Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-24
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in the weekly issue, if desired.
Midtcay.
The visitor a5 Midway this winter will
observe that quite good many changes
for the comfort and health of the animals
kept there.
ON A BIG SCALE.
MCommodore Kittson is not man who
knows how to do business on small scale.
He is everywhere broad and liberal in his
idsas, and looks upon the affairs of life in
& comprehensive way. When he first
bought the old driving park, now called
Midway, all the state fair buildings were
still on the grounds. These buildings were
not very expensive ones. but they were
large and cost considerable sum of
money. A good many thousand dollars
of the money of the people of st. Paul
had gone into them, and many were sur
prised to see the Commodore commence to
remove them. They could not compre-
bend the size of the idea that Commodore
Kittson had in his mind. When these
the land cleared for work the ideas
OF the new purchaser of the
grounds began to be seen and in some
measure comprehended. When the ground
was broken for the new stables and the
walls of the immense structure of brick
began to rise the people got another
glimpse of the ideas of the commodore.
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put upon the one hundred acres he has
out there, and the still further additions
and Improvements that he contem plates
are still upon the same broad and liberal
ideas.
GRADING AND IMPROVING.
During the past season workmen have
been engaged grading down from the
north 'front.' of the stable building to Uni
versity avenue, and npon the fat thus
graded they have sat out considerable
number of trees, and the spring many
more will be set out. The old board
fence that Was put up for state fair pur-
poses along the whole length of the
grounds on University avenue will be re-
moved and in its place will be erected
mental character. From the stable build
ing TO the avenue are to be arranged
pleasant and lconvsnient driveways lead
ing to and around the buildings. The
commodore proposes to have the place
now known as Midway, put in condition
that will be attractive to strangers, even
those that are not horsemen, whenever
they shall visit it. 1t is spot that is
susceptible of great ornamentation, and
what is equally as important it has fallen
into the hands of q gentleman that has
sufficient taste, abundant meaus, and the
broad ideas requisite to improve the place
as it deserves to be improved.
CHANGES IN THR STABLES.
When these immense stables were first
built, it was supposed they were as COM
plete as it was necessary for them to be,
but when the severe winter of 1928 came
on, and the cold came early in the season
ana staid long, it was found that the
moisture of the stables gathered upon
the walls and there turaed
into thick, heavy frost, which in turn was
partly melted when the sun came up and
the fires in the coal stoves were removed.
This of course caused dampness in the
stables and consequently sickness among
the horses. Since that time this has been
remedied. The stables have been oeiled
up very carefully, so that broad space is
left between the ceiling and the roof. The
result of this is that the gathering of frost
on the walls is wholly obviased. Vsntilators
are arranged in the roof and at the sidss,
which, with the doors, are sufficient to
keep the air o: the stables in good, healthy
condition. In addition TO this
the commodore has had four
or five open CRATE coal stoves placed III
different parts of the building, in front of
which are close wire screens. These stoves
are not placed there for the purpose Of
heating the building bat for ventilation,
and only fire enough is kept in them to
produce this ventilation. One prinsipal
idea the commodore had in putting
IN these open stoves was to garry
off the ammonia which is always generated
in stable of horses, and which always
settles to the lower part of the building.
The screens are to protect the straw and hay
from taking fire as the trucks containing
either or both are drawn by. They serve
the purpose of ventilation very sstisfac-
torily. In esch corner of the stables and
also IN the center is kept a thsrmometer,
the intention being to keep the temper.
ture lron % 10 ~ degrees ABOVE. NsNSr
is mercury to be belsw the one or above
the other. In this way the temperature of
the building is kept quito even. The re-
suit of these arrangements is that the
health of all the horses in the stable is
very excellent, where as year ago there
was good deal of sickness. Rsch animal
now is the very picture of health, and all
are as playful az colts. That this 10 the
condition Of the stock is partly cue to, and
that in no small degree, TO the fact that
Ben Woodmsnsee, the superintendent, Ia
right on the ground and gives
his personal supervision TO ske matter all
the time. Mr.. NoosmsRsee il = gentle
man as we'll as a paips-tsking, consci.n-
tious horsenRn. No gentleman thai has
ever came il contact with him will doub.
his integrity and conssientiousness in
regard to au matters pertaining to horses.
He demonstrates the fact thst man can
be gentleman and horseman. He is
very much graf fed at the condition OF
the stock this season. 1t is so strong sad
healthy, aEd the young ones are feeling 80
bright and lively. He looks forward to
the sales in the spring with gooa deal Of
condolences. These salss of stock, which
it is intended to have ennusliy, hereafter.
will be inzugursied on Thursday, the sta