St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-31
downright frauds was advancing upon
them.-N. Y. Clipper.
miscellaneous

Epaulette has been shipped to Kentucky.
Mr.. Pierre LOrillard has cabled to Eng
land for jockey.
Mr.. P. LOriIlard is the latest bidder for
the almost invaluable services of that great
rider, Isaac Murphy.
Col. GOrdon's Clemmie G and Nobby have
been turned over by John Splan to Dunbar,
who took charge of them this week al
| Springfield.
Utica declares her intention for next sea-
son by claiming the week following Roches-
ter for her trOtting meeting. The situation
at Buffalo is unchanged.
The old-time trotter Ella Madden, q
daughter of Rysdyk's HambletOnian, re-
Gently dropped a FLY foal by NutwoOd,
2:lS%, which has been named Ella Nut
wood.
Mohawk Gift has been matched against
Almont Gift for 81, 600 side, the associa-
tlon adding $500 to the winner. The race
VIII take place at the fall meeting at Cleve-
land.
=, a number of the papers have discussed
the reliability of the time given in the first
heat, 2:14, to Phallas on the Fourth of july
In his race against DIaxey Cobb. In reply
10 an inquirer, Mr.. Fasig, the secretary of
the Cleveland association, writes that 2:14
IS correct and that there is no ground upon
which it can be questioned.
Mr.. George NJ. Jewett's famous brood
mare Shoe Fly, by Mohawk. was killed on
the goth inst. on the railroad. The mare
had evidently broken the fence of the pas
ture, stepped out onto the track, walked
into cutting, and was there Overtaken and
killed by freight train. She was the dam
I Alnnnrof H. L
at Cleveland, July 81. Mr.. Jewett valued
the mare at $500
The managers of the twenty-ffth annual
st. Louis fair have this year expended
$500, 900 on Improvements, and have added
sixty-five acres to their grounds. The pre-
MUM list has been revised and now con-
tains twenty-four departments, with S73,-
600 in premiums. The grounds will con-
tain 700 new horse stables, 500 cattle stalls,
500 sheep and swine pens, a poultry house
Tor 5000 fowls and 10 exhibition halls, in
addition to those already on the grounds
The fair will open Monday, Oct. >, and
continue for six days during which the
streets will be Illuminated with electric and
calcium lights, to which Will be added 150,-
900 gas jets.
Spirit of the Times: On Tuesday a large
number of hOrsemen assembled in Secretary
RobmSon's office at Springfield to listen to
Orator John Splan, who eXpatiated ON all
topics pertaining to the turf and its side
dishes. Said John, Il am glad Secretary
Fasig of the Cleveland track has struck the
keynote and issued his decree against the
most troublesome of all pests, the touts.
heelers and hustlerS. and l hope for the
good of all honest turfmen, that he will do
Just as he says he will. and root them out
limb and branch. Well, l see these turf
toughs at every meeting, ready to steal any
thing, from postage stamp to a diamond
pin, and 1 wish they were shelved. An
other thing" said John, II want to see
remedied. and that is the drivers. I favor
law that will require driver to have a
certificate, and his holding of it be condi-
tiOnal on his good behavior. This will stop
all inexperienced drivers, and avoid much
danger arising from mistakes made by these
nOviceS."