Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-14
direction. Stores and banks were pretty


throng, swaying hither and thither, now
held by the vendor of patent medicine
stand, exhibiting his Punch and Judy or
cracking his ancient jokes, or again at
tracted by the race course.
The noon train brought great many
st. Paul people, mostly hackers of the
PAGER Niger, owned by Lasher, a we'll
known st. Paul citizen. The st. Paul
contingent was in the best of spirits and
literally made ''Rome howl' on the race
track and about the grounds. The Hast
ings City band discoursed sweet music at
intervals, and every thing went "merry as
marriage BELL" The ladies and child
rem even entered into the spirit of the day
and everybody had good time.
INDUSTRIAL HALL.
The exhibit in this building takes the
pastry, in ompetition with any fair that
has been held in Minnesota this fall. It was
not large and extravaganza, but perfectly
arranged, neat and tasty. The exhibitors
were all citizens of Hastings. Timer
Bros. & Winler had the neatest exhibition
of hardware l have ever seen arranged at
a meeting of this character. On a piece
of sail cloth hung against the wall they
had built magnificent building out of
locks and their various parts. Fred SchurcR
made a good exhibit in harness and
saddlery. j. T. Dorish excelled in fine
line of dry goods, clothing, etc. j. G.
Mertz had we'll selected line of furniture.
A. NJ. Chase had boots and shoes. W. e.
Vanauken displayed pianos, organs, sew
ing machines, etc. Rust & Stafford had
an art gallery-photogra Two fine
pyramids of flowers and plants occupied
the center of the nall furnished by the
wife of Hastings popular banker, Mrs.
L. s. Follett. In the art department there
were some rare relics owned principally
by Mr.. L. S. Follett. There was musket
of rebel soldier, killed at the battle of
Fair Oaks, the stock was broken and the
barrel bent Mr.. A Il. Truax had OH ex-
hibition powder horn, taken from the
body of a soldier named Kettle, killed at
the battle of Brandywine during the Rev
dictionary war. The horn is engraved.
representing scenes of New York city at
that time, and is q valuable and noteworthy
curiosity. It has been in the Truax family
since it was picked up from the battlefield
by the grandfather Of the present owner.
The B. S. D. Fl. have fine line of clothing
Meloy Bros, crockery and glassware;
Shiltz, paints and brushes; and the
Ladies' Guild of the Episcopal church
have stand covered with fancy articles,
embroidery, etc. John Estergreen & Son
make handsome display Of buggies ana
sleighs, etc. divers new grocery stand
display vegetables of all kinds, and found
in the greatest perfection.
STOCK.
Over eighty five head of horses, COM
prising the various breeds, were entered.
The leading stockmen of Dakota county
had specimens of their herds at this she'd,
and an exceedingly creditaole display they
made. Such men as S. S. Follett, John
Byers, j. G. Maloy, John Mcnamara, of
Hastings; Leonard Johnson, of Castle
Rock; VIM. Meis, of Hampton, and others
were represented. OF Clydesdales
and Normans there was a particularly
good representation, although in draft
horses and common stock there was no
lack.
The cattle exhibit numbered about 100
head, and embraced the usual varieties.
owned by tho same men mostly who owned
the horses.
Geo. Follett had some fine poultry, and
several parties, including R. G. Judson, OF
Pennington, had fine line of Cotswold
sheep.
THE RACES.
Here was where the interest of tbs fair
centered as soon as the judges opened for
business. There were many old horsemen
present from various parts of the state,
and all agree that more hotly contested
and interesting meeting was never seen in
the state. Every race meant blood. Every
horse was driven to win. There was none
of the usual jockeying and holding up and
trading, hich fact was largely due to that
we'll known starter and Judge Capt. Attn
mis-, who kept the boys well in hand.
At one O'Clock precisely, the horses were
ordered out for the fifth heat in the 2:3O
class of which four heats had been trotted
on Wednesday and not finished for lack
| of daylight. The starters were Black Jim,
Big Foot, Lulu Judd, and Namona.
Each horse had taken heat the day be-
fore. The race and money was won by
Namona in two straight heats the pref
test ever witnessed on any track Time
| 2:35.
The $50 pacing race, purse 5000, best
| three in five, promised some fun from the
beginning. Capt. Aithnis the starter heard
indirectly that there was some talk among
the drivers that he was interested in the
st. Paul PAGER, Niger, and without more
ado, after the $50 trotters had finished,
stepped down from the judges stand and
declined to serve in the capacity of starter
and give nobody any cause for dissatisfao.
ton. The association promptly appoint
ed @. A. Baker, of Hastings, in the caps
place, and no delay was caused. There
were entered in this race Tucker B, b. s.,
Billy N, C. g., P. Nelson, Red Wing; Gray
Dan, C. g., Peter Langden, st. PAU; John
H, c. g., Thomas G. Merritt; Niger, bl. g.
A. B. Lesher, st. Paul, Niger was the
favorite in the pool from the outset,
although some of the starters, notably
Tucker and John II, promised to make
him earn his money.
splendid start was got in the first,
with Niger to the pole, Tucker B next.
At the quarter pole Tucker 3
by fine burst of speed got the lead but
lost it again to Niger at the half mile
The heat was won by Niger, Billy N sec
ond, John Fl third, Tucker B fourth and
Gray Dan fifth. Time 1884. The Sec
ond heat was the cause of great excitement
and dissatisfaction. The horses got a