St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-10
THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 10 1884
in Minneapolis are correct mode of judging the
character and tastes of our people, l will ever

in Minneapolis are CorreCt inoue OF Judging the
character and tastes of our people, 1 will ever
deny.
Controlled year after year by the same clique,
our fall fairs resemble very much travelling
circus, and our summer meetings, with but few
exceptions, are made up solely for the individual
benefit of the few who comprise the coterie that
manage our fair grounds.
During life's experience in almost every part
of the United States, i think never was in a To-
cality where the people were more disposed to
enthusiastically enter into support of fairs
than in Minnesota.
Throughout the length and breadth of the
state, almost every other farmer and his men,
during the whole year, are looking forward to
taking in the Minneapolis fair rest and recre-
alton well earned after the gathering of harvest
which is each year the envy of the world. The
unmerited support some of our fairs have re-
ceived from the people of Minnesota has been
more than g9nerous-it has been noble. Nothing
would be easier than to make our fall fairs
ond Derby day in the northwest. people so
generous, so enthusiastic as ours, are entitled to
the contemplation of struggle between a ''Le-
onatus,' sFoxhall,' OF ''Knight of Ellers-
lie. instead of so-called races () i'll which
Little Brown Jug s'Betsy Ann or s'Wake
up jim are the contestants. But do the
''glang'' and .'hike ya' boys rule with undivided
sway this fair empire? By no means. Their
rule is disputed by ''Espinoza, the dare devil of
New Mexico,' by Little Cricket ct al, and
then, as was done last fall where a hurdle
race is advertised worth $1,000, hv men and
horses who were hiredat hundr dollars a
head before the entries had closed 10 ride over
the course
If | remember correctly, the name bestowed on
these gentry in the advertisement in the Press,
was '.The horse kings of the prairies l think
that was it. Why not complete the thing and
have competent clown. From the birth of our
country the universal amusement at fairs has
been horse racing this country either in run
ming races in trotting races. Ever since the
war the former of these two amusements has
been rapidly and surely taking the place of trot
ting as a popular entertainment. The same
spirit which excites applause from Minnesota
audience at the mere announcement of running
race has caused running to almost entirely
supercede trotting at Chicago, New York
and all of great cities, with the
exception of few celebrities, and
the road contests between u Vanderbilt
and Worth. no interest whatever is taken in
trotting by the nation at large, who look uIDn an
Iroquois. FoXhall or Ten Brock, with feel
ing akin to reverence. What is the reason! Can
IL be as some say because our tro t3rs are owned
blood in the laud can be found among our race
horse ownersy In our Democratic country
this cannot be the cause. Can the superiority
of the thoroughbred Us animal when CON-
pared with the trotter, be the reason?
think not, in a land where the delights, of fast
driving are thoroughly appreciated, no such
consideration as that can have effect There
must be a l think name it: with
very few exceptions running races are run on
their merits; with very few exceptions trotting
races not trotted on their merits. Is this
severe? Let us see. Except Honest John
Murphy, name single leading driver TO whom
some disgraceful SANDER is not joined. Now,
look on the other hand Mt our leading running
horse Jockeys MciElaghlin, Barrett, Hayward,
and find one single one to whom you can attach
any dishonest transaction. a noble, gallant band
are they, with their lives always III peril for
small remuneration, the danger is never stunned,
the ever ready bride never taken. Stoneberge
says, ''taking them class they are above sus
picion'' There should be law against calling
horse traders and trotting horse drivers
Jockeys" Minneapolis has not as yet accepted
the national verdict already given this ques
ton, but the revolution will come: the tide is
moving westward, irresistably, surely. The
rebuke given to the meeting, Just held in Mime
apolis, where running conspicuous by It's
absence, in the miserable attendance furnished
by city of 100000 inhabitants, to a
fair held national holiday, within
the very limits of the town. is but presage of
the future.
The eyes, and may say the hearts of many are
turned towards ''Hazel HILL it requires no
prophet to pr dict the wholesome effect this
laudable enterprise is bound TO have on our
state, though the magnitude of the good it is
sure to create, it would be hard to intimate. May
its pastures be green, may success follow
its every enterprise. Dou0y praised be our fell
low citizen, Col. King and NJ McNar, first for
choosing their speciality in breeding, that
noblest of all our domestic animals, the horse.
And secondly among all the various races of their
kind, selecting the decendents of that family a
member OF which, the Arabian Prince job has
given us so beautiful and grand description, in
Holy Writ. JOHN RRADFoRD.