The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-16
The Northwestern Agricultural and
Mechanical Exposition.

The great fair of the Minnesota Agr;-
cultural and Mechanical society, opeped on
the grounds Of the Association at Minneapolis,
Sept. s. Although he buildings are of tenn
porary character, they are ample in size and
| arrangement to accommodate both exhib tors
has received particular attention, the stalls be-
ing abundant and comfortable in every re-
! spect. The first Gay Of the fair was set apart
by the managers for the children, who were
admitted free. Fully 10000 or IL, 600 were in
| attendance in the afternoon, and made a joy
Gus, happy throng. The programme OF the
day had been arranged especially for their
benefit. There never was such a gathering of
! children in Minnesota, and probably never
will be again. The grand stand proper will
hold some 5000 grown persons, and when the
afternoon sports were commenced, every inch
of space was occupied, while the race track in
front and the grounds adjacent to it were
| thronged with hurry ing, restless. eager and
joyous crowd, all on the Qsa viue for fun and
frolic. Outside of the children there was
largely of the fathers and mothers
of the children, making total at
tendance Of from 1900 to 5000 persons.
The fun commenced at2 p. m. First came
an exhibition between eight Shetland ponies,
in teams Of four each. hitched to Roman
team to win drew forth shouts of delight
from the little folks. The next amusement
was climbing creased pole to win, ten
dollar greenback at the top. The pole was
twenty feet high and thoroughly creased
The efforts OF the boys to reach the prize
year old son OF Gen. T. w. Rosser OF Mime
apolis, succeeded in reaching the prize and
carried it off, Next came the pony race of a
quarter Of mile, single dash for $50; SIS to
first; $40 to second and e6 to third There
were five contestants, all OF them GOOD rid.
ers. The race was beauty, but Arth At
kins, son of Capt Bart Atkins, OF st. Paul, came
| out ahead by two lengths winning the first
prize; time. 80 seconds; Fred Eastman of Min.
neapolis, won the second prize and Thos. Cook,
OF MINNEAPOLIS, the third. Master Arthur and
MS pony, Dandy, were the heroes of the day.
Then came the misses race-$7 to first, IS TO
second, and IS to third. The prizes were
| awarded as follows in the order named: Mat
tie Skinner, Amy T. Pratt, and Rosa McRea,
all of Minneapolis. Next came the creased
Minneapolis, who secured the prize of $1,000.
The sack race came next, for which thrifty
boys contested, and the fun was prodigious.
Young Leon. Benjamin Nealy and John John
son, carried off the prizes in the order named.
The equestrian exhibition, open to all boys
under seventeen years of sg-. closed the after
noon fun. Sully Heffelfnger, of Minneapolis,
took the first prize OF 81; Eugene Eanscome,
| OF the same place, took the second prize of So
and Hal Watson, also of Minneapolis. took
the third prize OF IS. Afteran the tun of the
| day was over, and just as the managers were
congratulating themselves that they had civ
en- 10000 children day Of unaloyed pleasure a
lad accident took place which east gloom
over all who remained on the grounds. As one
of.the trains from Minneapolis was backing
| out from the station, young lac, named Charlie
Duquette, undertook to jump. on the train
| after it was in motion. He missed his hold
and fell under the wheels, and his left leg
was cut of near the thigh and his right leg
crushed between the foot and knee. The
poor little sufferer was picked UP and ten
derby carried to the residence of Mrs. Orange
King, near the track, where DR. French at.
tended to his terrible injuries. The poor lit
tie fellow who few moments before was
bright, laughing boy, lull OF life and glee,
bore his injuries like a little hero, but he was
so terribly injured that he died within three
above accident there was Eothing to mar The
| pleasure of the day. The receipts Of the day
figured up a little over $1,000.
| TUESDAY, Sept. THE second dag of
| the Fair was all that could be desired and the
| attendance was immense, there being between
thirty and forty Thousand, people oa :. she
| grounds. The chief attraction was in the
twenty mile race between Miss Belle Cook, Of
California, and Miss Emma levitt, of Mime
| Sofa. Previous to that there were two other
races, the first being $50 race for $500
| purse, $3.50 to the first, Sl25 to the second,
| VIZ W Cuuu duO GO 10 Tue 1OuflQ. Inc
race was best three in five and was won by
Troubadour in 2:341a; 2:3215; 2:34166
| The stallion race followed, and a reporter
says the immense crowd was very glad when
the race ended as it was only too evident this
the result had been arranged before hand.
2:26; 2:2414; 1924. ~
The twenty mile race was then called the
sum being $4,000. It was half past FIVE
when they started, the programme being to
change horses every mile. The first mile Miss
the third mile Miss Jewett was still ahead,
though she lost every time she made a change
| OF horses. Miss Cooks managers knew their
business and her changes were made with a
system and thorough management that gave
her great advantage. Miss Cook was lifted
| from one horse to another withou: the loss of a
single moment On the contrary the man
agement of Miss Jewitt's horses was placed
| in bad hands. Instead of springlng from one
horse to another, she was lifted from the sad
| die to the track, and then again mounted up
on her horse. Just as she came in from her
two mile race, the next horse to be used by
her became restive and without any warning
began to kick, striking Miss levitt on the
SIDE. Upon starting upon her eighth mile
the saddle girth of Miss Jewitt's saddle be-
came loose, and little before she reached the
track. Her Injuries did no. prove serious,
but OF course this ended the race, and Miss
Cook was declared the winner
| WEDNESDAY, Sept. S.-The day opened
with the weather clear, cool and delightful
| 10000 persons were on the grounds, about
one-fourth of the estimated number the preyi-
GUS day. Miss levitt, who was thrown from
her horse the day before, was reported to
be improving rapidly. The police regula-
tons are perfect, and fine order is maintained
The Winona Rushford wagon company had
on exhibition fine specimens of their work. c.
B. Thurston of st. Paul, had fine and superb
amples of agricultural machinery on exhibi-
ton. Between 12and O'Clock people began
to flock in large crowds to the grand stand to
witness the races of the day. The races while
not showing anything remarkable as to time,
I or in exciting incidents, were fairly satisfac-
tory, and considering the track and constant
wind, were productive of fair time. The war
dance at the Indian show tent is one of the
big attractions at the fair-fifly chiefs and
braves in national costume.
Thursday, Sept. 9.-This day did not
differ much from the previous day, in point Of
the number in attendance, and the interest of
the exposition and performances The wealth.
or was cool and very fine, and the water
sprinklers kept down the dust, making it very
! eni0vahle. OF the visitors preSent a larger