absence, you return to US, not with the
queen of that day, but with the noblest ami
NAL and the acknowledged king of
the turf. You have done this at a
| loss to yourself of several thousand
dollars. In view of this honorable action OF
your part, and of the splendid performance
of your noble horse, I have been commits
stoned to do couple of errands which it af-
| fords me great pleasure to do. First, de-
sire to present you this wreath of flowers,
handsomely interviewer, the gift of Miss
Belle Cook, who, as a California lady, and
having just pride in the performance of
| st. Julien as California horse, desires thus
to express her appreciation of his splendid
performance and his gentlsmanly
and honorable driver.
Handing over the wreath, with directions
that it be placed over the neck of the noble
horse, and without giving Mr.. Hickok time
to respond, Mr.. King unrolled North Star
mills blanket, with the remark that Mime
apolitans are as proud of their blankets as
you can be of your noble horse. have one
here, on which you will see has been beau
tifully worked the letters sKing of the Turf
This work is by two of the fairest ladies of
the fair city of Minneapolis. Please accept
it, with the best wishes of the donors, and
with the hope that you will always remember
Minneapolis in your travels.
The blanket, it is proper to state, was the
gift of the association, and is one of the
very best manufactured by the North Star
mills. the premium manufactory of the
country. AS quickly as possible the horse
was disrobed of his old blanket, the new
gift substituted, and with the beautiful
wreath over his neck, he was led off the
track to his stable, hundreds of people fol-
| lowing and watching his every movement
| until the stable door was closed.
The performance of st. Julien really
closed the fair, and it was good closing of
what should, perhaps, be called q successful
fair, though the racing was far from what
the attendants had right to expect. Con-
sidering the circumstances St. Julien's per!
formance was undoubtedly equal to his
Hartford performance, 2:11L, and many
experienced horsemen declare 1t better. The
track was in good condition, really it might
be termed fast track, but the ~ind was de-
cidedly against the horse, as shown by the
tinae made on the home stretch, the fastest
quarter on the track.
In closing the fair, Col. King, after thank
ing the people for their liberal patronage,
expressed the hope that the fair had been so
satisfactory that should another fair be given
the association would receive the same lib
eral support.
While these latter scenes were transpiring,
the demolition and removal of the exhibits
had beel going on, and at o'clock the
grounds and the buildings were like ban
quet halls-deserted.
And thus ends the Minneapolis exposition
of 1880. It has had it's failures and sue
cesses. The grand success, as financial
venture, was the twenty mile race by the
ladies' The racing events, outside of st.
! Julien's performance, we're failure. But
| the record is made. Close the books and
| get ready for 1881.
+! MERIT APPRECIATED.
1t gives the GLOBE pleasure to announce
that one of st. Paul's yonng business men,
| Mr.. r. j. BoxeI, carried off two first pre-
miums, awarded to his already we'll known
tomato catsup. Mr.. Boxel had specimens of
his catsup put up in all sizes of bottles and
kegs, forming pyramid which attracted
much attention. The GLOBE happens to
know something about the the merits of Mr..
Boxel's catsup, and heartily agrees wi, b the
decision of the judges in awarding it the first
premium. There is no better article of its
kind made, and this fact is fast becoming
known throughout the State and is attract
| ing the attention of the trade to such an
extent that Mr.. Boxel is making arrange
ments for enlarging his facilities for the
| a nufacture of his oatsup.
| PREMIUM BUTTER.
| Of course nothing could be more appro-
pirate than that the Langdon creamery of
VIM. Fowler, president of the State Dairy
| mems association, should carry of the blue
| ribbon on butter. Griggs & Co., jackson
street. are the st. Paul agents for this but
| ter.
DYER 81 Howard.