Morris tribune., 1881-09-15
MINNESOTA NEWS.
THE MINNEAPOLIS EXPOSITION.
Summary Of Its Most Notable Features And ot
Each Days DOlngs,

summary or Its Host Notable Features And ct
Each Days Doings,
MONDAY.
The opening day of the exposition by the
Agricultural and Mechanical association, bet
ter known as ''Children's Day." dawned inaus-
piciously-a drlzzling rain having setin shortly
after daybreak and continued for the major part
of the day, and in consequence the attendance
was materially reduced from what it would have
been had the weather proved favorable Since
last year quite number of changes have been
made in and around tho grounds, consisting
mainly in the erection Of residences apd eating
booths in h > immediate vicinity of the grounds
While the facilities of getting to them were
about the same as usual AS might have been
expected, and as is the invariable experience
on opening day, evidences of incompleteness
were found in the main halls and in several
important departments Of the fair, but strenu-
GUS eXertions were made to change the condi-
ton of things.
The Agricultural Hall, the Mechanical Hall,
and the Art Exhibit gave promise of being well
filed, and the Stock Exhibit is pronounced
very tine
The day was even worse than Monday, the
ralh falling from morning until pight The at
tendence was merely nominal. The grounds
were fairly atloat, and every one was driven
in the extreme. The races announced for the
day were declared off, during the morning.
The track was entirely too wet to admit uf rae
ing, and that part of the programme was neces-
sarily wiped of the board
WEDNESDAY.
The weather was still dark and dreary in
the morning. but the afternoon, though cloudy
brought a fair attendance. Between . ard 3
O'Clock the judges Of horses and cattle csl ed
ont portion of the exceptionally fine displsy
in their departments, the lis, ection being as
sisted bya large and admlring throrg The
show of stock was excellent, and elected tx-
pressions of the greatest admiration from al
present, the exhibit of Norman and
Percheron horses being conspicuous for
its superiority. There was nothing
done in the racing line, save few spurs
by way of exercis ng the horses Th, ,
visitors distributed themselves ov r the er clos
ure and inspected the many objects of interest
in the main halls, or visited the stock and ma
chinery departments, which are the most ex~
tensiye and attractive ever arraI ged in the
northwes.. Reg rdless of discomforts the peo-
pie wandered about patiently after noting the
principal features of the fair or hudded around
the numerous side shows, the Manitoba Lutfa-
loes, the female bear tanner and Jones
fractions to the crowd. At four
o'clock, Prof Rullison made fine ascension
in his balloon. 1t kept turning slowly as it
arose almost straight to the heighth of mile
and over, and then began journey due west,
and landed about eight miles from Minneapo-
lis In speaking to reporter he said: ''You
have no idea how small your city looks from
that height 1t doesn't seem to be bigger than
a little village would if you were on the ground.
The falls could not be distinguished from the
1est of the Mississippi river, which could see
for distance of twenty five miles in either di-
rection, and could see the railroad tracks and
stations plainly for long distance. Then
what lot of lakes you have about here 1t
seemed as every farmer had one of his own.
From tie height reached it seemed as if your
Lake Minnetonka were Just under me-"
THURSDAY
brought out the sun, and everything was
subjected to the drying process. The track
was still heavy and all racing was postponed,
save that indulged IN by the gorgeous darkev
riders. About 1900 people were on the
grounds and they amused themselves in look
ing through the buildings and grounds, and
witnessing the balloon ascension in the after
noon, the interest in which was heightened
by the fact that the daring aeronaut was lady
and exceedingly pretty and interesting
blonde, and one of the most fearless and en-
thusiastic of aronauts The balloon scared
away up among the clouds, until it was appar-
emily about the size of your hat, and almost
enveloped in the heavenly mists; then it grad
ually moved Off toward St Paul 1t came down
quite rapidly, and fifteen minutes after it's de-
parture from the exposition grounds sank out
lt was as pretty aud successful an ascension as
IS ever witnessed, and was the chief attraction
of the day. The landing was made about five
miles distant.
was bright, beautiful and cheerful and the
result was an attendance variously, estimated
from twenty to thirty thousand The all-per-
vading gloom of the first four days had passed
away, and it looked like regular old-fashion-
ed Minneapolis exposition again. In short, it
was big day, and alone did much
toward filling the financial glp.
The exhibits in the main exposition halls were
in perfect order and the buildings we're crowd
ed all day long So were the stock and ma
chinery Departments, and in the afternoon the
race track ampitheatre held over l :, 900 peo
pie. The ladies' twenty mile race was the event
Of the day and the enthusiasm evoked evident
ly indicated that novelty has its charms
At 2:23 Miss Cook made her appearance on
the track, and in a few minutes Miss Jewett was
coming down the track, her horse, an ugly tenn
pered brute, being led. Without any prelimi-
nary they got away, Miss Jewett with a rushing,
besting Miss Cooke out of the pole aud making
strong running, opened gap Of thirty yards at
luck until the seventh when Miss Cook was
some fifteen lengths ahead, riding in the
handsomest manner possible. One
round Miss Cookies horse suddenly
slowed up and came to stand
sUli. lRe CnanRe morse was run up 70 Her as
Miss Jtwett swept by, aud as she was lifted the
horse, Emma Dixon, fell dead. On the eight
eenth mile Miss Cook again got hold of Ollie
Baker, fine handsome bay, on which she did
some hard riding for two miles, widening the
gap which she had made between herself and
her competitor at every jump. At nineteen
miles she was 800 yards ahead, and Miss
Jewett making a poor change on to poor
horse. was left further behind, being at least
1000 yards behind at the finish
The championship belt was buckled on to
the fair victoress amid loud hurrahs, and calls
for Jewett, who, however, was too exhausted
or chargrined to respond to the eager calls Of
her admirers. The four mile heat race was
changed from one of heats to dash on account
Of the lateness of the hour and threatening
clouds on the horizon. Adele, q fine, lengthy
mare by Asteroid, out OF Despair, showed what
double cross of Glencoe blood was worth by
waiting for two and half miles, making q
driving run for the last one and half miles,
and winning with good deal left in her for
repeating if required. Time 7.42.
SATURDAY
was dull, dark and dreary, and the fair ground
was flooded with water. The attendance was
merely nominal The cattle and other things
were all there but nobody saw them save the
attendants. 1t was the closing day, and it was
announced that the programme for the day, in
cluding the great balloon ascension, was post
pened until Monday. Save one day, Friday
the whole week was inclement and disastrous