St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-11

so much of his time that. until ten or
twelve years ago, he had no time to de-
vote to the business of breeding. When
he reached point where his income
was sufficient, so that he felt that he
could devote proper degree of time
and money to the horse, he commenced
In solid, buSiness-like way, the same
as he would if he had been going to
start anew in any regular business. He
purchased 100 acres about two
and half miles from st. Paul,
which he named Midway. This
tract was not then within the
city limits of st. Paul, but has been
taken in since. Upon this he erected
a large, commOdious stable, 248 feet in
length by $50 in width, facing Uni
verslty avenue, back from which they
set about fifty rods. The stables are in
macadamiZed drive leads from Univer-
slty avenue to the main entrance to the
stables, which is 90 feet wide, with
offices on either side for the owner aud
manager. These are 24X26 feet, with
retiring rooms off 16x24 feet, and 12-foot
ceiling. From the managers room a
stairway leads to the second story, IL
feet in the clear, which is divided Off
lnuo sleeping rooms for the attendants.
Broad piaZZaS are in front of the offices,
and from the Office of the proprietor,
east side of the entrance, is an orna-
mental tower of observation, 64 feet in
height, from which is had splendid
view OF st. Paul and the surrounding
country.
Passing through the main entrance
between the offices as above, one enters
the
ARENA OF SHOW RING.
room 60X60 and forty-four feet high,
with glass roof, put OH in sections, so
as to be easily moved when desired for
purposes of ventilation, etc. 1t is here
the horses were brought out for eXhibi-
ton and exercise when the weather per-
mitted no outdoor work.
Beyond the arena is the stable proper,
which forms the main column of the
cross, running from east to west. This
is S7XlOO feet and twenty-four feet high.
1t contains SiXty-fOur box stalls, 1OX12
and l2X13 each, with a broad passage
way along the walls and through the
center, on each side of which there are
two rows of stalls.
The building is of brick, with cut
stone trimmings, galvanized iron cor
nices and covered with fancy cut iron
shingles. The outside surface is to be
finished Off in imitation of pressed brick,
while the inside walls are plastered
and white-cOated. There are three
large stoves in the building, so that the
temperature may be kept comparatively
moderate i'll the very cOldest of weather.
No hay is to be kept in the building.
that being run in on tramways laid
through the center between the stalls
and around the outside. Water is forced
into all parts Of the building by a large
wind mill and tank, the latter 16x2O,
and standing at an elevation of thirty
feet. To water plugs, located in differ
ent parts of the building, hose is con-
Stantly attached, SO that should a fire
start by any means it would be almost
impossible for it to gain any serious
headway. The commodore expended
something over 100000 in the con-
struction of the building, and when
1t was finished it was as good Il struct-
ure and as commOdiOuS for the purpose
intended as any similar one
IN THE UNITED STATES.
Having prepared his grounds and
stalaes he began buying horses. He
selected as his superintendent D..
w. WOodmanSee, an experienced horse
man, and sent him down into the blue
grass region of Kentucky to purchase
the best trotting stock he could find.
He purchased stock to the amount of
about $l40,0o0, including such animals
as Won Arnim, $4,000: Revenue. S13,-
600; So SO, $4,000; Fannie Wither-
SPOON, $1,000; Gem, 5000, and many
others for which he payed large sums of
money. Subsequently he purchased the
well-knoWn PAGER. Little Brown jug,
and also the renowned PAGER, Johnston.
These two animals were the fastest in
their time, and attracted very general
attention to the KittSon stables, so that
the first point of attraction to all visitors
who came to st. Paul was the horses at
Midway, and these stables were first
visited. The commodore always took a
very lively interest in turf matters, and
was prominent in all great events
both in the trOtting and in the running
line. He was made president of the
State TrOtting Association of Minnesota
and also of the Northwestern TrOtting
association. After he got his trotting
stables in good shape
HE BOUGHT ERDENHEIM,
the well known breeding establishment
then owned by Aristides Welch, in
Pennsylvania the home of the renowned
bennington. With his running stock
he was successful in capturing many
rich purses. In his breeding ventures
he has been very successful pecuniarily,
inasm much as the real estate purchased
for both the trotting and the running
stables will pay for all the stock and i'm
prOvements and leave good. broad
margin besides.
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