Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-26
Fargo Pluck and LiberaIity Beaten by the
Weather-The Attractions at Grand
Forks This Week An American Success
in England-The Chicago Running and
TrOtting Meetings-Miscellaneou Notes.
FdrgO'S Bad LucE.

The third trotting and pacing meeting il
the Northwestern circuit was to have been
held at Fargo the past week, but it wasn't
much to the disappointment of the associa-
tion and citizens Of Fargo, large numbers OF
visitors from adjoining towns in the Red
river valley, and the goodly number of horse
men who had gathered in the city for the pur-
pose. The public spirited and energetic
members OF the Fargo association, headed by
+. Conklip, president, and e. f. Forkelson,
had got their fine track and grounds SITUATED
out Broadway street, about a mile north of
the heart of the city, in perfect shape, and
were anticipating gala week, and better rae
ing than ever before seen in the Red river val
ley, when on the Saturday night preceding,
one of the heaviest rains ever
known in that locality, a perfect del
uge during its continuance and lasting several
hours, visited them, flooded the low places of
the track, in some places to foot or more in
depth.
Monday the weather cleared off, but owing
to the lack of necessary ditching, water in
= 1reat ponds still remained on portions of the
track, and with less courageous men than
those composing the Fargo association, all idea
of having meeting would most probably
have been abandoned at once. But the true
blue Fargo man knows no such word as fail,
and as the association is composed OF the
true blue men of the city, vigorous steps were
at once taken to remove the water. AS first
step steam pump was set to work with a
force of some twenty-five men as ditchers,
etc. This force was kept steadily at work
throughout Monday, Monday night and
Tuesday, when the water had been
removed, and the managers felt encouraged to
hope that by Thursday the races could be
commenced: Then came another rainfall,
the pumping and the ditching was renewed,
snd the races postponed to Friday. Friday
the weather was fair, but the track was very
slow and unsafe for fast driving, and the man
agement declared the races off, but
in consideration of the losses sus-
tanned by the horsemen, and the dis
appointment of their people, decided
to offer four special events for $500 each,
horses to be classed according to existing
records. These events were about being filled
when rain commenced falling again, and this
had to be abandoned, and SO there was no
racing at Fargo last week.
The above is a brief statement of the efforts
of the association to carry out their advertised
programme, and when that had failed
to give a rich consolation field day.
Certainly no association ever worked
more energetically, and were magnan-
inous in their efforts to compensate for the
losses and disappointments sustained, as every
horseman will bear most cheerful testimony,
as they will do in practical manner when
ever the association shall again invite entries
for racing meeting,
Most of the horsemen made their headquar-
ters at the Continental, Col. Chaplin, who
spared no pains to make their stay pleasant.