Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-19

The third meeting of the Northwestern
circuit will be inaugurated at Fargo-the gen
city of northern Dakota-to-morrow after
noon. The Driving Park association, under
whose auspices the races are to be given, i!
composed of the leading business men of thai
city-wide-awake, intelligent gentlemen,
who love the sport for itself, aDt
who propose to make their city the principal
racing city OF the Rsd river valley, as Chicago
Is of the Lake Michigan region.
The meeting is to continue three days, with
three events each day, over 81, 600 being hung
up in purses, and 1t is no exaggeraton TO say
that finer field of horses was never seen on
anv track in America, than will
lie on Fargo track this week.
Three cars of horses to particl-
pate in the races and special events were
shiDped from St. Paul Saturday evening. In
all there were twenty one horses, their aggre-
gate value being over $l25, Goethe Midway
Ger Commodore Kittson's) containing nine
head, costing over $77,00u, and embracing
some of the most noted harness turf per-
formers in the country, as witness the list:
Little Brown jug, 2:1lM, and Gem, 2:2O, PAGERS;
Won Arnim lin the free-for-all, 2:22). $3.50,
(2:1rA), Fannie Witherspoon (2:19A), and
Silverton (2:20 in exhibitions; Minnie K, (2:2S)
in the free-for-all; Sannie g., (2:27) in the 2:26
class, and Fleming Girl, (2:3D In the 2:32
class.
The meetings at Red Wing and Hastings,
while for small purses were both most salts
factory in the character of the sport
offered, every race being trotted squarely,
every horse being driven to win If he could,
while the exhibitions by the Midway stable
were really astonishing, the 2:16k of Little
Brown jug eclipsing all previous perform
ances in harness over a half mile track. An
equally good performance was his half mile,
over slippery track, with rain falling at the
time, in 1:0Sx, and the full mile of Fannie
Witherspoon in 2:23.
All the horses at Red Wing and at Hastings
will be at Fargo, and as at these two places,
are to be driven to win, Added interest, how
ever, Will be given to each event, from the
fact that in each class there will be from two
to four contestants not yet appearing, as Will
be seen by the entries Tor the several
classes, by comparison with the starters at
the Red Wing and Hastings meetings, as fol-
lows:
First Day-9:OO class; purse, $500. Entries:
b. II. Mcllie B.; g. G. Pedro, and e. g. Blue
Jeans.
2:S2 class; purse, $500. Entries; b. s. Chip
pewa Chief, b. g. Prince Arthur, br. m. Elem
ing Girl, ch. m. Flora Bell, b. S. Almont Boy,
br S. John Thomas, or. e. Frank Hull.
Second Day-2:37 class; purse, $500. En-
tries: b. S. Chippewa Chief, b. g. Capt. Tom,
blk N. Topsey, b. e. Prince Arthur, gr. e.
Colonel, b. g. Black Prince, br. S. John Thorn
as, b. q. Sam Il.
Free for all trotters; purse, $40. Entries: blk
e. Dictator, br. S. Selkirk, br. m. Minnie r., BIS.
Won Arnim, C. 5. Portion, br. g. Redwood.
Special pacing race; purse $500. Entries:
Little Brown Jug and Gem.
Third Day-2:45 class, purse $500. Entries:
b. m. Mollie B or. 6. Pedro; b. IN. Josie
Clayton; b. s. Durol; gr. e. Colonel; b. m.
Lucy n.
Special trotting race, purse $500. Entries:
Lady Rolfe, $3.50 and Fanny Witherspoon.
In addition to the above there will be on the
first day a running race, half mile and repeat,
on the second cay pony race, and on the
third day running race, one mile and repeat.
The entries for the running race close the
night of the 10Th.
Outside of the exhibitions of speed of the
PAGERS and trotters of Commodore Kittson's
stable, the events Of most interest to horse
men VIII be the 1882 class and the free-for-all.
In the first named, Prince Arthur, owned By
Hon a. Hastings, of Owatonna, has Won
two easy victories, though Fleming Girl, of
the Midway stable, and Flora Belle, owned by
40. K" Oswald, OF Minneapolis, made the
little son Of Volunteer, dam q pacing mare,
do good work at Hastings.
Still, there is no doubt, he could have done
kuuCu DtgcI budH bllC SssJ Will uc 10
credited. With his quick action he had
an advantage on the half mile tracks at Red
Wing and Hastings, that he's will
not have on the full mile track at
Fargo, and while both the mares
fully met tn expectations OF their owners
and managers, it should be borne in mind that
they are long striders, that they are compare
lively green, and steadily improving. With
these facts to consider, we give it as our opin-
ion that whichever horse wins at Fargo will
have arecord better than 2:25 at the end of the
race.
The other purse event will be the free-for-
all. with Won Arnlm (2:22), Minnie R.,
(2:23), Dictator, (2:224) }, Selkirk, (2:29X) aud
Redwood, cen, as contestants. The first
three named horses have been doing good
work this spring, and as the only desire of the
owners is that their horses shall get the low
est record possible, the race will be for blood
from the start to the finish,
and if faster heat is
not trotted than has yet been made by trot-
ter this season, We shall be disappointed.
Railroad fares by both the st. Paul 81 Mani
toba and Northern Pacific roads have been put
at one-half during the continuance OF the
meeting.
Tho s~l. :s, CnY