Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-09


Scenes "Wonderful to the Eyes of Rura
VisltOr"-"Here She Goes and There She
GOes"-The Lake Elysian Stock Farm oi
De Graft and Hopkins A Beautiful and
Favorable Location Choice Combination
of Trotting Strains Represented In the
Breeding Animals Miscellaneous Notes
"Feteran" in Nec York.
TO tie Editor of the Globe
The fine weather on New Years, Monday
caused the driveways on the upper portion OF
Manhattan Island to be thronged with pleasure
riders, and the road houses at and beyond
McComb's bridge, to be crowded with patrons
throughout the day. Among the most promi-
nent OF these hostelrieS is Gabe Cases, situa.
ted about forty rods north of the above men,
TONED bridge and near the entrance of old
Fleetwood, now the Gentlemen Driving park.
This is model road house, with Large and
pleasant rooms, elegantly furnished, the walls
decorated with oil paintings, representing the
local celebrities of the road, past and present,
driving their trotters at speed A large and
spirited painting of the famous two-mier,
Steve Maxwell, to harness, adorns the central
space on the wall over the bar. This picture
was the centre of attraction on the day men,
TONED, all available space in front of the
counter being occupied with visitors looking
at it through q glass-tumbler.
The proprietor of this house, IN view of
profit, as well as To provide amusement for
his patrons, procured an enormous hog, which
he put up mot to rafile) but for "guessing
match" About l o'clock the animal was
turned loose in yard adjacent 10 the house.
TO which the crowd proceeded with paper and
pencil IN hand, The gueRsers to mark the fig
ures together with the + names on slip of
paper, which they handed over TO the clerk to
lie recorded, together with 81, the price Of
each chance. The hog was To be then and
there slaughtered, dressed and weighed, the
person coming nearest 10 its dressed weight 10
have the pork. Cheap enough, surely.
The prescribed one hundred and twenty,
chances were soon taken, when three butch
ers, with knives III hand, proceeded to slaugh-
Ter and dress the animal, an operation viii
messed for the first time by a large number of
the younger men present, who looked on with
eager curiosity. Before the books were closed
L noticed couple OF sturdy young German
butchers drive up, and after caring for their
horses proceed TO examine the hog, and
being curious to learn their estimate of its
weight, | took position near them to overhear
their conversation. Although they conversed
in German, understood them sufficiently to
learn that their convictions were that it would
weigh, when dressed, from 500 to 600 pounds
With this "pointer," / withdrew from their
presence, and, taking slip of paper, marked
thereon the figures 500, and then writing the
name "Martin Delaney underneath, folded it
up in one dollar note and quietly handed it
in. The appropriation of this name was
sudden inspiration, not from the Deity, but
instigated by faith; having faith in that name
being more potent than my own in the bust
ness at hand. / was controlled by an ''irre-
sistible pressure," "a la Guiteau), TO commit
the forgery, and | have full confidence that my
friend Martin will overlook the transgression,
inasmuch as the figures proved to be so close
TO the actual weight of the hog, that his pro-
fessional reputation was not compromised
thereby. | subsequently, encountered my two
German f:'i AID ilqdi.cd if they had
marked for ;ae hog. con, yes, bote of us.
You see dat iSh my partner. | marks 59f, and
he marks 99 We shtands in together" l
Withdrew, thinking l had Il pretty good
average on those fellows.
Daring The process of Strengthening, the
crowd were in the best Of humor, many bets
being made between parties as TO the relation
their respective figures would be to the actual
weight, hundreds of dollars being SO invested,
thus Increasing the interest in the final result.
An hour and a quarter soon passed, the time
being occupied between witnessing the process
of dressing the hog, and viewing the picture
of Sieve Maxwell behind the bar, the horse
having decidedly the best of it after the first
heat. The hog now being dressed, hung up
and thoroughly cleansed, disinterested party
was selected by the crowd to adjust the scales
and weigh the carcass. Good humor pre-
vailed although the excitement was at its
highest pitch, as the weigher moved the weight
from notch TO notch, but the balance was soon
found and the weight proclaimed to be 593fbs.
Then there was 4 rush to the clerks desk, a
hundred voices demanding the name of the
party nearest associated with those figures.
GLOW are you 6i0?' "Seven hundred and ten,
how is that for high?' and like EXPLANATIONS
were frequent, while the clerk was running
over the list.
1t was soon found that two persons had
marked the exact weight, 593, and that six had
given in 595, four others 591 and one 594. The
lucky ones were two livery stable keepers; the
hOrsemen getting away with the butcher boys
at their own game, although the latter ele-
ment were out in force The majority had
marked over 600
Daring the early part of the proceedings,
two young men, tiled, booted and overloaded
in the latest style, drove up and alighted, and
after turning over their trotters to an attend
ant, carefully viewed the hog with an air of
confidence in their ability of making close
estimate of lis weight. There was a wager
between them MS to which would come the
nearest, consequently they fought shy of each
other. Much mirth was created when it was
found that their figures represented the two
extremes, one having marked 730 and the 9th
CT 400 They were members of the Stock eX-
change, and were represented by person who
knew them us being wide apart on the present
market, one being bull and the other bear,
which probably accounted for the one being
long and the other short on pork. The laugh
ter was increased when it was found that they
had maintained such relations in this deal the
bear marking the highest and. the bull the low
est on the list. The market having closed a
little off the day previous enabled the bull to
win his bet by four pounds. This was my
first experience at guessing match, and al
though a total stranger TO nearly all present,
| enjoyed the fun to great degree, There were
many situations and comments that were lu-
dicrous in the extreme, and the "hilarity of
the occasion" was unbroken to the end.
Returning to town / found the speeding
ground above Genital park alive with trotters,
and when nearly half way down discovered
that preparations were being made for a free
for-all brush, mile and quarter, to the park.
The participants were all driving single horses
hooked up to light road wagons among which
was Castle Boy (2:21) by Gooding's Champion,
the gray mare Ethel (2::23) by Blue Bull, Capt
Emmons (2:20) by Continental the chestnut
gelding Richard (2:2D by Blue Bull, John S.
Head [2:271) by Whalebone Knox, and three
or four Others that | did not identify. The
start was made at a rapid pace, all being
punched, as far as could be seen from the rear,
the only fully developed object being blue
streak ia their wake.
also witnessed very spirited brush be-
tween Mr.. Work with his chestnut gelding
Edward (2:l9), and Gen. Grant with his
speedy young mare. It was very fast and
close for some distance, but the speed and ex-
perence of the geldng was manifested as they
progressed. 1t is said that the General ex-
presses his belief that the mare will be able to
speed with the best of them another year. She
is a smooth chestnut, level headed and rapid as
The wind, apparently possessed of the persistent
energy and pluck of her distinguished owner. l
wastold that she was bred by the General, and
that he would not part with her for the presi-
dency. lie sits up and drives her like little