St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-02
A DAY OF SURPRISES.
Continued from First Page.

reporters gallery nearer the track. The
present apology is a wretched affair and
unworthy the name.
! Ex-Sergeant Kirkham of Minneapolis has
the contract for removing the hill which OBJ
structs view of portion of the track.
Everything but water was plentiful on the
| ground. The lemonade was circus-lke to the
last degree.
Rolla Parvin was in bad form, and was
drawn before the :35 class was called.
| Little Cricket carried too much weight, as
was evident from the start.
After all. there is nothing like a good start
ing judge to facilitate matters.
Two Crickets in one day was rather confus-
! ing to the audience.
! Wilkes was cheered when he appeared on
the track, and Spencer doffed his cap. When
Dan beat him he received solo of cheers
and Blake never said word.
Col. Charles NJ. Smith, Of Earlville, ILL.,, is
the starting judge and understands his bust
ness. 1t Is refreshing to see such man on
| the stand.
DR.. o. j. Evans, Of Minneapolis, Col. C. n.
Smith, Earlville, and Col. Charles A. DeGraf,
GAINESVILLE, were the judges. The stand
| STOOD the strain nobly. even when Will
steele also climbed into it. q ssaass...
Balfour and Steedmen have eighteen hor-
ses training for the track and propose show
ing VIII 1t Minnesota can do.
| Bets were made, last night, that Johnston
would shut Nike Wilkes out.
| Silvertail is one of the prettiest PAGERS on
the track. but was out Of his class yesterday
One second is better than three-thirds, de-
clared Col. Smith, in giving Prince second
| money. Western Maid came third three
times, while Prince, who got in second once,
got eighth place in both the other heats, hav-
| ing been set back for running.
| DR.. L, the bay gelding which took Sc cond
money in the three-minute race, arrowly
missed winning the fourth heat and the race.
He led all the way until the stretch was
reached. The pace here became tremendous
| for the class, and he failed to respond to the
pressure. allowing St. Elmo and Cora to pass
him and eventually giving the race to the IA
vorite.
! Gypsy, the winner of second money in the
| 2;35 race, is a trim little sorrel, ewned
by L. S. Colgreve, LIE Sueur and can beat the
favorite, Cricket. without difficulty.
| Local horses were badly left, The only
Twin City horse that got any money was Min
ME r, which took third place in the pacing
race.
Straight auction pools were the only kind
| On the track. French pools and bookmaking
were ruled out.
In the third heat of the three-minute race
the horses scored fifteen times. This is too
much and Col Smith should have carried out
| some of his threats.
| Pools sold freely at the Nicollet house last
| evening. In the FPS trot Rarely sold favor
lite, with Alexander second, Flora P. third. In
the 2:45 pace Lillian S. sold favorite in most
of the pools, Kinsman as favorite in open,
the balance in the field. In the 2:20 trot
Prince Albert sold favorite against the field.
According to the statement of Mr.. H. H.
Cross, the animal painter, who arrived in
Minneapolis Yesterday, Leonatus, Jack
Chinn's celebrated flyer, promises to obtain
his old time vigor this season and astonish the
| knowing ones who prophesied two seasons
ago that the horse was completely broken
down. Mr.. Cross, whose visit here is semi
professional, has upon his easel picture of
Silver Cloud, the winner of the Derby last
Saturday, which, when finished, is to be a
companion picture to Volaute and was or
dered by Lucky Baldwin OF San Francisco.
| Among the studies which are in MI. Cross
portfolio at present are Freeland, the king of
the turf, Modesty american Derby winner,
years old), Pearl Jennings, Brown Jug,
| Thomas Jefferson. and a number of examples
of Norman-Percheron and English shire
draught horses, these last being the property
of Isaac Dohman of New York. Leonatus
will also be painted by Mr.. Cross from re-
| cent study.