St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-19
Ti,e Twin Cities, rVeet,u..

2. Hon. Il. D. Mckinney, the secretary of
the Northwestern Breeders association, of
which Commodore Kittson is president, at
tended the racing meeting given by Mime
apoliS and ST. Paul at Hamline. He is an
experienced horSeman and writes with keen
observation and discriminating judgment of
what he saw here during these races, and
as his letters from this point are full of
horse information and racy gossip the fol-
lowing extract is given:
The sensation of the Twin Cities meeting
at St. Paul was the performance of the PAGER
Dan D. He has remarkable turn of speed
and is a great tinisher of his heats. He is re-
ported pacing a last half in 1:03, but this is
not so. He can, however, in my judgment,
pace the Chicago West Side track in 2:l2 Mr.
Jacobs, who drives and controls the horse
at the request of the Twin Cities manage
ment, offered to pace him against Johnston
and Mike Wilkes on July 5, but the manager
of Johnston declined to let him start He is
dark bay gelding, 1874 hands, blood-hke
head and body, but with a rough Rarus
coupling and sloping rump.
"a pleasing and entertaining feature Of
the ST. Paul meeting was the performance of
pair of pacers owned and driven by one of
st. PauPs merchant princes, Mr.. Beaupre
without any special preparation. The team,
htched to an ordinary road-wagon, and driven
by their owner, was to beat 2:35. The first
attempt they paced the mile III 2:25, each
quarter the same-well rated for PAGERS
The team is a bay and a chestnut. The
chestnut tired, and the bay assisted him in at
the finish. A peculiar feature in connection
with 1t is, that the bay is by Guide, son of
Swigert, out of an Indian pony. BLOOD will
tell" The success of Mr.. Beaupre was loudly
applauded, as he is a gentleman highly
esteemed and respected by the citizens not
only OF st. Paul, but throughout Minnesota
1.-The meeting was, in one respect, grand
success, in another, a dismal failure. The
entries were numerous. races well contested
and time made fast. The attendance how
ever the first three days was hardly a COM
pliment to the liberal and efficient manage
ment by the good people of the Twin Cities.
Twin Cities by the way, is good, for we find
the same loving spirit, same tender and child
like devotion existing between residents of
the Twin Cities we so often see manifested be-
tween twins. The last day the attendance
was good. 1t was rather discouraging to the
few public-spirited gentlemen who gave the
meeting.
THE LACK OF ATTENDANCE
cannot be for want of entire confidence in
the gentlemen who compose the club. of
which John c. Oswald of MINNEAPOLIS is pres.
ident and w. R. Merriam and Frederick pins
bury are vice presidents.
"The races, with possibly one exception
were honestly conducted. One pacing race
was not without suspicion, and all bets ON il
SHOULD nave Deen declared OFT.
From what we heard, we infer that the
next meeting at Hamline Park will be given
by one of the twins.
lone of the most promising young mares
in the Northwest this season is Capitola bay.
sired by Ensign, and owned by Thomas q.
Marrett. in her first race this season. she
got record of 2:26H, and at Saltwater low.
cred the same to 2:24A. but during the race
collided with Gen, Hancock both running
away and both badly cut up. she trotting a
good race at st. Paul, considering her condi-
ton. No doubt she can trot the Chicago track
in 2:20.
''Mr. Judson of the st. Paul fair is very
busy man, getting everything in readin ess
for the 'grandest fair ever given in the North.
west this fall.
about the only thing about the Twin
Cities meeting that l didn't like was my fail
ure to win first money in my race, and one
or two things l may have occasion to refer IL
later
1.-THE starter of the meeting was the genial
Charley Smith. Score by the pole-horse an6
don't you come ahead of him; if you do
well, Charley will finish the sentence the nex1
time you come down ahead Of MAMBRINo."