Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-24
LADY EQUEsTRIENNES.

The Two Great Twenty Mile Contests at
the Minneapolis Exposition, Seventeen
Splendid Thoroughbreds In Training
for the Event.
The great secret of Col. Kings success in
managing expositions, is undoubtedly found
in the fact that everything he undertakes he
does well. With him there are no mskeshifts,
but everything necessary to make the object
In view a complete success, must be secured
This characteristic of Thaumaturgus is most
forcibly illustrated in the character of the
horses he has got together for the two great
90 mile eauestrienne contests. In these contests
each OF the lady riders is to have eight mounts,
making sixteen hourses used in each of the
contests. That the contests might be in fact
real races, not merely exhibitions of equestri-
auship, Col. King, by his agents, has secured
from the great racing stables of Kentucky,
Tennessee and other States, string of horses,
which for breeding, racing appearance, and
performances, Will compare favorably with
the crack racing stables of the country. In
breeding most of them have liberal infusion
of Lexington blood,-a sire that holds the
same relation to the American thoroughbred
that the Hero of Chester does to the trotter.
They are from 1853 to 16 hands,
look every inch the racer, and
evidently possesses plenty of stam-
ina and courage. At present seventeen
of these flyers are being especially prepared
for these contests, but Mr.. Payne, who is
managing their fitting, desires to secure one
or two more, as horses, like men, will have of
days, and Col. Kings orders are that every
horse appearing for the race must be fit to
run for ones life. We give below the. names
of the horses and their breeding in brief.
With such field of horses we expect to see the
distance-twenty miles--made in faster time
than ever before made in such contest:
Grand Turk, b. G.. by Virgil, dam Miss
Music; 16 hands and fast.
Delight, br. G. by imp Rapture, dam Emma
Dickson; l6 hands, and can run mile
in Ia.
Emma Dickson, b. m. by Donarail, be by
Lexington, dam Maggie Bruce by Lexing-
ton.
Ollie Baker, b. m. by imp Rapture, dam
Planlet by Planet. Record, 1-mile, la; g
miles. 3:3711S.
Matt. Waller. g. &. by Tom Porter, by Lex
ington, he by Lexington, dam Sallie Ward by
Glencoe, A grand looking horse, every inch
a race horse. fF
Big Injin on the Rhine, ch. g. by Wanderer.
A find looking animal and star performer.
Record, l-mile LAB 2-miles 3:354.
Metz, b. m. by Watson by Lexington, dam
imp Fleeting Moments; record 1:43.
Lockjaw, ch. h., by Cape Race-like his
sire, good one.
Topsy, b. NJ, by imp. Knight of st. George,
dam Lexington mare; an elegant animal.
Green River, s. g., by Asteroid.
Kiota, 8. b., by imp. Cape Race, out of
Wagner mare.
Pantomime, ch. g., by Red Bird.
Grey Goose, g. m, by Lightning, he by Lex
ington, out of Thoroughbred mare.
Relle Cook br m bV WOODBURY. he by
Lexington, out Of a thoroughbred mare.
Katie Dell, b. m, by imp. Cape Rice, dam
Sallie Barton, by Lexington.
Crazy Jane, ch. m, by Merrill, dam Fanny
Flea, by Lightning. ~
Beauty, ch. m, by Knight Of St. George,
dam Bette Ward, by Lexington; beauty in
fact, and fast.